The west coast: Kertasari, Maluk, Taliwang

Buying in Sumbawa

Sumbawa is the island next to Lombok and it runs a step behind on everything: fewer people, fewer services, and land prices that no longer exist on the other two. It is where you still get to pick the plot.

For the buyer who wants beachfront and wants to build it their way, and accepts a longer calendar for it.

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Land · EL DESTINO — eight plots by the beach in Kertasari · Kertasari

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Kertasari Sumbawa SB0001

EL DESTINO — eight plots by the beach in Kertasari

$3,926/are Rp 70,000,000/are ≈ rate of agosto 2026

5 are Beach 400 m

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What to know

Real beachfront

Long sand beach, hills looking out to open ocean and several surf breaks. On the west coast you can still buy land metres from the water for what the paperwork alone costs in Bali.

You build from scratch

Almost nothing is built here: you buy the land and put the house up. That is cheaper and lets you choose the house, in exchange for permits, a builder and site visits. If you do not live there, the thing to settle before buying is who runs the build on the ground.

Getting there

By ferry from east Lombok, or flying into Sumbawa Besar. There is no international airport and no designated zone: it is the least developed of the three, and that is why the land is at this price.

Read before you buy

6 min read How to work out what lands in your pocket, in six steps Listings quote gross yield — here and across property everywhere. Six steps turn that into net, so you know exactly what you keep. 8 min read Bali, Lombok or Sumbawa: which one is yours Bali has the proven occupancy and the liquid market. Lombok has an international airport, a highway and a circuit, at lower entry prices. Sumbawa has beachfront and land to build on. Three different purchases, not three versions of the same one. 7 min read How to check that a plot is clean Three checks your notaris runs and one you do yourself in an afternoon. With them, buying land in Lombok is an orderly piece of paperwork. 7 min read Leasehold, Hak Pakai or PT PMA: which one is yours A foreigner cannot own land in Indonesia. These are the three legal ways around that, and they suit very different plans.

The other two

Buying in Bali For the buyer who wants numbers before signing and would rather pay more so that almost nothing rests on being right. Buying in Lombok For the buyer who wants the entry price and does not mind that part of what they buy is still to be proven.