Jimbaran Bay real estate on the radar

Jimbaran Bay real estate is creeping onto the world radar. To be honest its there already, with the Intercontinental hotel and the Four Seasons. Location is the key once more, and for people who are looking for access to the shopping and nighlife of Kuta / Seminyak, the airport, the Bukit and live on a sweeping white sand bay, Jimbaran is it.

I can see the time in 20 years time when someone says ‘He’s got a villa in Jimbaran Bay,’ (not me, someone else), and people nod, enough said. Back in 2004 I was looking for a new place to live and a friend suggested Jimbaran. Why the heck would I want to live next to a highway, a stinky fish market, and apart from all the action, I thought. Smart property investors are all over Jimbaran, and they probably won’t be dissapointed.

At times I don’t know what to make of this Bali place for property. You’ve got all these tasty looking locations, guys building delux villas, people telling you every other day they are making a packet etc. The other day an expat said to me he’s buying in Thailand, where the laws allow a proper freehold, not this screwy nonsense they have in Bali. I say its your money and its your call.