4Br Private Pool Villa Bai Saho - Walk to Beach

Beautiful pool but furniture is old and used but outside are is amazing and beautiful surrounding

The Villa was really nice and in a good location.

We did not get a cleaning as said, stayed for 6 nights, we had also asked for a High chair for a 1 year old which never came. It was not possible to get capsules for the coffee machine in any shop, we were only given 6 capsules after asking for it for 7 adults for 7 days. Extra charge for water and electrisity at the end if stay.

Nong the hostess was amazing so friendly and easy to contact if we needed anything!

Location was a bit out of the way - bikes/scooters definitely needed to get to places easier as taxis are expensive

Villa is very beautiful, modern and comfortable. Great with a group and kids. Each room has a private bathroom. Two of the rooms are connected, but have seperate entrances as well. Well equiped kitchen. Lovely seating area outside. Close to the beach (750m), small shop with basics, several options for massage and some restaurants 500m from the villa.

Definetly need to use transport to get around as location is far from main points of attaraction. Closest large shop 7-11 was 2km away. Closest market was 7min with car, 30min to Samui airport, 45min to Lamai. Electricity is expensive, 1800 baht for 4 nights for 6 adults+2 kids, even though airconditioning was used only at night. Communication with managament could be better. For example dishwasher tablets that were promised twice never came (luckily plenty of dishes in the villa).. Also late check out was confirmed by representative, but then declined by managment. On the positive, issues with the safes were resolved rather quickly. When checking out they did not have 50% of our deposit money, so we had to drive to an atm to get it. We got it in bahts even though we left euros, but getting back the money in euros would have taken at least an hour. They were very polite about it, but i would plan some extra time when checking out.

Villa is generally as it appears in the photos. Layout is fab - with 4 ensuite double bedrooms around a communal pool area. Great indoor-outdoor living areas. Location is quite good - near to quieter Bang Por beach area although it’s still at least a 20 min walk to a decent section of beach and you absolutely need a car to get to restaurants etc.

The management of the property was poor. Communication prior to and during our stay was slow. For example, I emailed well in advance to ask if an airport transfer and rental car could be arranged (as offered). I had to chase up by phone and didn’t receive full confirmation until the day of our arrival. Similar experience when it came to cleaning during our stay and check out. The agent was not available when we arrived to do check in (although the house was open) and very basic things e.g some drinking water, salt/pepper, tissues, 1-2 dishwasher tablets were missing. The agent could not answer simple questions eg what to do with the rubbish during our stay, local restaurants and activities to recommend. Additional electricity charge was v expensive given we did not use AC. Good for people to know that there are also quite a lot of other properties and construction in the area (not really clear from photos). Overall, house needs a bit of TLC - outdoor wood furniture, outdoor shower, plants around the terrace (half were dead!), kitchen area and crockery not the cleanest. The handle of the oven in the kitchen was broken (although a makeshift fix was provided so we could at least use it). Management of the property could be improved with better communication and some simple basic touches.

pros - spacious rooms all with ensuites - very clean - large sized pool area - good amenities - netflix tv

cons - not close to main areas without a 10 minute drive - no staff for daily cleaning - no slippers - not enough drying racks for hanging out laundry - electric usage is paid on top of accommodation