Building a villa in Uluwatu.
The fastest changing part of the island, and still straightforward to build in.
For building purposes Uluwatu behaves like the Canggu group. Access, suppliers and the banjar relationship all work the same way, and our team treats a build here as standard rather than remote.
What is not standard is how fast the area has changed. Uluwatu was a surfing and short-let destination and is now becoming what Canggu is. If you are working from an impression formed a few years ago, it is out of date.
What the build is actually like
Our team puts Uluwatu in the same group as Canggu, Pererenan, Seseh, Cemagi and Kerobokan. Suppliers are reachable, access is generally workable, and the banjars understand construction.
The clifftop and near-clifftop plots are the exception worth naming. Ground, drainage and access on a plot with a serious slope are a different conversation from a flat plot inland, and the honest answer is that it depends entirely on the site. That is what the survey is for.
Because the area is developing quickly, the zoning position on a given plot is worth establishing early rather than assumed from what the neighbours have built.
- Ground conditions
- Standard inland. Slope plots are site specific
- Suppliers
- Reachable. Treated as standard, not remote
- Truck access
- Generally workable
- Pace of change
- The fastest on the island
Who buys in Uluwatu, and why
Historically surfers and the short-let market that followed them. That is still true, and it is no longer the whole picture.
Uluwatu now attracts the same buyers who would have looked at Canggu, drawn by the clifftops, the views and a rental market that has grown quickly. It has got much busier over the last two years, and the demand has followed.
What has changed recently
Uluwatu has become far busier over the last two years, more than anywhere else we build.
It is turning into a version of Canggu, which is good for occupancy and worth knowing if quiet was what you were buying.
Who Uluwatu is not for
Two things people get wrong about Uluwatu.
- If you are buying the Uluwatu of a few years ago, quiet clifftops and a surf break, go and look at it now before committing. It has changed.
- If you want to be able to get to Canggu quickly and often, the drive is long enough to matter. People underestimate it.
Questions we get asked about Uluwatu
- Is building in Uluwatu harder than in Canggu?
- Not as a rule. Our team groups it with the standard areas: suppliers are reachable, access is generally fine and the banjars know the work. The exception is a plot with a genuine slope on it, where ground, drainage and access become site-specific questions rather than general ones.
- How much is land in Uluwatu?
- We have not published a figure, because we have not been given one we would stand behind. Ask us and we will tell you what we are seeing on current plots rather than quote a range we cannot support.
- Has Uluwatu already peaked?
- We would not claim to know. What we can tell you is what our team sees: it has got much busier over the last two years and is becoming more like Canggu. Whether that is the top or the middle of the curve is a question for someone selling forecasts.
What we do here