Compliance explained in plain English, market data without the marketing, and lessons from builds we actually carried. No filler, published when there is something worth saying.
regulation2026 jul 10What the 2026 tightening actually froze, what it did not, and how a compliant project kept building through it.
living in bali2026 jul 10The actual menu, dated and sourced, including the June 2025 rule most guides still miss.
living in bali2026 jul 10Schools before neighborhoods, health in two tiers, and the two budget lines that stay European.
living in bali2026 jul 10Tenure, visa, the 183-day threshold, succession and exit: the villa comes seventh.
development notes2026 jul 08The market average is real, and so is the average Harmonie, the asset whose numbers we publish, holds above 80 percent against it. Design, shared cost, service, and the part that only comes from years of doing this.
market intelligence2026 jul 07Yes, but not for lazy money. Demand is real. Supply has grown faster than pricing power. Compliance risk is no longer theoretical. The honest, sourced answer.
field report2026 feb 04Fifteen months on site, opened summer 2024. Three things we got right, one contractor decision we would not repeat, and what changes on every mandate since.
development notes2026 jul 07One big villa is one booking product. A well-designed small estate is several, with one service engine behind them.
compliance2026 jul 07The extra margin comes from deleting real costs off the spreadsheet, not from a better business. Where that risk actually goes, with real enforcement cases.
market intelligence2026 jul 07Decks advertise twelve to twenty percent. Here is the full gross-to-net waterfall, one deduction at a time, sourced.
compliance2026 jul 07Leasehold is not bad. A badly structured lease is bad. What a foreign buyer actually acquires, and how to underwrite a finite-life asset honestly.
compliance2026 jul 07Nominee looks like ownership until the relationship breaks. What Indonesian law and real Bali court cases actually say.
compliance2026 jul 07None of those colors exist in the actual regulation. What each usually means, and why the color was never going to be the whole answer.
compliance2026 jul 07Being live on Airbnb proves nothing legally. The real compliance stack: zoning, building approval, the right KBLI, tax registration, staff coverage and guest reporting.
compliance2026 jul 07No, the rate did not jump from 0.5 percent to 11 percent to 22 percent. Here is what actually changed, and for whom.
compliance2026 apr 12The regulation everyone forwards without reading. We read it. Here is what changes for the operator and what does not.
market intelligence2025 dec 09AirDNA counts more than eighty thousand active short-term rental listings across the major platforms, at roughly 47 percent average occupancy. Supply is not the edge anymore.