Choosing a manager
Phuket property management companies compared
No independent body ranks Phuket property managers. On the rates they published when we checked in October 2026, fees run from 10 percent to 30 percent, and the right company depends on your property, your area and your language. Here are eleven, including us, described from what each publishes about itself.
Before the list
How this comparison was put together, and its limits.
We are one of the companies on this page, so the method matters more than usual. We kept to facts anyone can check, and we did not score or rank anyone.
Fees as each company publishes them
The fee shown is the one each company states on its own website, recorded in our market review of 27 and 28 October 2026. “On request” and “not published” mean exactly that. Rates change; confirm the current figure, and what it covers, with the company itself.
Public ratings, with the date
Google ratings are those shown on Google Maps on 28 October 2026, with the number of reviews behind them. Where our review did not record a rating, none is shown. A rating built on guest reviews says more about stays than about owner service.
What we did not do
We did not mystery-shop anyone, we did not use anyone’s private figures, and we did not write a verdict. If your company is listed and something here is wrong or out of date, write to us and we will correct it.
The companies
Eleven Phuket property managers, as they present themselves.
In no particular order after our own entry, which comes first only because it is the one we can describe in full. The table gives the published terms; the notes below say what each company is built for.
| Company | Published fee | Languages | Google rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phuket Property Manager | From 10 percent, quoted per property in writing after a visit | English, French, Thai (website in seven languages) | 5.0 (59 reviews) |
| Lofty Phuket | 20 percent, all-inclusive | English | Not recorded |
| Property Management Phuket / Inter Property Phuket | From 12 percent, with a Net Guarantee option | English, Thai | 4.6 (37 reviews), Rawai |
| Shibumi Services | 20 percent for long-term rentals, with a price-match offer | English | Not recorded |
| Holy Cow Phuket | 15 to 30 percent | English, plus a separate Russian-language website | Not recorded |
| Alexanders Property Management | On request | English | 4.9 (11 reviews), Kathu |
| Pearl Property Phuket | Not published in our review | English | 4.8 (25 reviews), Kamala |
| One Fine BnB | 20 percent, or 10 percent under its partner arrangement | English | Not recorded |
| CBRE Phuket | On request | Several | Not recorded |
| Baan Wise | Not published in our review | English | Not recorded |
| PPM Thai | Not published in our review | Thai, English | Not recorded |
Phuket Property Manager
phuketpropertymanager.com. Villas and condos across the island, run by its two directors from Choeng Thale. Airbnb Superhost. No mark-up on contractor invoices and no exit charge.
Lofty Phuket
loftyphuket.com. Short-stay management at scale, with 250+ properties. Presents itself as Airbnb Preferred, runs an owner portal and publishes case studies with figures.
Property Management Phuket / Inter Property Phuket
propertymanagementphuket.com · interpropertyphuket.com. Low published price and a guaranteed-income option. The largest host in AirROI’s Phuket data, with 292 listings.
Shibumi Services
shibumithailand.com. Based in Kamala since 2004, with a luxury villa positioning. Publishes its own comparison of Phuket villa managers.
Holy Cow Phuket
holycowphuket.com. Rental agency and management under one roof, four offices, and accepts payment in cryptocurrency.
Alexanders Property Management
alexandersphuket.com. Operating since 2008, office in Kathu, publishes a page on its fees.
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Pearl Property Phuket
pearlpropertyphuket.com · thepropertymanagementcompanyphuket.com. Kamala-based. Its page on holiday home management fees is the one Google’s AI Overview cited for that question when we checked.
One Fine BnB
onefinebnb.com. Part manager, part publisher: it reviews most Phuket managers, and AI assistants quote it often. The rate it gave for us when we checked (20 to 30 percent) is not ours; ours starts at 10 percent.
CBRE Phuket
cbre.co.th. An international firm. Its Phuket work is institutional: buildings and juristic persons rather than single private villas.
Baan Wise
baanwise.com. Appears in several “best property managers in Phuket” lists.
PPM Thai
ppmthai.com. Organised around named condominium projects, most of them in Bangkok rather than Phuket.
Matching owner and manager
Which kind of manager suits which owner.
The useful question is not which company is best, but which one is built for a property and an owner like yours.
One all-in price, a large operation
If you want a single all-inclusive rate and a company running hundreds of listings, Lofty’s published model is built for that. Ask what “all-inclusive” leaves out before comparing it with a rate that bills some items separately.
A fixed, guaranteed figure
A net guarantee pays you an agreed amount whatever the calendar does; Property Management Phuket publishes one. You trade the upside for certainty, and the terms are everything.
The building is the problem, not the unit
Running a juristic person, common areas and a building budget is a different service from managing one owner’s unit. Firms such as CBRE work at that level.
A luxury villa in Kamala
Shibumi has been based in Kamala since 2004 and Pearl Property is Kamala-based too. We manage in Kamala as well, from our office in Choeng Thale.
Dealing with the owners of the business
If you want the people who run the company to be the ones who answer, in English, French or Thai, that is how we work. It is a deliberate limit on how many properties we take, not a slogan.
A Russian-speaking owner
Holy Cow runs a Russian-language website. Ours has Russian pages, but nobody on our team speaks Russian, and we would rather you knew that before the first call.
Names that look alike
Check which company you are actually talking to.
Several Phuket managers trade under almost the same words, and owners, search engines and AI assistants mix them up.
Phuket Property Manager
That is us: the property management arm of Empire Estates Phuket Co., Ltd, registered in Thailand in 2021, at 37/8 Srisoonthorn Rd, Choeng Thale. Our only website is phuketpropertymanager.com.
Property Management Phuket
A different company, at propertymanagementphuket.com, linked to Inter Property Phuket. Its fees, contracts and reviews are its own, not ours.
When a source mixes them up
Some review sites and AI answers attribute other companies’ rates to us. Our fee starts at 10 percent; if you read a different figure next to our name, it did not come from us.
Doing your own check
Four things to ask any company on this list.
They take ten minutes per company and tell you more than any ranking, ours included.
A worked example on one booking
The guest pays this, the platform takes that, the cleaning is handled like so, the fee applies to this base, you receive this. Three companies, one booking, three comparable figures.
How many properties per person
Ask both numbers and divide. A long list on one phone is why nobody noticed the aircon leaking down the wall.
Original invoices on a real statement
Does the amount on your statement match the contractor’s invoice? A declared mark-up is a model; an undeclared one is an incentive you do not want your manager to have.
What leaves with you
The notice period, any exit charge, and whose account each listing sits in. Reviews stay with the listing.
Straight answers
What owners ask when comparing managers.
Who is the top property management company in Phuket?
Which property management company in Phuket charges the least?
Is this comparison neutral?
Is a large management company better than a small one?
Which Phuket managers speak Russian or French?
Can I change property manager in Phuket mid-contract?
About this page
Who wrote it, and where the facts come from.
Authors
Written by Silvain, General Director, with Pattama, Operational Director. They run Phuket Property Manager, the property management arm of Empire Estates Phuket Co., Ltd, from Choeng Thale.
Sources
Each company’s own website for fees, languages and positioning; Google Maps for ratings, on 28 October 2026; AirROI’s Phuket data for listing counts. Recorded in our market review of 27 and 28 October 2026.
Corrections
Listed and something is wrong? Send the correct figure and where it is published, and we will update the page and its date.
Reviewed . We update these pages when the practice on the ground changes, not on a schedule.
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