Houses for Rent in Chalong

What it costs to rent a house in Chalong

Chalong lists 191 of the island's houses for long-term rent, the third-largest house market after Phuket Town's 478 and Thalang Inner's 341. Entry rate: ฿13,000 a month — tied with Thalang Inner for the cheapest entry point among the three. Median across all bedrooms: ฿43,000, within 4% of the island-wide house median of ฿45,000 — priced between Thalang Inner's ฿40,000 and Phuket Town's ฿50,000.

Two- and three-bedroom houses carry the market: 83 two-bedroom listings median ฿33,000, and 73 three-bedroom houses median ฿60,000 from ฿25,000. Four-bedroom houses (16 listings) median ฿80,000. Below two bedrooms, 8 studios start from ฿13,000 at a ฿29,000 median, and 6 one-bedroom houses median just ฿24,000 — cheaper than the studio tier, an unusual inversion worth checking listing by listing.

What the rent includes, and what costs extra

The standard: a twelve-month lease, a two-month deposit, first month at signing. Electricity and water are metered and billed on top — a house's larger floor area and any pool pump make that bill bigger than a condo's.

Chalong's house stock is less pool-heavy than its villas: 32 of 191 listings — 17% — have a private pool, and 39 more sit in a project with a shared pool, leaving most houses without one at all. 170 of the 191 listings are fully furnished, 11 partly furnished and 5 unfurnished — enough spread that furnishing status is worth confirming per listing rather than assumed.

Who Chalong actually suits for a long lease

Chalong's houses average 2.5 bedrooms — smaller than Thalang Inner's 2.8 and Phuket Town's 3.2 — yet the zone's ฿43,000 median sits above Thalang Inner's ฿40,000 despite the smaller average unit. That combination points to a market of compact family houses near the marina and bypass road commanding a modest premium over a larger house further from the island's main artery.

Among the 75 houses with project-level coordinates, the average distance to the nearest beach is 5.4 km in a straight line, with the closest at 3.8 km — a drive via the bypass road rather than a walk, the same trade-off as Chalong's villas. That suits a tenant prioritising the marina, Chalong Hospital and the road network over daily beach access; a tenant who wants the coast can browse Phuket Town's houses, villas in the same zone, or the full rental catalogue island-wide.

What the numbers say about the choice

Two- and three-bedroom houses are 156 of Chalong's 191 listings — 82% of the market — making this the zone to shop for a mid-size family house rather than a studio or a five-bedroom estate; those sit at the edges, 8 and 2 listings respectively.

15 of the 191 houses — 8% — are dual-listed for rent and sale, a notably lower share than Chalong's own villas at 13%, suggesting houses here are held to live in rather than to flip. The catalogue refreshes daily. Houses for sale in Chalong cover the purchase side; our renting-versus-buying guide runs that comparison, the Chalong district guide covers schools and the marina, and villas for rent in the same zone cover the larger-format alternative.