PLAYBOOK: GATED COMMUNITIES

Find your moo baan.

Gated housing estates for families planning a long stay in Chiang Mai: what each one has, typical asking rents, and how far it is by road from the gate to your school.

Editor’s picks

Highlighted moo baan

Four estates to start with, chosen by the editor to show the range: two in the Hang Dong cluster near Panyaden and Meritton, one beside Grace, and one in Mae Rim near Prem.

Hang Dong & Southwest · Nong Khwai · Upper-mid

Lanna Montra

Spacious houses, quiet lanes

Sixty two-storey houses from 200 to 480 m² with a clubhouse, pool, gym and sauna, four kilometres from both Panyaden and Meritton. All kinds of pets allowed.

Asking rent: from ฿35,000 · Nearest school: Panyaden International School, 4 km by road

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Hang Dong & Southwest · Nong Khwai · Mid

Moo Baan Sansaran

Keycard gate and a full clubhouse

A well-known Nong Khwai estate of 144 houses with tennis, sauna and steam room, an electric perimeter fence and keycard entry. Pets allowed.

Asking rent: from ฿29,300 · Nearest school: Panyaden International School, 4.7 km by road

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Hang Dong & Southwest · San Klang · Upper-mid

Graceland

Next door to Grace International

A newer estate (2020) of 62 houses about 700 m by road from Grace, with indoor and outdoor kids’ zones, jogging and bike lanes.

Asking rent: ฿25,000–80,000 · Nearest school: Grace International School, 0.7 km by road

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Mae Rim & North · Huai Sai · Value–Mid

Somwang Mountain View

Foothills living near Prem

A smaller estate of 69 houses with a pool and guards, 3.4 km by road from Prem, at roughly half the asking rent of the Hang Dong estates.

Asking rent: ฿12,000–29,000 · Nearest school: Prem Tinsulanonda International School, 3.4 km by road

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Explore by area

Each coloured block is one Playbook area, the same areas as Kids and Schools, with how many estates we list there.

Map of central Chiang Mai and the Hang Dong edge, each Playbook area labelled with its number of listed estates.
1 · City centre and Hang Dong. Where most of the estates are, around the international schools south-west of the city.
Map of the whole Chiang Mai area divided into the Playbook areas, each labelled with its number of listed estates.
2 · The whole area. Mae Rim to the north (near Prem), San Sai to the north-east, Hang Dong and San Pa Tong to the south-west.

Tap an area’s label to see its estates. All estates as a list → · Area outlines are the Playbook’s own groupings, not official district boundaries. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.