Straight answers on buying property in Bali as a foreigner: leasehold vs PT PMA, taxes, zoning and rental returns.
The regulation lets a foreigner hold a strata certificate in Bali. The only running count of foreign certificates is from Batam. What the rule says, what Bali sells instead, six checks.
Freehold in Bali is for Indonesian citizens. A foreign buyer chooses between leasehold and Hak Pakai; new PT PMA property companies are blocked since May 2026.
Meta description (158): A Bali lease ends on its date with no notice. The law gives no right to extend and no payment for the villa. What the Civil Code says and what your deed must.
Pink, yellow and green are shorthand. A Bali zoning map assigns each plot a zone code and a table of permitted uses. How to read it and check a plot in 2026.
Foreigners can't own freehold land in Bali. What you can hold in 2026: leasehold, Hak Pakai from IDR 5 billion, and why the PT PMA route narrowed in May.
Bedroom count changes the licence, the plot rules, the water permit and the power tariff before it changes revenue. The published data by bedrooms, with its gaps
A villa in Bali is a lease you license yourself. An apartment is a unit lease or a PPJB under the building's licence. What the law says about strata, condotels and who runs the block.
Bali's areas compared by what decides a purchase in 2026: which regency has a zoning plan in OSS, where land is protected, what got sealed, and which infrastructure exists.
