4-bedroom villa in Jimbaran

Two storeys around a courtyard, with the pool and timber deck on the garden side and the living room opening to it on two sides through full-height glass. The upper floor is screened with vertical timber louvres, which is what keeps the bedrooms usable through the middle of the day.

The construction is a step above the Canggu norm: coral stone cladding on the columns, proper aluminium-framed glazing rather than the thin sliders that warp after two wet seasons, and a hipped shingle roof instead of the flat concrete slabs that leak.

It sits inside Natadesa, a managed estate with its own entrance, roads and shrine, which matters more than it sounds. It means the road outside your gate stays maintained and the plot next door cannot become a construction site for two years.