Lease and build a holiday/retirement home in rural Sri Lanka, near Wilpattu National Park.
WilpattuHouse.com at Eluwankulama email: wilpattuHouse@gmail.com phone: +94 77-858-4009

Outline of proposal (pdf flyer)

a) Upfront lease of EUR 20,000 for 25 years for 2023 m² (Half Acre).
b) Build Holiday Home for approx EUR 20,000 .
c) Live year Round or Part time and rent out while not occupying.

The Neighborhood
Water front small Coconut Plantation on 2.4 hectares (6 acres) with a small Hotel/Bed and Breakfast on part of the property. The northern boundary is the Lunu Oya Estuary. The property is very visible on Google Maps. It is surrounded by scrub jungle and 0.5 km from the last house in the nearby village. The Wilpattu National Park Entrance is 3 km and the Puttalam Lagoon a 5 km distance.

Though this is a very rural part of Sri Lanka you will not be isolated from the world. Visitors staying at the Bed and Breakfast would be good company and are a mix of Sri Lankans who are nature lovers and international travellers who are open to other cultures .

Internet is available now.

For those interested in leasing we suggest that you stay in the Bed and Breakfast as visitors. Do not let us know you have an interest in leasing part of the property. This would enable you to have an unbiased experience without any sales pressure.

The Leased Property
Pick 2023 m² (Half Acre) in any part of the property. If waterfront 30m waterfront x 67.4m
a) Area clearly surveyed and demarcated
b) Lease will include right of way.

Building your Holiday Bungalow.
We suggest you use construction company or pre fabricated housing. Using local builders is somwhat cheaper. However, they lack wide experience and the finish often is below standard, even with owner supervision.

Typical building costs are for

i) Regular brick and cement house EUR 200/m² (LKR 3,000/ft²)
ii) Pre Fabricated housing is about EUR 146/m².

Estimated Turnkey complete cost for a holiday home of 93 m² (1,000 ft2)
a) As Pre Fabricated EUR 13,500
b) Brick and Motar EUR 20,000

Links (examples for construction cost estimate)
Pre Fab Hybrid Villa   ( In use as Villa Rental)
Vajira Home Builders (n.b. LKR 30 Lakhs=EUR 20,000)

The Investment Numbers

a) EUR 40,000 is the same as EUR 215/month for 25 years.
EUR 40,000 is the Present Value* of a EUR 215 monthly payment for 25 years at 4% interest rate.
Or equivalent paying EUR 64,500 over 25 years.
It is very difficult in Sri Lanka to rent a house and engage security for EUR 215.
It is unlikely house rents will be remain the same even for 5 years, let alone 25 years.
In Excel PV(0.04/12,(25*12), -215,1)=40,732

b) Recovery of Investment
If you do not plan to stay year round, suggest that the holiday bungalow is rented. If it is a long term rental for the period you away you collect the complete rental.
If you give it out on an ongoing basis thru a travel website such as AirBnB or Booking.com we would need to collect a percentage for cleaning and maintenance of the holiday bungalow.

About Lease Owner
I Sereno am 57 years old (in Jan 2016). So the odds of my being alive until 82 is hopefully remote. The property will be inherited by my sister/niece (25 now). Like me they too are laid back, or more so. I would suggest that you meet them too, even though they will have no involvement in the immediate future.