Designed in collaboration with Bill Bensley
Private Luxury Villa
in Chiang Mai
There is only ever one group here. Right now, it could be you.
A fully private estate in the hills of Mae Rim Valley, where design, nature, and personal service come together effortlessly.
— Condé Nast Traveler Hot List
Featured in Architectural Digest · Condé Nast Traveler · Financial Times
Mae Rim Valley
Just north of Chiang Mai, Mae Rim Valley is one of Northern Thailand’s most desirable destinations, known for its mountain scenery, luxury retreats, botanical gardens, elephant experiences and outdoor adventures.
It offers the perfect balance of peaceful countryside and easy access to the cultural attractions of Chiang Mai.
“Skip the Four Seasons and the Amans.
Stay here for a unique seven‑star experience.”
Guest Review — TripAdvisor
This is not a hotel.
Not a resort. Not an Airbnb.
It is something the travel world has no proper name for.
When you book Howie’s HomeStay, the entire estate — five exquisite pavilions, the infinity saltwater pool, the landscaped gardens, the stream, the silence — belongs entirely to you. No other guests. No shared spaces. No one else’s schedule, noise, or presence. Just your group, your hosts, and one of the most extraordinary private properties in Southeast Asia.
This is what complete privacy actually feels like.
The Estate
Built as a home.
Recognised as a masterpiece.
Bill Bensley — the architect behind some of Asia’s most celebrated resorts — designed this estate as a private family home, not a property to impress strangers. Architectural Digest featured it before it ever welcomed a guest. That intention still shows in every room and garden path, the longer you stay.
Seven golden teak pavilions, each a private world of its own. Open-air rain showers set within tropical gardens. A saltwater infinity pool that spills toward the valley below. Handcrafted Burmese antiques, 500-thread-count linens, koi-filled ponds, mountain views.
Nothing mass-produced. Not one square foot of it.
5.0
TripAdvisor Rating
184 Reviews
25
Years Your Hosts
Have Called This Home
1
Group At A Time.
Always.
3
World Publications.
One Property.
Dining
Then there is Jerri.
And everything changes.
Three meals a day, prepared exclusively for your group. No restaurant menu, no set courses, no strangers at the next table. Just Jerri — a culinary professional of rare talent — cooking for you, and you alone, with fresh local ingredients, traditional Northern Thai recipes, and a passion that guests have spent fifteen years trying to find the right words to describe.
Most of them land on the same one: unforgettable.
“Jerri can easily compete with any Michelin-starred restaurant — and arranges everything with such infinite love and passion.”
— Guest Review
Your Hosts
Howie & Jerri.
The reason people return.
Twenty-five years in Mae Rim Valley, Chiang Mai. That is not a biography line — it is the depth of knowledge behind every recommendation, every arrangement, every experience they curate for you. Howie knows the elephant sanctuary that actually deserves your visit. The food market the locals go to on Tuesday mornings. The waterfall that does not appear in any guidebook. The temple that will stop you in your tracks.
Both well-traveled themselves, Howie and Jerri built this to be the trip they’d always wanted someone to hand them — every detail already sorted, every recommendation already tested, so nothing is left to guesswork or a stranger’s guidebook.
And when it’s time to eat, there is Jerri — cooking for your group alone, every meal of your stay. If your wish is simply to never leave the property, the pool, the gardens, and the silence of Mae Rim Valley, Chiang Mai, have a way of making that the easiest decision you will ever make.
Two people who genuinely want this to be the finest stay of your life — and have spent twenty-five years learning exactly how to make that happen.
“Howie has created his own spectacular category of accommodation. There is nothing else like it. It is unique in the world.”
— Guest Review
“Far more inspiring than the Four Seasons nearby or the Mandarin Oriental — and I have spent nearly 20 years in the luxury hotel industry.”
— Luxury Hotel Industry Professional, Guest Review
Who Stays Here
Every kind of traveler
who refuses to settle.
Couples who want complete privacy and a honeymoon they will describe for the rest of their lives. Families who want space, flexibility, and children genuinely welcome. Small groups of friends marking a birthday, an anniversary, a reunion — something worth celebrating properly. Seasoned travelers who have stayed at the finest hotels in the world and are quietly looking for something those hotels cannot give them — see how this experience compares.
What unites every guest who has ever stayed here is the same thing they say when they leave: they did not want to go.
“The property is one in a billion.
We had the entire place to ourselves.”
— Guest Review