Two Valriche by YOO villas are on the market through GADAIT in September 2026: a 3-bedroom of 252 m² on a 613 m² plot at €1,110,713, and a 4-bedroom of 277 m² on a 704 m² plot at €1,247,857. Those are net prices, before the 5% registration duty. The estate's sales office announces the collection from €1,100,000, which is consistent. Be careful with the higher figures circulating on other portals for these same two villas — €1,166,249 and €1,310,250. Divide them by ours and you get exactly 1.05 in both cases: those advertisements quote the price with the registration duty already included. It is the same villa at the same price, presented differently. Net, the villas work out at €4,408 and €4,505 per square metre of living space.
What you actually pay, line by line
Take the 4-bedroom villa at €1,247,857. Add the 5% registration duty, €62,393, and you land on €1,310,250 — exactly the figure some portals advertise as the price itself. Add roughly 1% in Mauritian notary fees, about €12,500, then €3,000 to €6,000 of legal due diligence and about €1,000 for the family residence permit application. All-in, the villa costs about €1,329,000, roughly 6.5% above the net price.
No agency fee is added for the buyer: in Mauritius the seller pays the commission. Off-plan, the price is settled in stages as construction progresses. Since December 2024 the Economic Development Board requires payment 85% in Mauritian rupees and 15% in foreign currency through the notary, from funds transferred from abroad. If you budget from the duty-inclusive figure and then add the duty again, you overstate your outlay by about €62,000.
The benchmark nobody publishes
At €4,408 and €4,505 per square metre of living space, Valriche by YOO sits well below the branded collections of the east coast. The Four Seasons villas at Anahita trade between €8,200 and €9,400 per m². The gap is not about build quality: it is about position — Bel Ombre is the greenest, least dense coast on the island — and about the absence, here, of a hotel operator running the villa for you.
That is precisely what keeps the entry ticket accessible for a branded address. You buy the YOO Studio signature, the 2,500-hectare estate, its two golf courses and its two five-star resorts, at roughly half the price per square metre of the island's other branded villas. The trade is that no resort fills your calendar when you are away.
Sources
Primary and expert sources behind this answer:
- Valriche by YOO — official project site (developer Aspire Valriche Ltd) ↗
- YOO Residences — Valriche by YOO Mauritius project sheet (designer YOO Studio, founded by John Hitchcox and Philippe Starck) ↗
- Heritage Villas Valriche — the estate's own page on Valriche by YOO (villas 219-224 and 227-231, from EUR 1,100,000) ↗
- Economic Development Board (EDB) Mauritius — Acquisition of Immovable Property by Non-Citizens & Residence Permit guidelines ↗
This page is general information, not legal or tax advice. Mauritian property, residence, succession and tax rules are technical and change frequently — notably the 1 July 2026 registration-duty change. Every figure and rule here must be confirmed with a Mauritian notary (notaire), a tax adviser (fiscaliste) or a lawyer for your specific situation before you act.
Luxury buyer's agent, on the buyer's side only — Mauritius, Dubai, Marbella, Greece, the Maldives and the French Alps. Every price and every rule on this page is sourced (developers, sales offices, official EDB/MRA texts) and dated; pages are re-verified quarterly.
Our editorial method →Related questions
Explore our guides and listings
Buying property in Mauritius? Get an independent read first.
GADAIT is an independent luxury buyer's agent. We confirm the scheme, the tax, the residence reality and the real all-in cost for your specific case — before you commit.
Newsletter
Be among the privileged.
Subscribe to the Gadait International newsletter and receive the latest trends in the luxury market, along with exclusive opportunities for exceptional properties in advance.
Low frequency. High relevance.