Buying in Kaba Kaba From Overseas

A Power of Attorney Signs for You

The final deed, whether an AJB for a purchase or the grant deed for HGB or Hak Pakai, needs a PPAT physically present at signing. A notary-issued power of attorney, once in hand, lets a nominated stand-in sign in your place, per Seven Stones Indonesia.

That single document is what makes a remote purchase possible at all. Without it, you would need to fly in for one appointment you could otherwise delegate entirely.

Your Notary Does the Legwork You Can't

You cannot walk the boundary yourself from Sydney or London, so someone else has to before you pay. A PPAT's standard sequence checks:

• The seller's own certificate, cross-checked at the land office.
• The parcel's own zoning status.
• Any encumbrance or lien already registered against it.

Skipping the site visit raises the stakes on that paperwork. Perda Bali Nomor 4 Tahun 2026 came into force in February 2026 with power to revoke a permit or force a rebuild on an unlawfully converted farmland block, and Tabanan sits on the regulator's own enforcement shortlist, per Obor Rakyat. Confirm the specific parcel clears that rule, not just that the desa in general looks fine.

We will send the deeds, the zoning confirmation and the build specification before you pay anything.

Get your own notary to read them. We will point you at people we have used and we do not take referral fees for it.

Off-Plan Still Runs on a Builder's Clock

Kaba Kaba's own sampled stock includes one offplan four to five-bedroom sustainable complex on 2,918 sqm of land. A project that size typically needs 10 to 12 months from the day ground is broken, stretching past 18 months for bigger builds, per Kingswood Bali Villas.

Payments on a build like this usually follow construction milestones rather than one lump sum. Put that staged schedule in the contract itself before the first instalment leaves your account.

Escrow Is a Habit Not a Law

Buyers sometimes assume a deposit sits safely in escrow the way it might at home. In Indonesia, escrow runs on lawyer-negotiated habit, not statutory law, per Paradyse Homes.

Ask your own lawyer to build that protection into the contract explicitly if you want it. Assuming it exists by default is the mistake to avoid.

A Local Bank Account Needs a KITAS

Settling fees, deposits and construction milestones from overseas eventually runs into Indonesian banking rules. Opening a personal account generally needs a KITAS or KITAP alongside your passport, plus an NPWP tax number for larger transactions, per Cekindo.

Without that stay permit in hand, a purely remote buyer typically routes payments through a notary's trust arrangement or an international transfer instead of a local account. Ask your notary which method their office actually uses before you commit to one.