Has anyone tried:

Centerpoint Wireless Road
Capehouse Langsuan
Marriott Mayfair Langsuan
Naturalville Langsuan

are these any good or are there others that are more recommended in this general area?

must you rent by the month? or by the week?

I've stayed at Cape House Langsuan and checked out CentrePoint Wireless and the Marriott Mayfair Langsuan. In terms of furnishings, I'd go with the Marriott, then CentrePoint then Cape House (which is older, unless they've renovated in the last year or so). Cape House has wireless broadband, the others have wired (not sure if they have wireless as well). When I checked out the Marriott, they were missing a few tv channels that I considered essential - IIRC, UBC Series and ESPN, but that was a long time ago during their opening months, so that may have changed.

All of them do daily, weekly or monthly rates, and I think Cape House is the cheapest. You can get better rates than what the websites state by calling/emailing the hotels and negotiating with the sales managers.

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A little-known option for monthly stays is to book right in to a regular hotel.
Many hotels in Bangkok offer very attractive rates by the month.

I used to live in a 4-star hotel in Bangkok -- for almost 2 years.
It made a very comfortable home even for that length of time.
The rates were in the same range as serviced apartments of similar quality in the same neighborhood.
But ... security and services were far better:
Daily maid service, with fresh sheets, towels and bathrobes every day.
A nice assortment of toiletries -- shampoo & conditioner, body lotion, soap, shoe polisher, sewing kit, toothbrush, slippers for walking down to the swimming pool, etc., etc, -- all updated every day.
In the room, three telephones, including one in the bathroom.
High speed Internet.
Wireless Internet in the lobby and at the pool.
Several restaurants, a sandwich shop, a very nice cocktail lounge, and a convenience store right inside the hotel.
24 hour room service.
Doorman and bellboys for assistance -- they will even run errands like going out to 7-Eleven for cigarettes at 2:00 am.
Plus, an attitude toward maintenance that was "sudden" - any little problem was fixed within an hour or less.

And once the staff gets to know you, you are treated very, very well.
Or, at least, I was.
I had to ask them to stop bringing so much fruit to my room.
And the flowers, too: If there was a banquet or party anywhere in the hotel, the next day a bouquet of the flowers appeared in my room.
If I hinted that I wanted extra towels or an extra bathrobe for a visitor, those appeared almost within a snap of the fingers.
The pool boys got to know me, too, and as soon as I appeared at the pool, they would rush over with towels and a deep "wai", to the wonderment of other guests.

A small kitchen, sometimes called a "pantry kitchen", is often available in some rooms.
If you want a 2-room or 3-room suite, yes, those are available.
On the other hand, the rooms are designed as hotel rooms, even the suites.
And furnishings are hotel style, too, not apartment style.
You may not like that, but it didn't bother me.

If you consider long-stay at hotels, you will find lots more options.
Most don't advertise the fact, but ask at reception about monthly rates.
At that hotel where I used to live, there were about 80 long-stay residents, mostly businessmen, one of them there over 8 years!

The name of that hotel hotel where I lived, is one of my treasured secrets, only revealed to close friends, not on public forums.
But if you have general questions about long-stay in hotels, you are welcome to send me email or private message.

-- Peter

thanks for the replies :) very helpful....I just found out that a friend of a friend lives medium term at the Shangri-La and likes it alot....I'll ask around about the hotel options too...

There have been some threads here and on TV about some of these properties. The Conrad, in the vicinity you seem to be interested in, also has a serviced-apartment section. Many have commented positively on it. I have a friend who has lived at Centrepoint Wireless for ~ 1 year. She has a 1 bedroom unit. She loves it, and as I am there often I can say it is a marvelous facility. I considered living there when I first moved here but found a nice apartment nearby for about 1/4 the price.

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Definitely check out the Conrad Apts. Great rooms, good restaurants/bars as well as All Season's Place Shopping mall all attached to the hotel.

zzzzz

Hello,

could someone please give a price range (per month) at places like the Conrad or the Shangri-La?
Thanks!

-txl.

I've heard of rates, possibly negotiated via a bulk contract, for the Conrad Residence of 55,000 baht/month for a Studio and 70,000 baht/month for a 1 Bedroom. These figures are from ~ 9 months ago via a friend who stayed there for 3 months.

I've heard of rates, possibly negotiated via a bulk contract, for the Conrad Residence of 55,000 baht/month for a Studio and 70,000 baht/month for a 1 Bedroom. These figures are from ~ 9 months ago via a friend who stayed there for 3 months.

Thanks! ^

I highly recommend the Mayfair Marriott executive apartments.

It's in a great location on soi Lang Suan close to Silom, Suk, the night bazaar, Sathorn etc.

The rooms are beautifully appointed (well, it IS a Marriott :) ), with fully stocked kitchen and dvd/audio player and heaps of other amenities.
They also offer a grocery shopping service, they have a long list of groceries and you just mark down what you want and they bring it to your room.
There is also a nice international foods supermarket on the first floor of the office building next door.

They also have a gym and a big swimming pool. The only thing I don't like is that it is difficult to catch much sun at the pool because there is a lot of shade, so you have to be poolside before 10 or late in the afternoon if you want to get a tan.

They also have rates that decrease the longer you stay, and there are a lot of families living there in the 2 and 4 bedroom apartments.

You can read about the Mayfair and other Bangkok executive serviced apartments at this site. (http://www.reservethaihotels.com/Bangkok/bangkok-executive-serviced-apartments.html)

One or two star down is a group of service apts and/or hotels runned by the above group. There website is: http://www.kanarybay.com/.

I've stayed at the Kanary House many times - I would classify as 3 - 3 1/2 star facility, nice coffee shop, good executive lounge, free wifi, very large and comfortable 1 or 2 bedroom units, with full size kitchen, L/R and D/R area, includes safety box in the room, excellent security and with our corporate discount about $50/night with buffet breakfast.

Same facility has long term stay, and in fact most clientel is long term.