Alameda Suites

Light, large and completely furnished rooms with small balcony and private bathroom. Each room has a living/dining area, bathroom, small kitchen and bedroom. Facilities include a microwave, electric stove, telephone, fridge, tv, clothes rack, lots of cupboards and storage space, dining table and chairs, hot and cold water, bed sheet, blanket and 2 pillows and cases. Aircon and wifi are available in each room.

There is 1 communal washing machine and clothes dryer on the top floor and a rooftop area outside to hang your clothes (50 baht per wash), or alternatively there are lots of laundry shops nearby in Samsen area that cost approximately 40 baht/kilo, as well as a dry cleaning service in the nearby Nouvo City Hotel.

Facilities and surrounding area:
There is not much in the immediate vicinity around Alameda except some street food stalls, a fresh fruit and veg market, 7-11 and the popular seven spoons restaurant. However, it is around a 20 min walk from Samsaen area which has a lot more amenities/interns. It is 5 min walk to the Phanfa Klong Boat pier.

Price:
Rent  – 12,900 Baht/month (UN Intern rate) Wifi  – 990 Baht/month Room Cleaning  – 800 Baht/clean Deposit  – 1 months rent plus 20,000 Baht (retuned upon check out) Water –  19 Baht/unit Electricity –  5.75 Baht/unit Roughly Monthly Expenditure –  Approx. 14,000 Baht/month

Advantages:

 * Nice, clean and spacious apartments
 * Cookware, crockery etc. can be rented from Alameda directly (albeit it rather expensively, see website)
 * Air con and wifi available in the rooms
 * Daily/monthly room rates also available
 * Excellent location close to UN
 * Guests allowed at your own discretion and may stay for a relatively long period of time

Disadvantages:

 * No swimming pool
 * Difficult to catch reception staff (due to working hours), didn’t find them to be particularly helpful or understanding
 * Have to pay 800 Baht cleaning fee on checkout
 * Difficult for taxi drivers to find, especially first time from the airport (bring map/telephone number and address in Thai!)
 * Expensive for what it is – you can probably find a condo with more facilities in the centre for this price

Intern Tips:
Rooms on the left and right hand side are slightly different in layout and size; ask to see one of each before deciding on a room. Personally I found those on the left hand side of the building were nicer.

Try the street food stall on the LHS at the end of the soi (UN direction), great food!