Baan Khun Mae Apartment

The best thing about this place is the woman who runs it. I had a small room with good air conditioning and an ensuite bathroom, plus a small balcony to myself. Also, the rooms are cleaned every day and replenished with fresh supplies (toilet paper and water). The rooms are quiet during the day and at night. The cable TV has a couple of English channels. There is key card entry for security, and staff will help you hail taxis and help taxi drivers find you and/or direct the taxis on how to get out of the lane to main streets. Also, the people along the lane are friendly and will help you if you look confused, lost, or have questions.

This was not a good value for money because 1) to enter the bathroom I had to go out onto the balcony; 2) lots of mosquitos came into the room when I was going back-and-forth to the bathroom; 3) the bathroom was a bit out-of-date; 4) the water pressure for the showerhead was okay, but I wish it had been a lot better; 5) the place is a 40-60 minute walk to the closest BTS station (there are motorbike taxi pick-up areas near the lane that leads to the apartment building and near the BTS station); 6) there are street/loose dogs along the lane that leads to the apartment building - not a problem during the day, but at night you want to be careful; 7) there are no parks or green spaces near the apartment - lots of concrete and older buildings; 8) no elevator (if you have heavy bags or lots of bags, enjoy the stairs); 9) the linens are more than a bit worn; 10) there are a few medium-high end western-type food places around, but most are local eateries and drinking places; 11) guests have to pay for wifi daily; and 12) the staff speak very limited to no English, so there may be some small to potentially problematic communication problems and misunderstandings with them.