Apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9: what the rent already covers
Every apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9 includes housekeeping and utilities, some capped. See what each of our five homes covers before you book a month.
By Jumphot Srisomsap · 10 October 2026
An apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9 usually comes with more than four walls in the price, and the part worth reading is the part after the rent. We let five furnished homes in the district, from ฿75,600 a month, and every one of them includes housekeeping three times a week, Wi-Fi, a television package and the use of the building's pool, gym, lift and car park. Two of the five include electricity and water outright. The other three include them up to a stated monthly figure, and bill what you use beyond it.
Every home here is let by the calendar month, minimum stay one month, with no platform or booking fee added to the rent. All five are on our Rama 9 page, and this guide is about their small print — because the gap between two Rama 9 rents is often a gap in what the rent has already paid for.
What is included on each of the five
The five divide into two groups, and the division is not simply about price. Three are serviced flats 550 to 600 metres from MRT Phra Ram 9, where electricity and water are included up to a ceiling that rises with the size of the home. Two are lofts listed without a station of their own, closer to Bangkok Hospital, where electricity and water are included with no ceiling named at all.
| Home | From | Character | Nearest station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio loft · 52 m² · 2 guests | ฿75,600 | Electricity and water included outright; queen bed, balcony, soaking bathtub, coffee machine | No station listed |
| 2 BR loft · 4 guests | ฿99,700 | Electricity and water included outright; king bed, twin bedroom and a loft that sleeps extra | No station listed |
| 1 BR · 2 guests | ฿151,200 | Included up to ฿3,420 a month; washer-dryer, dedicated workspace, dining space for four | MRT Phra Ram 9, 600 m |
| 2 BR · 90 m² · 4 guests | ฿182,700 | Included up to ฿6,300 a month; two bathrooms plus a separate toilet, walk-in closet | MRT Phra Ram 9, 550 m |
| 3 BR · 123 m² · 6 guests | ฿277,200 | Included up to ฿8,610 a month; three bathrooms, a desk and chair in every bedroom | MRT Phra Ram 9, 550 m |
The 52 m² studio loft at ฿75,600 is the cheapest home we let in the district and the simplest to budget for: one rate, electricity and water inside it, housekeeping three times a week, and a high floor with a balcony and a soaking bathtub. For one person or a couple on a single month, there is nothing left to work out — you pay the rent and you stop thinking about the meter.
The two-bedroom loft at ฿99,700 works the same way and sleeps four, across a king bedroom, a twin bedroom and a loft that doubles as a sitting or extra sleeping space, with two full bathrooms and an open kitchen with a stovetop, microwave, fridge and dining table. It is a 74 square metre duplex, so the loft is a real half-floor rather than a shelf, and electricity and water are again in the rate.
The three serviced flats near the station run on allowances instead. The 123 m² three-bedroom at ฿277,200 has the largest, at ฿8,610 a month, which is the sort of figure a six-guest home with three bathrooms and a washer-dryer actually needs. Above the allowance you are billed for what you used; below it, the surplus is not refunded. It is a ceiling, not a credit.
The allowance, and the air conditioning
Read the three allowances together and they tell you what the landlord expects a flat of that size to consume: ฿3,420 for the one-bedroom, ฿6,300 for the 90 square metre two-bedroom, ฿8,610 for the 123 square metre three-bedroom. Anything beyond is charged on at the published tariffs, which the Metropolitan Electricity Authority and the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority set for the city, so there is no private rate to argue about.
In practice, almost all of the variation is air conditioning, and almost all of the air conditioning is habit. A household that cools the room it is sitting in, closes bedroom doors during the day and leaves the units off while out tends to stay inside an allowance of that size. A household that cools three empty bedrooms from eight in the morning will not. Nothing else in a furnished flat moves the number much — the fridge, the Wi-Fi router and the lights are rounding errors beside a compressor.
- Ask for the allowance figure in writing before you sign, and ask whether it covers water as well as electricity
- Cool one room at a time: the bedroom at night, the living room in the evening, nothing while you are out
- Keep the balcony door shut when the air conditioning is on, which at a high floor is easy to forget
- Expect March to May to be the expensive months and the cool season to be the cheap ones
- If you would rather not track any of it, take one of the two lofts, where electricity and water are simply in the rate
An allowance is a ceiling, not a credit. You never get the unused part back, and you do pay for the part above it — so the figure to compare between two flats is the rent plus the way you actually live.
Housekeeping three times a week, and what it is not
All five Rama 9 homes include housekeeping three times a week, and on the three serviced flats linen is changed twice a week as well. That is a cleaner going through the flat with towels and sheets, wiping down the bathroom and the kitchen and taking the rubbish out. It is the single thing most people notice in month one, because it quietly removes the chore that otherwise fills a Saturday morning.
It is not a laundry service for your own clothes, and it is not a hotel housekeeping desk you can call for a late set of towels. Your washing is yours: the one-bedroom, the 90 square metre two-bedroom and the three-bedroom all have a washer-dryer in the unit, and the two lofts list a washing machine among their facilities. If in-unit laundry matters to you — and over a long stay it does — confirm it per flat rather than per building.
The building facilities are consistent across all five: pool, gym, lift, a safe in the unit and free parking. Parking is worth a line of its own at Rama 9, because this is one of the few central districts where a car is not obviously a mistake — the junction feeds the expressway network directly, and the car park is included rather than charged monthly.
What is not in the rent at all
Short of the utilities and the cleaning, the list of extras is short, and it is the same list in every district. Worth knowing before you compare our figure with a nightly rate somewhere else: there is no booking fee, no platform service charge and no agency commission on top of the monthly rent here, so the number on the listing is the number you transfer.
- Your own mobile plan and SIM, which is separate from the flat's Wi-Fi
- Food, laundry of your own clothes, and anything you buy for the kitchen beyond what is fitted
- Travel: MRT fares are set by the operator, and the Blue Line timetable and fare table are published by BEM
- Any electricity and water above the allowance, on the three serviced flats only
- Your visa, insurance and anything else that follows you rather than the address
Two Rama 9 rents, read side by side
The most useful exercise in the district is to put the ฿99,700 two-bedroom loft next to the ฿151,200 one-bedroom and ask why the cheaper home has the extra bedroom. It is not a mistake in the pricing. The dearer flat is a serviced building 600 metres from the MRT, with a concierge-style operation behind it, linen changed twice a week and a lift straight down to a station walk you can do in under ten minutes. The loft is a different sort of address with no station on its listing and a hospital as its nearest landmark.
So the question is not which is better value in the abstract. It is whether you are paying for beds or for the walk. A family of four on a three-month stay, with a car and no daily commute, is better served by the loft. A single executive who will be on the Blue Line at eight every morning is paying the extra ฿51,500 for 600 metres and a serviced front desk, and will probably think it fair by week three. The MRT is the whole argument for the station-side rents, and the cars are the argument against needing them.
| Area | From | Character | Nearest station |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rama 9 | ฿75,600 | Five homes; two with electricity and water included outright | MRT Phra Ram 9, 550–600 m |
| Asoke | ฿72,500 | Thirteen homes, interchange district, generally smaller floor areas at the entry rent | BTS Asok and MRT Sukhumvit |
| Sathon | ฿78,100 | Eight homes, business district, quieter at the weekend | BTS Sala Daeng, MRT Si Lom |
| Lumpini | ฿85,700 | Ten homes beside the park, the highest entry rent of the ten districts we let in | BTS Sala Daeng, MRT Si Lom |
The order to work in is the same one that works everywhere in Bangkok. Settle the household size, because at Rama 9 that alone takes five homes down to two. Then decide whether you want a rent with the meter inside it or a rent with an allowance, which is really a question about how you use air conditioning. Our guide to what a single month in Bangkok costs sets out the rest of the figures that land in the first month, deposit included.
Then ask us. Send your dates, the number of people and whether anyone will be working from the flat, and we will tell you which of the five is free, what its allowance is, and what the full monthly figure comes to with nothing added at the end.
Frequently asked questions
Are utilities included in an apartment for rent near MRT Rama 9?
On our five Rama 9 homes, yes, in one of two ways. The 52 m² studio loft at ฿75,600 and the two-bedroom loft at ฿99,700 include electricity and water in the rate outright. The one-bedroom at ฿151,200, the 90 m² two-bedroom at ฿182,700 and the 123 m² three-bedroom at ฿277,200 include them up to ฿3,420, ฿6,300 and ฿8,610 a month respectively, and bill anything above that at the published city tariff.
How far are the Rama 9 apartments from the MRT station?
The three serviced flats are 550 to 600 metres from MRT Phra Ram 9, which is a walk of roughly seven to nine minutes. The two lofts are listed without a station of their own and sit closer to Bangkok Hospital, so they suit people who will drive, take a taxi or work from the flat rather than ride the Blue Line every morning.
What does housekeeping include on a monthly rental at Rama 9?
All five homes include housekeeping three times a week, and the three serviced flats also change the linen twice a week. That covers the bathroom, kitchen, floors, towels and sheets and the rubbish. It does not cover washing your own clothes — for that, the one-bedroom, the 90 m² two-bedroom and the three-bedroom have a washer-dryer in the unit, and the two lofts list a washing machine.
Which Rama 9 apartment suits a family?
For four people, the two-bedroom loft at ฿99,700 sleeps four across a king bedroom, a twin bedroom and a loft space, with two full bathrooms and electricity and water in the rate. For six, the 123 m² three-bedroom at ฿277,200 has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a desk and chair in every room and an allowance of ฿8,610 a month. The 90 m² two-bedroom at ฿182,700 sits between them for four guests who want a station walk.
Is there a booking fee or deposit on top of the monthly rent?
There is no platform fee, booking fee or agency commission on top of the rent, so the monthly figure on the listing is the figure you pay. The minimum stay is one calendar month. Deposit terms depend on the building and the length of stay, so ask when you send your dates and we will confirm the full first-month total before you commit.
Do the Rama 9 apartments include parking?
Yes — free parking is listed on all five, along with a pool, a gym, a lift and an in-unit safe. That matters more here than in most central districts, because the Rama 9 junction feeds straight onto the expressway network, so keeping a car is a reasonable choice rather than an expensive one.
