Verified owner apartments for stays of one to six months — no booking-site service fees, honest terms, English support. Plus the answers no booking site gives you: what’s legal, what deposits really are, and what utilities should cost.
The price changes a lot between 1, 3 and 6 months. Pick the term first, then shortlist units.
Best when you are testing Bangkok, waiting for a visa decision or need a furnished unit now.
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Airbnb charges a guest service fee of roughly 14–16.5% of the booking subtotal (or bakes a ~15.5% host fee into the price — either way, you pay it). Here’s what that does to a typical ฿30,000/month Bangkok one-bed:
| Booking route | You pay / month | Over 3 months |
|---|---|---|
| Same unit on Airbnb (incl. service fees) | ≈ ฿35,300–36,000 | ≈ ฿106,000–108,000 |
| Direct from the owner (verified, via us) | ฿30,000 | ฿90,000 — save ฿15,000–18,000 |
Fee structure per Airbnb’s own help center (guest fee 14.1–16.5%, or host-only ~15.5% baked into the price), before any cleaning fee. Owner-direct prices on this site are the owner’s asking rent — we charge tenants nothing.
Under Thailand’s Hotel Act, running nightly or weekly rentals as a business requires a hotel licence — one that individual condo units effectively can’t get (condo buildings are permitted as residential use, and courts have fined owners for daily condo rentals). Stays of 30 nights or more are expressly excluded: they’re ordinary residential tenancies, fully legal, no licence involved. That’s why our short-term listings start at one month — it’s the length where a condo stay is both legal and dramatically cheaper than a hotel.
Serviced apartments bundle housekeeping, utilities allowances and hotel-style flexibility — and price it in. An owner-direct condo for the same length is typically 20–40% cheaper but comes with a real (if lighter) lease. Rule of thumb: under 6 weeks, or if you want daily housekeeping, go serviced (see our serviced apartments guide and the Sathorn comparison); from 6 weeks up, owner-direct usually wins on price. If you are in the middle, compare our 6-month rental guide before choosing a standard lease. For 12+ month stays, our long-term rentals is cheaper again.
Most short-term demand lands in Sukhumvit (Asoke–Thonglor–Ekkamai) for lifestyle and BTS coverage, and Sathorn for business stays near the CBD and embassies. For better value on a 1–6 month stay, look one or two BTS stops out — On Nut and Ari give you the same furnished standard for noticeably less.
Is renting a Bangkok condo for less than 30 days legal?
Thailand’s Hotel Act (B.E. 2547) defines nightly and weekly rentals run as a business as “hotel business”, which requires a licence individual condo units effectively cannot get — courts have fined condo owners for daily rentals (Hua Hin, 2018). Stays of 30 nights or longer are expressly excluded and count as ordinary residential tenancies: fully legal, no licence involved. That legal risk sits with the landlord, but booking an unlicensed sub-30-day condo stay means your accommodation could be disrupted — for stays under a month, use a licensed hotel or aparthotel; from one month, a condo is the better deal.
What deposit do I pay on a 1–6 month rental?
Typically one month’s rent as a refundable deposit plus the first month upfront — lighter than the two-months-deposit-plus-one-advance standard on 12-month leases. Serviced apartments often take a fixed booking deposit credited to your first month. The trade-off: monthly rates on short contracts run roughly 10–30% above the 12-month rate for the same unit.
How much are utilities — and what’s the meter trick?
Ask one question before booking: “Does the unit have its own MEA meter?” Government-rate electricity runs about ฿4.2–4.7 per unit all-in (2026 tariff). Buildings that sub-meter commonly rebill at a flat ฿6–8+ per unit — roughly double — plus marked-up water. With air-conditioning, that difference is ฿1,500–3,000+ per month.
How much cheaper is booking direct vs Airbnb?
Airbnb adds a guest service fee of ~14–16.5% (or bakes a ~15.5% host fee into the nightly price). On a ฿30,000/month unit, the Airbnb price lands around ฿35,300–36,000 — roughly ฿5,000–6,000 per month more than the same unit direct, before cleaning fees. Over three months, that’s ฿15,000–18,000.
What is a TM30 and do I need to worry about it?
The TM30 is the residence notification your landlord or building manager must file with Immigration within 24 hours of your arrival (Immigration Act, Section 38 — it is their legal duty, not yours). But you need it on file for visa extensions, re-entry and 90-day reports, so confirm before booking that the landlord will file it, keep the receipt, and note a fresh one is needed each time you return from abroad.
Can I extend my short-term stay?
Usually yes — landlords prefer extension over vacancy, and most monthly contracts roll month-to-month with 15–30 days’ notice. But the rate can be renegotiated at each renewal, and nothing in Thai law guarantees the right to extend. If you may stay longer, fix the extension rate in the original contract, or commit to 3–6 months upfront for a lower monthly rate.