Hi all! I'm coming to bangkok for the next several months (not sure exactly but looking like 2-4 months, definitely longer than airbnb) and so I plan to rent an apartment. I've never been before, so I plan to bop around and stay in different areas for the first several weeks. That way I have time to learn the city's neighborhoods and transit, and then I can look for a place once I'm acclimated. I've scouted about online and it seems there's plenty of short term rental inventory, so I'm confident I'll be able to find something. But as I said I haven't been there before and don't know how things are done on the ground. I'd love it if anyone had any tips or tricks, or leads on specific places (or other forums) to ask around.
Generally what I'm looking for: furnished flat, doesn't need to be huge, but big enough to hang out and work during the day, and with an extra bedroom for guests. Internet is mandatory, and I can only imagine AC is a reasonable thing to want. I'm fine with a minimal thai-style kitchen, and I hardly care about having modern luxuries like a pool and a gym. I mean, sure I'd use them -- But what would really make me happy is a more rustic building with vines growing on the balcony and nice light. Looking on the internet I didn't see much rustic charm -- the range was more like cheap hotels to fancy hotels. I'm not really someone who gets excited staying at the four seasons, and my own home is, well, quite homey -- lots of plants & art, like that. So that's what I honestly crave, but anyhow. It's obvious to me that the internet might not be very representative, since it's a tourist market and they are all basically hotels. But either way it suggests to me that older more lived-in properties might be harder for a non-local to find -- It might not even be worth it for me to care. I guess even luxury condos are less offensive than american airbnbs with all that walmart decor.... I'm just curious what I can get away with wanting. Thoughts?
Apologies if this is the wrong forum for this -- the real estate forum seemed more for people building stuff and I didn't see a better place to put this.