Right now I'm renting a cheap apartment Asoke, only 5,500 baht per month.  My three month lease ends at the end of this month, and my landlord has generously told me she'll lower my rent to 5,000 per month on a two month lease. However, she wants to raise my electricity cost from 7 to 8 but per unit. (but "as a trade-off" she'll lower my water cost from 20 to 18, saving 6 bath per month)

 

I'm a low electricity user, only 150 units per month, so she is still taking a net loss of 356 baht per month. I have a feeling she's not making these favorable terms for free.  

 

I believe high season starts in November, is that correct? Do apartment rents typically go up during that time?

 

If they do, it would make sense that she's giving me the temporary discount on the rent, planning to increase it significantly when the two month lease ends at the beginning of November.

She's clever:

 

Hot season is leaving us : less electricity but will nail you more for each unit you use even though her costs haven't gone up. Water is a diversion. 

 

Tell her you will take the lower rent but will guarantee her 4 months instead of 2. Electric and water to stay same as is. 

I don't think she's clever at all and has probably not noticed that you are a low-electricity user. You should use slightly less power as it heads to cool season, as most of us do.

 

I've never heard of rents going up in high season but then I don't live downtown. Perhaps with serviced apartments it happens but that aside your rent should be the same.

I don't think she's clever at all and has probably not noticed that you are a low-electricity user. You should use slightly less power as it heads to cool season, as most of us do.

 

I've never heard of rents going up in high season but then I don't live downtown. Perhaps with serviced apartments it happens but that aside your rent should be the same.

I don't think she's clever at all and has probably not noticed that you are a low-electricity user. You should use slightly less power as it heads to cool season, as most of us do.

 

I've never heard of rents going up in high season but then I don't live downtown. Perhaps with serviced apartments it happens but that aside your rent should be the same.

 

maybe clever is being too generous - intelligent is a better description ok mai?

"High Season" in BKK is only propagated by mostly one time and/or short time tourists and because BKK is saturated when it comes to hotel rooms it is not even that significant. 

 

Apartments should not be affected at all by high season. If it is, find somewhere else.

No, rent doesn't change depending on the season for typical residential units.  These fluctuations associated with high season and low season are aimed only a tourists.  They aren't directed towards people who live here.  You have quite a good deal for that part of town; although, you didn't say exactly where and how big it is.  I'd imagine it is a very small studio.  Nonetheless, that's still a great deal.  I have lived in a variety of places.  I haven't ever heard of rent increasing for this reason.  I wouldn't worry about it.  Rather, I would come at from the angle of how long you intend to stay.  If you intend to stay longer than that amount of time, work with that.  Lock in the rate for however long you intend to stay.  It isn't common to have such short rental agreements.  A year is standard, but you can get 6 months or less.  This will usually affect your rent in the form of an increase based on a shorter-term rental agreement.  Your situation is unique.