For those just coming to Thailand and for those already settled here from the West, the real estate profession is one that can conjure up feelings ranging from, at best, cold indifference to, at worst, out and out loathing. So why use a property agent in Bangkok? Well, using a good and reputable property agent can provide you with a number of benefits that will make your transition into a new life in the Thai capital or simply another move to a new house or condo a smooth one.

Firstly, let’s take the most obvious benefit into consideration, the time and effort associated with finding the right house or condo to suit your needs. Bangkok is many things to many people, but one thing everyone will agree on is that it is hot. It’s hot and humid and any time spent away from a phalanx of fans and a purring air-conditioning unit is time spent perspiring in the morning, afternoon, or evening heat. Looking for the right place to live will involve numerous sweaty walks down uninviting looking sois, often only to be met with a security guard who won’t let you into the property, a condo manager or landlord unable to speak English or ready to show you a property that is simply not what you want or need. Also, there’s the fact that many of us are just too busy with work or for that matter enjoying life to expend that time on the merciless trail of available homes that suit our requirements. Someone looking to live in an apartment in the Phrom Phong area, for instance, would have a lengthy walk to find something of the excellent value offered by the 95 SQM 2 bedroom apartments available for as little as 30,000 THB at El Patio condo.

El Patio Sukhumvit 31

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Which brings me to the next benefit afforded you by using Bangkok Property Services, our expertise. We know Bangkok. We know the areas. We know the condo buildings and developments and neighbourhoods. We know how busy, quiet, hectic, loud, convenient, or inconvenient certain sois are. We’ve already done the hard work of travelling around the city, building and maintaining relationships with landlords, and searching for suitable houses, condos, and apartments in order to accumulate the hundreds of properties we have at our disposal to show you. You provide us with what you need and we can advise you on what is the best property according to your preferred area, budget, or any other requirements. For example, a person may be coming to live in Bangkok to work in Thonglor. This, however, is one of the most expensive areas in the city. If that customer was looking for something more cost-effective, we would take them one station down on the BTS to Phra Khanong or Ekkamai and show them some excellent value for money condos such as Hive 65,  D65, Sukhumvit Plus, or Condo One 67. We can shortlist a number of ideal properties for you. Then all you have to do is let us make the arrangements, and you come along and view them at your convenience.

Hive 65 Sukhumvit 65

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Moreover, in any transaction involving what can amount to large sums of money, you as a customer need to be confident that you’re going to be treated fairly. Stories are rife of tenants in Bangkok not receiving their bonds back in full from unscrupulous landlords. With the weight of our reputation and the fact that a landlord is dealing directly with a registered company and knowledgeable people that regularly deal with these matters, issues such as these rarely come up. We also try hard to establish relationships with landlords to avoid this in future. They appreciate that a good and professional working relationship benefits everyone in the long term.

A good relationship with a landlord also means that we can often get our customers the very best deal on a property. A landlord again appreciates our knowledge of the market, and, in fact, we often know better than them or are simply more realistic regarding the fair asking price for a property. This means that we can save you money. Of course we would understand scepticism on the part of the customer with regards to that claim, but we genuinely look for the best deal for a prospective tenant. It only takes that tenant to call another agent to find out that the price being quoted is not representational of the market value for that property in that area. For example, a customer looking for a one bedroom apartment at the Life condominium in Huay Kwang might be very impressed with the room and the facilities and think that the price of 18,000 THB offered by one agent for a tenth floor room was a good price. However, they would quickly find out that 16,000 THB is a far more accurate price for that property and thus this price is what we would initially look to provide them a room for. We would also want to maintain a good relationship with that tenant for future business of course.

Life@Huaykwang Ratchada

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To reiterate, you can search for that condo, apartment or house yourself. You can burn some calories in the midday heat, run the gauntlet of Bangkok traffic in a taxi or on the back of a motorcycle taxi, and contend with the avarice of opportunistic landlords as well as the mystifying amount of choice you have regarding areas and individual condo developments. Or, on the other hand, you can make use of those people whose job it is to make your move as easy and hassle-free as possible. After all, if you’re going to purchase shares, you approach a stockbroker to take advantage of his expertise in the world of buying and selling in the world’s markets, so why not take advantage of experts in the Bangkok real estate market? Email [email protected] or call 089-44-33-612 today and see what we can do to help you in your search.