Sukhumvit Soi 24 has become an enormously popular spot for people looking to rent or buy luxurious apartments downtown, due to its central location, transport connections (BTS Phrom Phong, MRT Asok), and its close proximity to Benjasiri Park (for leisure), and The Emporium (for retail pleasure).
The road runs from Sukhumvit through to Rama IV Road, meaning that it is offers easy access to central Sukhumvit or Sathorn and Silom, Bangkok’s business district.
Benjasiri Park is one of central Bangkok’s few “proper” parks, featuring a large lake, inhabited by turtles, a large grassy area, an adventure playground, as well as sports facilities, including a basketball court, and a skateboarding area.
The Emporium remains a popular high-end shopping destination, despite the opening of apparently grander and more luxurious retail behemoths, such as Central World Plaza and Siam Paragon. Arguably the area possesses a good deal more character than the latter malls, simply because smaller dining or shopping outlets, boasting their own unique charm, have escaped the developer’s bulldozer.
At the Sukhumvit end of ‘Soi Condo’, you’ll immediately see signs of the city’s Japanese community with signs for smaller, homely restaurants, such as Akujo Restaurant, Imoya, and Suki Bar.
A short walk will bring you to a restaurant called Lemongrass. Outside the restaurant is a large motorcycle taxi rank, which must be useful for commuters living in the area who rely on public transport.
You’ll then walk past a large seafood restaurant on your left, opposite which is a low-rise condominium called City Scape. For the purpose of this article, I will focus largely on the area’s high-rise condominiums.
 Just behind a low-rise building with a sign proclaiming ‘Vichit-Vadakan’ (a well-know political family which came to prominence during the dictatorship of Field Marshall Plaeng Pibulsonggram [1938-1944]), you will see a high-rise building called Siri Residence (Tel: +66 [0]2 714 7700), a development of the developer Sansiri.
Apartments in this building can be rented for about 70-75,000 baht (US$2,230-2,390) per month, or purchased if available in the region of 140,000 baht per square meter. This means a standard 94-96 sq m apartment would cost in the region of 14 million baht ($445,000) to buy.
Opposite Siri Residence is a somewhat older condominium building called Premier Condominium (Tel: +66 [0]2 258 9783-4). Rentals start at 35-40,000 baht per month for an apartment measuring about 121 sq m.
This is about as cheap as it gets down Soi Condo when it comes to rented accommodation. An apartment in the same building is for sale at present at about 6.5 million baht.
 A little further down the road on the left-hand side is Hope Land Serviced Apartments (Tel: +66 [0]2 661 0081-2). A studio here (40 sq m) costs 56,000 baht per month, while a 95-sq m apartment will set you back 110,000 baht per month.
Opposite Hope Land is ASA Condominiums (Tel: +66 [0]2 714 3832 [agent]), a twin tower property with large three- or four-bedroom apartments (280-300 sq m) for rent at 80-90,000 baht per month.
A little further down the road, you will see Grandville House. Again very popular with Japanese and Korean expats, 225-sq m apartments are available for rent from about 50,000 baht per month. These feature three bedrooms and three bathrooms and during my visit, one was on the market for sale at 13 million baht.
Continue walking and you will see Baan Siri 24 (Tel: +66 [0]81 646 5545 [agent]) on your left. Apartments measuring about 100 sq m can be rented here starting at 60,000 baht per month. This is a newly-launched property, featuring high security.
Almost opposite Baan Siri 24 is a slightly older, yet still impressive high-rise building called La Rafine (Tel: +66 [0]2 651 9501). Again popular with Japanese and Korean expats, rentals start at 120,000 baht a month for a property measuring about 370 sq m.
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Next door to La Rafine is Krungthep Thai Tower. There are two towers here and during my visit there was one three bedroom property measuring about 230 sq m for rent at 80,000 baht per month. This price includes tax, VAT, and bills.
Opposite the Seafood Market, which claims to offer ‘everything that swims, is The Grand Sethiwan (Tel: +66 [0]2 204 0404-7). Located on the corner of Phlophongpanich Road, apartments measuring 250 sq m are available for rent at 95,000 baht per month.
 Just past this property is one of the several high-rise condominium buildings still under construction. The first, located on the right-hand side of the road, is called 340 Keys Hotel and apparently the project belongs to the Marriott Group.
Opposite this building is Emporio Place, a project owned by TCC Capital (Sales office Tel: +66 [0]2 258 3333).
Just a little further down the road is Mahogany Place (Harbour View), where you can rent a 305-sq m condo for 85,000 baht per month.
Finally, at the end of the soi on the right-hand side of the road is President Park Sukhumvit 24 (Tel: +66 [0]2 262 9464). This huge four-tower development offers 260-sq m three-bedroom apartments (with three bathrooms, living room, kitchen, maid, and housekeeping rooms) starting at 60,000 baht per month.
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