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21 Soi Saeng Ngoen, Sukhumvit 55 (Thong Lor) +66 97 980 0899 · +66 2 044 0088 · elitethonglor@gmail.com

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The rooftop pool and wrought iron balustrade at The Elite Thong Lor 25

Gallery

The building, honestly photographed

No wide angle tricks and no borrowed stock. This is the apartment you get, the roof you get and the front door you walk through. Twenty nine photographs, in seven chapters.

The pool edge. On a weekday morning there is usually nobody else up here.

The index

Twenty nine photographs

Facade

3 photographs

The French classical facade of The Elite Thong Lor 25 seen along Soi Saeng Ngoen — 01 The building from the soi. Grab cars pick up at the gate.

The front elevation of The Elite Thong Lor 25, with rusticated stonework, mint casements, scalloped awnings and paired carriage lamps — 02 The front elevation. The awnings shade the west facing windows from the middle of the afternoon.

The entrance of The Elite at Thong Lor 25 on Soi Saeng Ngoen, with a gold tuk tuk parked beside the door — 03 The entrance. The gold tuk tuk parked by the door is part of the furniture, and stays where it is.

Reception

2 photographs

The reception desk below pale panelled cupboard doors carrying large applied gold numerals, with the staircase and the lift beyond — 04 Reception. The numerals on the doors run two to eight, one for each apartment above.

The lift lobby with a wall clock, panelled walls and a mustard stair carpet — 05 The lift lobby. The lift serves every apartment floor; the roof is a flight of stairs above the eighth.

Living

4 photographs

Open plan living and dining room with herringbone timber floors — 06 Living and dining, run together. You arrive through a foyer rather than into a bedroom.

The living room with full height windows and buttoned Chesterfield sofas — 07 The living room in the morning. This side of the soi is the quiet side.

The living room seen from the dining end, with a smart television — 08 From the dining end. Five or six people sit down here without anybody perching.

The living room with the bedroom door open — 09 A bedroom door open off the living room, which is how families use it after lunch.

Kitchen

3 photographs

A full kitchen with a breakfast bar, a hob and a full sized refrigerator — 10 The kitchen. Guests staying a month say breakfast at home is what makes the month work.

The living room looking through to the kitchen — 11 The kitchen opens to the living room, so the cook is not shut away from everyone.

The dining room with panelled walls, a chandelier and seating for six — 12 Six at the table. It is a desk from nine until six for anyone here to work.

Bedrooms

6 photographs

The master bedroom with a king bed and an upholstered headboard wall — 13 The master, with a king bed and its own bathroom through the closet.

The master bedroom with monogrammed linen and a window — 14 Monogrammed linen, which is the thing guests photograph on the first morning.

The master bedroom seen from the doorway — 15 From the doorway. Blackout curtains, and air conditioning you set for that room alone.

The second bedroom with a queen bed — 16 The second bedroom takes a queen bed, not a sofa bed, which is why groups book here.

A bedroom with a writing desk and a framed print — 17 A desk in the second bedroom, for the guest whose calls start at seven.

A bedroom with a television and the walk in closet beyond — 18 A television in the bedroom as well, for the afternoon nobody wants to go out in.

Marble

5 photographs

A marble bathroom with a walk in glass rain shower — 19 The rain shower, with a window. Two bathrooms means no queue at eight in the morning.

The second marble bathroom with a bathtub — 20 The bath is in the second bathroom. Parents with small children ask for this one.

Marble bathroom detail with a marble topped vanity — 21 Marble, and a vanity with room to put things down, which hotels forget.

The mirrored walk in closet with hanging space and drawers — 22 The walk in closet. A month of clothes lives here instead of on the floor.

The dressing table in the walk in closet, with a marble top and sconce lighting — 23 The dressing table, lit properly, between the bedroom and the bathroom.

Rooftop

6 photographs

The rooftop pool at sunset over the Sukhumvit skyline — 24 The rooftop pool looking west at about half past six, which is when most guests go up.

The full length rooftop swimming pool — 25 The pool runs the length of the roof, and is quiet on weekday mornings.

The rooftop pool and its wrought iron balustrade — 26 The balustrade at the pool edge, and Thong Lor going about its business below.

Water spouts along the rooftop pool — 27 The spouts run in the evening, and are the loudest thing on the roof.

The roof garden with trees and a shaded table — 28 A table in the shade beside the pool, for a coffee at eight or a beer at seven.

The view over Thong Lor and the Sukhumvit skyline from the roof — 29 The view north over Thong Lor. On a clear evening you can see as far as Ekkamai.

The full length rooftop swimming pool at The Elite Thong Lor 25

The pool runs the length of the roof, and is quiet on weekday mornings.

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