If looking around these days, there are an overwhelming number of condominiums to be found high and low on the account of the growing consumer demand to scale. And for that same reason it has occurred to the developers to be highly selective about the designs and locations of the residences bowing to the buyer’s requests. Today we can see the clusters of luxuriously appointed condos along Sukhumvit main road and BTS line.
Although along the past of 2-3 years the CBD of Asoke has prospered and remained in the mickle role of the urban agglomeration, the areas along End Sukhumvit ranging from the neighbours of Phrom Phong to Thong Lo to Phrakhanong to Onnut have all experienced over 50% increases in land price from 5 years ago according to Plus Property.
Knowing that the land price in the area of Phrakhanong at that time would grow 1.5 times as much in the present time, Woraluk managed to secure a large land unit there beforehand, without visible and loudly assertive means. There are some clandestine details behind how Woraluk Property obtained the impeccably landscaped plot of 10 rais amid the old town within Phrakhanong region, but apparently they made a bet of using up the whole plot on the project named W Districit that is meant to be Woraluk’s regional landmark at the extensive splurge of more than 1BB. This will stand as the complex hosting retail projects, hotels, chic market, residential area and art exhibition and fair area.
W District is also inclusive of condominium projects, one of which is of great fame and premium quality by the name of Le Luk Condominium, containing 27 storeys of 285 residential units and set over 1-0-85 rais of land. The other one is Sky Walk Condominium with a sheer height taking a measure of 50 storeys and enabling commanding and all-embracing city view and river view. Besides there is helipad on rooftop. More details unwind below.
Sky Walk Condominium
Project Details (Updated on October 19th, 2015)
Project Name: Sky Walk Condominium
Developer: Woraluk Property PCL
Address: W District #1599, Sukhumvit road, Phrakanong Nua, Watta, Bangkok
Sales Gallery Contact: Tel. 02-348-9000 , 089-812-9137
E-mail: sales@w-property.com
Website: www.skywalkcondo.com
Project Area: 1-0-87.50 rais
Project Type: A high-rise condo ready to move in. 50 storeys of 520 residential units and 367 parking lots (1st – 10th fl).
Maintenance Fee: Bt 60/sq.m. a month
Selling Price: 5.8MB/unit
Average Selling Price: Bt 145,000/sq.m.
Layouts: Fully Furnished
Sky Walk Condominium watches over the city from its topmost vantage point on the 50th floor. The condo is located in the midst of the old community that is largely made up of low buildings, so the view is hardly obscured, except if the buyers were to choose to live on the low-level floor. There are a handful of high-rise condominiums within the locality but they would not be a problem for sightseeing from Sky Walk condo.
View from the rooftop in each direction
North: The unbroken view of the old community along the New Phetchaburi road.
South: The city panorama and unobstructed river view along Chao Phraya River. The night views are breath-taking. The south-facing units on the low-level floors do not allow for view overlooking the river.
East: The view watching over the Ramintra-At Narong expy and roads spread far and near.
West: Affording a good view of W District and the part of the city bordering the area of Ekkamai.
W District Map
Condominium
Sky walk Condominium and Le Luk Condominium
E88 Bangkok
BEAT HOTEL BANGKOK
A baronial hotel extensively restored and decorated to the 1950s and 1960s accuracy with all of the units artfully fashioned by 6 street artists.
W Market Creative Street Food
A central point of international cuisines including Thai, Spanish, Japanese, Mexican and so on. The residents shall engross into the most pleasant and relaxing atmosphere as walking through the street.
Art Gallery “HOF”
The art museum hosting and exhibiting the works of art beyond count that will give you the inspiration for your home. Also a place to rekindle the artist in you.
Facilities
The condo is inclusive of both indoor and outdoor facilities the residents can make use of as conveniently as when they are inside.
There are also 24hr convenience stores, outside commercial area, dance & song academy, beauty and skin clinics, dental clinics, restaurants and other shops that are coming right up.
The condo’s immaculate and lofty façade and the glamorous, sparkling corridor.
Modern lobby hall.
The facility floor plan
The facilities are located on the 11th floor.
The garden retreat and sitting area.
Multi-function room
The view of BTS Phra Khanong is clearly visible on the 11th floor.
The atrium in the middle of the building. On 11th floor, there are pools to make the sightseers feel relaxed and close to nature again.
The side view along the passage between the sauna and fitness centre.
The direction sign to Fitness Room, Juristic Person Office and Locker Room & Sauna.
The fitness room.
Offering an extensive range of exercise equipment together with the city view.
The locker room and sauna are below the fitness centre.
Another view from the 11th floor
The pool surface backdropped with the city view.
The pool
Twin condos set opposite Sky Walk
46th Floor Plan
CIELO Sky Bar & Restaurant located on 46th floor are the outdoor eating place with panoramic views over the city and Chao Phraya River that will leave anyone breathless. These scenes are unmatched.
Helicopter Landing Pad for quick and convenient use
The helipad is on the rooftop
Layout Review
There are 2 types of units, fully fitted and fully furnished.
A fully fitted unit comes with a kitchen set from Teka, bathroom sanitary from American Standard, air conditioner and ventilation fan from Saijo Denki, wallpaper, lighting switches and outlets from Panasonic, a wood lever door integrated with a digital door lock from Samsung), laminate wood flooring, and tiled floorings for bathroom and balcony.
A fully furnished unit has everything that a fully fitted unit has but there are things about the fully furnished that the fully fitted doesn’t, including built-in wardrobe, TV cabinet, bed, sofa, and dining table set.
Room Plan
Type D 1+1 Bedroom (1 bedroom & 1 multi-function room) [50.56 sq.m.]
Wood lever door with digital door lock
The unit is 6.60 m wide.
The room is about 2.90 m x 9.68 m in size.
A view looking straight through the room from the door.
Fully furnished in contemporary style.
The Living Room
The suspended cabinets and shelves.
The view into the room from the balcony.
The balcony is about 1 m x 2.9 m in size adorned with matte tiles.
The Room project under construction.
The kitchen is equipped with all appliances and kitchen furnishings.
A perfectly fit kitchen set
The kitchen set from Teka is used
Type D has 1 (small) bedroom and 1 multi-function room.
Laminate wood flooring
This room is about 2.40 m x 3.95 m in size.
Brick walls covered with wall papers. The bathroom is on the left and the master bedroom is on the right.
The bathroom is 2 metre wide.
Prepared with American Standard bathroom sanitary along with tiles for the bathroom’s floor.
A plastic Jacuzzi offered.
A light switch and outlet from Panasonic
The bathroom can also be accessed from the master bedroom.
The master bedroom has a 3-metre ceiling height.
The room can comfortably accommodate the king-sized bed.
The bed is the size 3.43 m x 4.73 m.
Built-in furnishings in the room
The room is dark wood colour, giving off the sense of luxury
The bathroom has an indoor glass window by the door.
Type G 1 Bedroom [50.60 sq.m.]
The room is the size 6.15 m x 8.39 m.
The kitchen is on the right and has the size about 1.45 m x 3.70 m.
The kitchen zoned out of the main area as shown
The room strikes anyone as modern and luxurious.
Light wood colour rendering the peace and comfort to the room.
Laminate flooring
A large double window is fit one side of the room.
The view of the room from the balcony.
The balcony is 2.6 metre wide with matte tile floor.
The left view from the room
The straight view from the room
The right view
The kitchen has an en suite bathroom that is also connected to the walk-in wardrobe.
It’s equipped with bathroom sanitary from American Standard and comes with an indoor window.
The walk-in close is in between the bedroom and bathroom.
In the closet, there are hangers and cabinets perfectly in place.
Beautifully decorated and arranged
The rooms is spacious with a raised ceiling and 2.90-metre width.
A perfect combination between light wood and crème tone walls pleasant to look at
The room doesn’t have a balcony but comes with a wall glass window for watch over the city.
A 6-foot long bed can easily fit in the room
The door separating the bedroom from the rest of the unit.
Type A Studio (1 bedroom & 1 bathroom) [37 – 38 sq.m.]
Studio Type
The unit has all the rooms, except the bathroom, put together into one room without a partition.
The suspended furnishings that come with the unit.
Most large furnishings are placed against the walls to make room in the middle of the unit.
Mock up room New Design Room Design 1 BR.
Style Modern Contemporary
Type D and E are the buyers’ most favorite types because of its ultra-modern design that makes people feel truly at home. Living in their age.
Early Sukhumvit was the highly esteemed and charming part of the city to live in with noble houses to welcome new neighbours. Most popular urban amenities are also in the neck of the woods for the locals to have a whale of time. With the ongoing evolution, the land price of Early Sukhumvit went up on the bounce and the condos in the locality multiplied in number every year. At the same time the problem of running out of space for new condos started to loom large that the developers had to give the best shots with the Middle Sukhumvit and End Sukhumvit as their only best chances. That resulted the area of Phra Khanong to receive more attention and development and consequentially the condos in Phra Khanong can now be sold for Bt 100,000/sq.m at least.
Moreover, the population of overseas buyers are getting larger every year, that now they constitutes 30% of total inhabitants of Phra Khanong area, the majority of which are Japanese who mainly occupy both Middle and End Sukhumvit.
Sky Walk Condo spread over 9 rais within W District that is made up of a community mall designed under the concept “Art & Lifestyle District”. People can come around to refill their supply with ease. Easily accessible via personal car and BTS (BTS Phra Khanong) that is only 140 metre by foot from W District.
End Sukhumvit has never really been taken seriously by both buyers and developers until significant changes in transportation system and establishments of ultra-luxe amenities in this area happened, coming across what can be described as a windfall for the developers to take the initiatives of building condos.
The condominium occupies a position within the 9 rais of W District.
The condo’s façade
The condo’s entrance
The condo is located on Soi Pridi Banomyong running in the direction into Khlong Ton.
The condo is situated in the district of Watthana.
Phra Khanong Post Office
The entrance into Soi Sukhumvit 69
The bus stop is at the BTS station.
BTS Phra Khanong station is about 140 metres (or 3 minutes) from the condo.
Getting There
Personal Vehicle: There are several ways you can take to get to the condo, one of which is to access Pridi Banomyong road and exit onto Khlong Ton or Bang Na, while the other is to access Inner Sukhumvit to Rama 4 intersection. You can also take the high road by going straight along Phrakhanong road and make a left turn into the Ramaintra – At Narong expressway.
BTS: BTS Phrakhanong within about 140 metres of the condo.
Motorcycle: Located near the street entrance of Sukhumvit 69 alley.
Public Bus: The bus stop is located underneath the elevated BTS station.
Lifestyle Amenities
W District
W-District embraces the new concept of town with absolute focus on art and lifestyle, encapsulating the condominium named Sky Walk, along with other condos, reputed outdoor eateries, tourism destinations, hangout places and others catering to youngsters.
The EM District
Digital Gatway
Terminal 21
Expected Returns
Phra Khanong area has a really good transportation system the people in the region can make a convenience of. As the area is constantly changing, the competition in this regional property market is as well brewing, putting a lot of pressure on the developers who persist in the attempts to differentiate themselves from the crowd. Their launches of products are usually together with unprecedented, original designs, layouts and unconventional services, for instance rent management service. Sky Walk Condominium also has the Sales & Service, which has responsibilities of taking meticulous care of making a deal with the renters and managing yields both monthly and yearly yields for the landlord’s place.
The rental prices across this area averaged between Bt 450 – 600/sq.m. a month, yielding 5-7% rate of return per year.
The possibility of high rental yield is based in great measure on the population density in that area. And since Phra Khanong was revealed with an 88% population density, renting out a condo unit is no problem. The average rental yield of the condos across Phra Khanong and Onnut is currently in the region of 5 – 7% annually. If this was 4 – 5 years ago when the sales price was only about Bt 60,000 – 70,000/sq.m., the landlords could even profit 9% annually from a rental unit.
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The Line Sukhumvit 71
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The Line Sukhumvit 71 (cr. sansiri.com )
Being in the W District that centralizes a commercial centre, condominiums, market, hotels, restaurants and hangout places, Sky Walk Condominium is a true home worth living. The condo wouldn’t be complete without W District offering the most renowned attractions and extraordinary shopping and dining at hand. Also W District helps covering the weakness of this area about being underdeveloped as well as having a part in pushing up the condo price by 50%, which is estimated to be Bt 100,000/sq.m.
There are several connecting roads to take in this area and also BTS Phra Khanong stationed by the main road to make use for convenience.
The condo is fully constructed and available to move in. The condo is designed modern and stylish and sold for affordable price, which is why the home of this caliber is what many buyers could ever hope for.
This project review is written by Watchara, a full-time reviewer at DDproperty.com, the No.1 property listing portal in Thailand. For any questions, please email to watchara@ddproperty.com.
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