Samui StayApartments and Condos for Long Term Rent on Koh Samui
Rent inside a managed building with working wifi, itemised monthly costs and a deposit process that does not depend on goodwill. Book from abroad, sign digitally, land with the keys waiting.
Pay online before arrival
Search, book and pay from another country, with rent and deposit shown separately before you confirm.
Digital ID and e-contract
Verify your identity and sign your lease digitally, with your documents stored in your account.
Deposit back in 3 business days
Your deposit is returned within 3 business days of move-out, checked against benchmarked repair costs.
Verified partner documentation
Every partner property is documented before it is listed: photos, condition details and the paperwork a long-term stay needs.
Condo, apartment, condo apartment: one thing here
Local listings split small-unit stock across three labels: condo, condo apartment and apartment. As with villas and houses, the division follows whoever listed the unit rather than the building itself. Around 315 of the island's homes sit somewhere on that spectrum, described one way or another depending on the feed they came from.
Searching one label alone hides the other two. Our apartment search covers every label at once, so the right one-bedroom never loses to a synonym.
What the building adds
An apartment rents four walls; part of what you actually get is everything outside them:
Security at the entrance
Gated access, key cards and, in many buildings, a front desk that knows who belongs. For a first home in a new country, that layer matters more than another ten square metres.
Lifts and floor choice
Ground-floor units make arrivals and groceries easy, higher floors buy airflow and a slice of sea between the palms. In this heat, the stairs should stay optional.
A shared pool and gym
Cleaned, chlorinated and paid for inside the building's budget rather than yours. Swim before work without ever owning the maintenance.
On-site management
When a pump fails or a key card dies, there is an office to report it to. Problems go to staff with a job list, not to voicemail.
Minimum lease, and how flexible it is
Settle lease length first, because it decides everything else. Leases through Samui Stay run from 1 to 12 months, and every listing states the minimum term its owner accepts before you book.
That flexibility is why people start here. A student booking a course-length term, a contractor on a six-month project and a couple testing the island before committing to a villa are solving different problems, and none of them needs a twelve-month lock-in to solve theirs.
Furnished, in practice
Here, furnished normally means you arrive with a suitcase: beds and wardrobes, a sofa and a dining set, air conditioning, curtains, and a kitchen with a fridge and hob, usually with a washing machine in the unit or the building. Unfurnished units exist but are uncommon among condos.
Confirm the inventory list in the contract rather than trusting the adjective. The move-in condition report records exactly what was present when you arrived, which is precisely what protects your deposit at move-out.
Wifi you can bet a workday on
Island internet is genuinely good in built-up areas and variable at the edges. Condominium buildings in Chaweng, Lamai and Bo Phut generally have fibre packages available, homes out at the fringes lean on weaker lines, and storms interrupt things occasionally wherever you live.
Verify before booking instead of hoping after arriving. Ask which provider and package serves the unit, whether the router sits inside your apartment or behind reception, and request a speed-test screenshot taken inside the unit on an ordinary evening. Listings document whether wifi is included in the rent or billed separately, and that answer belongs in your decision, not your surprises.
What a month really costs
Real anchors first, from our August 2026 inventory read of all 1,986 homes: the median rent on the island is 55,000 THB a month and a quarter of everything rents for under 25,000 THB. Apartments and condos sit mostly on the affordable side of those lines.
Electricity and water are charged separately from rent, usually by meter reading at the rate the building pays, and shown alongside the rent rather than folded into it. Where a quote includes bills, the listing says so plainly. Either way, rent and deposit appear as separate lines before you pay anything, so the monthly arithmetic is never a guess.
Who an apartment suits
Remote workers
A desk by the window, a gym downstairs and cafés within walking distance. Connectivity can be verified before booking, which makes an apartment the safest base for a working month.
Solo renters and students
A first home in a new country goes easier with a security desk downstairs and predictable bills, on lease terms that match a course or a season rather than a lifetime decision.
Couples trying the island
Three months in an apartment answers whether Samui is a phase or a plan. If it turns into a plan, whole homes with gardens and private pools are the natural next search.
Retirees keeping life simple
No garden to fight in the rainy season, a lift instead of stairs, and costs that arrive itemised. Plenty of long-term residents renew the same condo every year.
Deposits, sized down but protected the same
Apartment deposits are smaller than villa deposits, and for a first-time renter far from home a withheld deposit hurts proportionally more, not less. The protection does not scale down with the ticket size.
Move out, and your deposit is returned within 3 business days of move-out, checked against benchmarked repair costs sized to smaller units and measured against the move-in condition report. Deductions arrive explained, not asserted.
Questions renters ask before choosing an apartment
Is a condo the same thing as an apartment on Koh Samui?
What does a furnished apartment actually include?
What will I really pay per month with electricity and water?
What is the minimum lease on an apartment?
How do I check the wifi before booking?
When do I get my deposit back?
Do buildings add fees on top of the rent?
Who should look at whole homes instead?
Find your apartment before you fly
One search covers condos and apartments across the island, with lease terms, furnishing and connectivity documented up front.
Ready for more space?
When the stay turns into years, a building stops being enough. Whole homes add what no lift reaches: private land, a pool that opens when you do and a garden worth watering.
Browse villas and houses for rent on Koh Samui.
Still deciding? Start with our guide to long term rentals on Koh Samui.
Keep planning the stay
Two guides apartment renters read next:
Working Remotely From Koh Samui
Remote work guides for Koh Samui: island internet reality, the questions to ask before booking, power cut backups and the areas that suit working online.
Villa or Apartment on Koh Samui?
Villa or apartment on Koh Samui? Real monthly cost ranges across the island inventory, the extra bills each option hides, and who each choice actually suits.
