Chiang Mai Riverside Condominium sky-high, river-adjacent residences with killer views

Within steps of Riverside condo lies a multitude of everyday amenities enough to satisfy even the most discerning resident’s immediate needs. Right in front of the property stands a 24-hour 7-Eleven and several mom and pop roadside eateries, including the ever-personable and equally budget-friendly Laila serving up a modest selection of delicious Thai style halal curries and biriyani dishes.

Directly facing the property across the Chiang Mai-Lamphun highway is a Caltex filling (gas) station with forecourt Tops Daily convenience store in addition to an Esso filling station and attached Tesco Lotus Express “mini-supermarket” scarcely a few minutes walk along the main drag. An equal distance away in the opposite direction is the locally priced and amply stocked wet market, Kad Nong Hoi opens every day, while 500m around the corner from Riverside condo -passing the private mid-tier Rajavej Hospital and crossing the Mengrai Bridge- is the twice-weekly and little-known farmers’ market, Kad Sailomjoy.

For a premium class of domestic groceries and imported food temptations, residents can head due north to reach the Nawarat –and flagship- branch of Chiang Mai’s native supermarket chain, Rimping. En route is the Chiengmai Gymkhana Club, reputedly the oldest sports association in South East Asia and, founded in 1898, offers an exciting insight into Chiang Mai’s bygone era. For the ultimate experience in retail therapy, the shopping malls of CentralFestival, Central Airport Plaza and Promenada Resort are all readily accessible –as are various other destinations throughout the city- by boarding their respective free shuttle buses, which depart several times daily from the four-star Holiday Inn which flanks Riverside condo.

Besides the round-the-clock presence of a uniformed security guard at the barricade gate to Riverside condo, video surveillance cameras are mounted both indoors and out, with entry into the building controlled using a personal-issue electronic keycard; for added peace of mind, residents benefit from a generous reception desk staffed every day of the week from 8 AM to 5 PM with a separate juristic person available during the same hours Monday to Saturday.

As well as enjoying a generous parking capacity with designated –albeit uncovered- bays for dozens of motorbikes and as many cars, at the rear of the property overlooking the river and beyond to the forested peaks of the national park is a delightfully pretty and wonderfully serene garden area complete with stone seating.

Finally, just inside the main entrance of the building is an enormously proportioned –if rather sparsely appointed- communal lobby featuring a liberal gathering of comfy –though a little dated in design- leather sofas and matching armchairs.

Likewise, located on the ground floor is a laundry shop sheltering a few self-service, coin-operated washing machines. Alternatively, residents can avail themselves of the infinitely less labour-intensive serviced wash facility. Sadly, though, the on-site Kafé Kafé coffee shop is longer open. Taking whichever of the stairs or any of the four-passenger lifts (one of which is an outer glass elevator) one floor up reveals a decent sized oval-shaped outdoor swimming pool, surrounding sun deck with a collection of reclining loungers interspersed with planted greenery, sauna, shared lounge but presently absent of a gym. WiFi is supplied to all common areas of the complex.

A dizzying 19 storeys in stature with wide corridors and 3m high ceilings, Riverside Condo accommodates 552 air-conditioned, balconied and -for the most part- fully furnished residential units. Studio rooms predominate and measure 46 sq m, thus offering approximately 50% more habitable space than the average of its kind in Chiang Mai, whereas the most significant two bedroom, two bathroom units each comprise no less than three private terraces and weigh in at a voluminous 146 sq m. Over time, the interior presentation of many of the original condo units has been modernised with the extent and specification of furnishings, range and quality of electrical appliances and homewares, and the layout and decorative style entirely influenced by the individual owner.

Primarily the haunt of foreign visitors, particularly Western occupants and Japanese and Korean folk, Riverside condo is one of the precious few condominium buildings in Chiang Mai to fulfil its 49% foreign-owned threshold, though, at this very moment, it hovers just around the legal limit.

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