So, I managed to luck out and get a view of Doi Suthep, athough the opposite view is also quite nice, if you get high enough.
The staff consists mainly of a young couple who run the building a groundskeeper/guard, and a couple maids - the couple is very friendly and accommodating, although they don't work on sundays. For example, after checking out the room, I told them I wanted to check in on a Sunday - and they simply gave me the keys before - no contract, no down-payment, no ID check. Maybe they just trusted me, I don't know, but it was refreshing to see that because most Thai places demand everything from you but the kitchen sink in terms of ID, all sorts of strange paperwork, and so on. I've never had to spend more than a minute filling out anything or paying rent.
Pros:
* They do have automatic motorcycles for rent: B1000 for 1 week, and B2500 for 1 month, if you are a guest. Which is very competitive, as some places in the touristy areas charge B200 a day, or B4500 a month.
* Location less than a kilometer away from the Northwest corner of the moat. Plenty of restaurants including a night food market street up the road, and a couple bar districts within Walking distance, and Nimanhamen and the Kad Suan Kaew shopping mall is a short ride or reasonable walk away. Also located a few buildings away from a 7-11 and Tesco Express.
* Drinking water and laundry on-site.
* They provide bedding and towels, and a hot water heater (if you ask)
* Quiet. They have signs around the building stressing this as well.
* Balcony with view. This alone makes the the place worth it.
* Huge fridge
* Value for money - it is priced very competitively. Other places I've seen that offer this type of accommodation are usually about 1000 baht more a month
* You can hire a maid to clean your room, for 200 baht
Cons (and they are quite minor)
* The down-payment price is 10,000 baht, which is somewhat steep, given the standard room rate of 5000 baht
* The wifi could be improved. It is building-wide now, but it goes off on average about a few hours, once every week
* Cable TV. There's about 4 English channels, CNN, Star Movies, ESPN, and Discovery. Good enough, but if you are hoping for other languages besides English and Thai, you are out of luck
* You do get a 500 baht check-out "fee", which you don't find out about until you read the contract. So basically, consider the cost 5,500 a month (unless you stay more than a month)