Riverside rooms: the view and the afternoon sun come from the same side
Most rooms facing the river from the Sathon bank look across to the Thonburi side, which means they face west. The view that sells the unit is on exactly the same side as the afternoon sun, and when the sun is low there is glare bouncing off the water on top of that. Close it with blackout and you have closed the very view you chose the room for, so most of these end up with a sunscreen roller for the afternoon — it takes the glare down while the river stays visible — and opaque fabric only in the bedroom. Big panes that get opened and closed several times a day as the sun moves are where motorization earns its keep most: a press on the remote or app instead of walking to each window.



