Two Arcelon buildings sit in the same corner of Bendungan Hilir, on Taman Bendungan Jatiluhur in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta. They share the same service package, the same neighbourhood and the same walk to the same TransJakarta halte. Premiere costs more than Executive each month, and Arcelon quotes current rates for both on WhatsApp. This is what the extra buys at Premiere, and what it does not.
The difference in one table
| Arcelon Executive | Arcelon Premiere | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly rate | The lower of the two | The higher of the two |
| Rooms in the building | 21 | 20 |
| Room types | Deluxe | Deluxe and Superior |
| Deluxe room size | 16–22 sq m | 16–22 sq m |
| Superior room size | — | 22–25 sq m |
| Bed | Double, 140 x 200 cm | Double 140 x 200 cm, or queen 160 x 200 cm in Superior |
| Hybrid elevator | No | Yes |
| Refundable deposit | One month’s fee | One month’s fee, so larger in absolute terms |
| Minimum stay | One month | One month |
What is identical
Most of it, and this is the part worth understanding before you compare the rates. Both buildings include the same package in the monthly rate: electricity, guaranteed high-speed internet, room cleaning every two days, a weekly bedsheet change, a laundry service of two pieces a day, and tax. Both list a communal kitchen, a meeting room, CCTV and secure access, a parking area and a free mosquito zone.
The room specification is also shared. Every Deluxe room in either building has Panasonic air conditioning, a large window with an insect screen, an emergency light connected to the building generator, and a private bathroom with a washbowl, toilet and shower. The furnishing is a built-in wardrobe and cupboard, a two-door SHARP refrigerator and freezer, a Toshiba SMART TV at 32 or 43 inches, and a built-in work desk with an office chair.
Both are the same distance from everything: 650 metres to Wisma GKBI, 700 metres to Halte TransJakarta Semanggi, 800 metres to Halte Bendungan Hilir, and 1.0 km to Stasiun MRT Bendungan Hilir. That geography is set out in full in what is within walking distance of Arcelon in Bendungan Hilir.
What Premiere adds
A larger room with a queen bed
Premiere’s Superior type runs 22 to 25 square metres against the Deluxe 16 to 22, and carries a queen bed at 160 x 200 cm rather than a double at 140 x 200 cm. If you sleep badly on a 140 cm bed, or if a partner will be staying, that is the line that decides it. Note that a partner counts as an additional occupant under the house rules, with a fee attached — see booking a room at Arcelon.
A hybrid elevator
Premiere has one; Executive does not. On a building of this size that matters most on the day you move in with luggage, and every day after that if you take a floor above the ground.
The deposit follows the rent
Both buildings ask for a refundable deposit equivalent to one month’s fee, returned at the end of the contract provided the conditions are met. Because it tracks the monthly fee, the deposit at Premiere is larger than at Executive by the same margin as the rent. Ask for the current figure when Arcelon quotes the rate, and budget the first month as rent plus deposit rather than rent alone, and remember that a resident bank account normally waits on your KITAS — the sequence is covered in renting in Jakarta as a foreigner.
Which one to take
Take Executive if you are a single professional, the 140 cm double bed is fine, and you would rather put the difference in rent somewhere else. Our guide to budgeting in Central Jakarta shows how much the choice between market stalls and restaurants moves a monthly food budget, and that is where the Executive saving goes further than it looks on paper.
Take Premiere if you want the larger Superior room, the queen bed, or the lift — or if a partner will be staying often enough that the extra floor area stops being a luxury.
Both are monthly lets with a one-month minimum stay, so the decision is reversible in a way a twelve-month flat lease is not.
