Everything below is Arcelon’s own published policy, in one place, so you can read it before a viewing rather than after one. The short version: one month minimum, a refundable deposit equal to one month’s fee, one month’s notice to leave, one additional occupant allowed with a fee, and no pets.
The policy is the same at both Arcelon residences, Arcelon Premiere and Arcelon Executive, in Bendungan Hilir, Central Jakarta, except where noted. Arcelon quotes current rates, deposits and fees on WhatsApp.
Minimum stay and notice
The minimum stay is one month. To cancel or terminate, residents give one month’s notice. At the end, the room must be left clean with no personal items behind.
That symmetry — a month to start, a month to end — is the whole argument for the format over a flat lease. A twelve-month unfurnished tenancy asks you to bet on a posting you have not started yet. This does not.
The deposit
A refundable deposit equivalent to one month’s fee is required, returned at the end of the contract provided the conditions are met.
| Building | Deposit | Refundable? |
|---|---|---|
| Arcelon Premiere | One month’s fee, the larger of the two | Yes, at the end of the contract if the conditions are met |
| Arcelon Executive | One month’s fee | Yes, at the end of the contract if the conditions are met |
Budget the first payment as rent plus deposit, and ask for both figures in the same message so you are working from one number. If you are arriving without a local bank account, read renting in Jakarta as a foreigner first: a resident account normally waits on your KITAS, and how the first payment moves is worth settling in writing before you travel.
Additional occupants
One additional occupant is allowed, to a maximum of one person.
| Arrangement | How it is charged |
|---|---|
| Friends or family staying over | Per night |
| Additional occupant living in the room | Per month |
| Additional occupant, Premiere units | Per month, at a higher fee than Executive |
| Family or relatives in an additional room, if available | Per night |
| Family or relatives in an additional room, Premiere | Per night, at a higher fee than Executive |
Arcelon quotes the current fees on WhatsApp. If someone will be staying more than a few nights, ask whether the nightly or the monthly arrangement suits your dates, and get the answer in writing.
Married couples are allowed and are counted as one additional occupant. If a partner will be living with you rather than visiting, the larger Superior room at Premiere is the room type designed for it — the comparison is in Arcelon Executive vs Premiere.
House rules
The list is short, and it is worth reading rather than skimming, because two of the items catch people out.
- No narcotics.
- No smoking anywhere on the premises.
- No noise, including parties in rooms or common areas.
- No heavy cooking in the pantry or common area.
- No cooking inside the room, and no microwave or cooking in the room.
- No cooking outside the designated kitchen areas.
- No pets.
The two that catch people out are smoking and cooking. Smoking is prohibited anywhere on the premises, not merely indoors. And cooking is confined to the designated kitchen areas: there is a communal kitchen at both buildings, but the room itself is not one, and neither is a microwave in the room. Residents who cook daily should look at the communal kitchen on a viewing and decide honestly whether it fits their routine.
What is included, and what is not
Electricity, internet, room cleaning every two days, a weekly bedsheet change, two pieces of laundry a day and tax are inside the monthly rent. Indoor car parking is a separate monthly fee at both buildings, and the common coffee lounge is charged separately. The full list is in what is included in Arcelon’s monthly rent.
Before you sign anything
Two pieces of general advice apply to any Jakarta building, this one included. First, walk the route from the door to the station or halte yourself, at eight in the morning on a weekday. Second, ask the questions in how to vet a Jakarta kost before you sign and get the answers in writing.
If you hold a KITAS, the address you take also determines where you register it. The 14-day clock and the documents involved are set out in KITAS address registration, and why the kelurahan on the agreement matters in how an Indonesian address works. Both Bendungan Hilir buildings sit in Kelurahan Bendungan Hilir, Kecamatan Tanah Abang, Kota Administrasi Jakarta Pusat.
