◄ One can fully appreciate the view
from the roomy balconies.
for extra vehicles. In fact building coverage was limited to only 20 per
cent of the site.
Servants have been well provided for .... a large, gleaming white kit chen fitted out with handsome. dur- able and easy to clean steel cup- boards and shelves, an equally large utility area with two washtroughs, an ingenious drying area hidden behind decorative concrete latticework screen- ing the front of the utility room, a shower and toilet rooms, two good sized bedrooms and a separate stair- case and service lift.
The neighbours cannot complain. Building height was limited to eight floors to preserve the scenic ameni- ties of the flats and homes behind the lot. which is situated in a green. quiet nook off Coombe Road.
Other site advantages include.
⚫ being below the fog belt that plagues the upper levels..
being faced South and there- fore receiving any cooling summet breezes.
and scenically, having an unin- terrupted view of Aberdeen the colorful home of the junk fishing fleets out over a vast expanse vegetation broken only by an occa- sional home and a reservoir,
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Plenty of playing space has been provided for children. In fact the ground floors of the four blocks are devoted soley to parking lots and children's playgrounds. Another playground has been created in the shady greenery below the front of the building.
The four blocks are set out in a wide "U," with the two outside blocks. A and D. having flats with an area of 2364 square feet and the two inside blocks, B and C, having flats an with area of 2925 square feet.
The larger flats have four bed. rooms. The smaller flats can have a fourth bedroom, but the area pro-
Utility/drying areas are cleverly concealed behind decorative screens.
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▲ One corner of Carolina Gardens showing the clean, pleasing exterior.
▼ The kitchen leads onto the utility area.
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