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TAVISTOCK-A RETURN TO
OLD STYLE SPACIOUSNESS
TAVISTOCK, housing 26 of the
most spacious and well appointed apartments built in Hong Kong in recent years, is the ninth luxury block erected on the one estate by Hum- phreys Estate and Finance Co. I td. A tenth is now under construction. Building coverage is about 8,600 square feet,
The average apartment measures 3,600 feet in area, has three bath- rooms, four bedrooms and an out- standing cupboards and closet space of about 2.500 cubic feet, not includ- ing similar space in the kitchen or bathrooms OI 19 feet of hanging space in the main bedroom.
Se-duct, a revolutionary and yet uncomplicated common vertical flue for gas appliances has been connected to all gas heaters in thde building. It is one of the first installations of its kind in the Colony.
The ducts, which link together very simply and are easily and cheafly in- stalled, locally under licence from a light-weight, fondu cement concrete mix.
Other features for the tenants are.
The apartments, two to a floor, are served by two passenger lifts and one service lift.
• Covered parking on the ground floor and alongside the building is provided for 41 vehicles.
• Playground areas requiring exten- sive and expensive concrete retaining walls are being built on the site.
All apartments, apart from the two in the basement, have genuine fire places built in Fittings are of American Standard (baths, basins, taps etc.)
In the average flat.
A front view.
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Notice the two,
two-story penthouses.
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