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have coloured glazed tile dadoes and mosaic tile floors, with matching imported coloured sanitary fixtures. Kitchen walls and floors will have similar finishes to bathrooms, but in white.
to rent or buy; in fact the contrary is was decided to adopt the central corridor "Snowcrm", Internally, teak usually true in the long run when main- type of planning on the west side and the flooring will be laid in all main rooms, tenance costs are taken into consideration, ordinary staircase access type on the cast while corridors and verandahs will be side facing Carnarvon Road. The disad finished in mosaic tiles. Bathrooms will This article concerns a 10-storeyed apart vantage of some of the flats facing interior ment block in Kowloon of the better type: courts is somewhat compensated for by without claiming to offer luxurious accom- the intention of air-conditioning the entire modation. it does provide comfortable building. living quarters at a reasonable price. The building will be situated in a select re- sidential district, close to a first-run theatre and several high quality restaurants with convenient access to public transport. The site, which is almost rectangular in shape, is approximately 144 feet by 164 It is about 13 feet lower than Kimberley Road, but level with Carnarvon
feet.
Road in its south-east corner.
This differ-
In the cast block on the second, third each of these will contain a living/dining room, three bedrooms, bathroom, kitchen and fourth floors, there will be six flats. and servant's quarters. The four upper floors will contain two three-bedroom flats similar to those below, in addition to two
two-bedroom flats.
There will be three
entrances to the apartments in this section of the building-one from Kimberley Road and two from Carnarvon Road; each en- ence in levels and the requirements of the trance will lead to a lift and a staircase. owners dictated the planning.
In plan, the building will take the form of two wings extending south from a link block lying along the Kimberley Road boundary. The ground floor will be occu- pied entirely by an arcade with entrances from Kimberley Road. This arcade will be roughly rectangular in plan with shops on either side. Stairs from this level will
lead down to a second arcade on the lower ground floor, with entrances from Carnar- von Road.
On the west side of the first floor, there will be a restaurant, while the east block will contain offices and three flats.
which will serve two flats on each floor. In this block, separate service staircases will be provided.
The seven upper floors of the west block floor will be six two-bedroom flats and two will all be similar in layout. On each
ridor. Vertical circulation in this part of smaller flats arranged about a central cor- the building will be by means of three
staircases, and two lifts located in the northern part of the building with access from Kimberley Road through the ground floor arcade.
Construction will be of the highest standard with a reinforced concrete frame Owing to the high price of the land and and brick panel and partition walls. the desire of the client to offer flats as Standard steel windows will be fitted with cheaply as possible, consistent with the terrazzo sills. Exterior finishes will include quality and accommodation required, it facing tiles and plaster painted with
Services include concealed electric wir- ing, hot and cold water supply, and con- nections for gas, telephone, radio and "Rediffusion". Concealed fire service pipes will be fixed throughout the building.
A certain amount of parking space will be provided at the lower ground floor level, under part of the building. Access to this will be by means of a driveway from Carnarvon Road, which will also facilitate the collection and despatch of bulk merchandise from the shops.
The flats will be sold for as little as $37,260, and various methods of payment
spread out have been devised; if desired this can be a period of 24 months.
and Tseng Brothers Building Contractors. The owners are Henry Fok Estates, Ltd.
over
Piling commenced in November, and construction is expected to take approx- imately ten months.
Architect: Eric Cumine, F.R.I.B.A. Piling: Vibro Piling Co., Ltd.
General Contractors:
Tseng Bros. and
Federal Enterprises Co., Ltd. Schindler Lifts: The Jardine Enginecting
Corp., Ltd.
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