Inner city living – its fast, furious, and certainly not for the faint hearted and for those who choose this life, more often than not they have had to sacrifice the size of their home for the excitement of living amongst it. So when Anindha Parthy was looking to buy and then renovate his first apartment…the tiny inner city space he found presented some very interesting design challenges. And after forking out 350 thousand dollars for this tiny studio apartment Anindha is determined to put his signature on the interior style.
Real Estate expert John McGrath has made his fortune buying and selling property and he can see what attracts someone like Anindha to this area.
“So even though we are only about 50m off the main road, once you get into the street its quite a charming little location and the building is better the closer you get. It was an 1800s teahouse from many years ago and its been restored in and out to residential accommodation so some people will call it grungy, I think its got a lot of integrity about it. “
With just 48 square metres Anindha has to plan just as carefully as if he has 480 sq metres, But the good news is that John believes that a lot can be done here for not much outlay. Anindha has some grand plans about dividing the room to create a bedroom, but John is concerned that may affect the room’s general character.
John also feels its important that Anindha gets some professional advice to curb any potential problems. Our resident building expert and renovation guru Luke Van Dyke also has some great advice for our budding high rise renovator. “You can save some money by using some of the existing kitchen rather than replacing the entire thing.”
Anindha has decided he would like to remodel the kitchen, give seperation to the bedroom area, redo the bathroom and paint and decorate the main space. He has a budget of $30000 and would like to get the work completed as soon as possible.
But it seems like this small space may be a bigger challenge than Anindha first thought.
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