A small, smart Hong Kong apartment packed with personality
At 540 square feet, it may not be the most spacious but this Kennedy Town apartment boasts a sizeable bedroom, a walk-in wardrobe and plenty of storage, the highlight of which is the cabinet that houses the owner’s designer-shoe collection
When Kaitlyn Leung Kan-yen first looked at apartments in Kennedy Town, three years ago, it was the vibrant neighbourhood’s similarities to the Canadian city of Toronto that appealed to her.
“Its proximity to the water, the trams running into the city from just outside the door, the friendly vibe, the boardwalk, the local shops and restaurants – they all reminded me of where I used to live,” she says.
But the perfect home remained elusive until she walked into a 540-sq-ft, three-bedroom apartment in The Hudson early last year.
“I am very particular,” Leung says, with a laugh, adding that she had agreed to visit the flat initially just to mollify her long-suffering agent, who had arranged an early viewing. “On paper, it looked too small for me, but I walked in and fell in love with the potential for a walk-in closet [carved out of one bedroom].”
With windows on three sides and two small balconies, the apartment had what Leung – a Hong Kong-born financial executive who moved to Canada after high school and returned in 2006 – was looking for, and she signed on the dotted line to become the first person to take possession of an apartment in the high-rise on trendy Davis Street.