Duplex for rent

Renovated duplex apartment overlooking a listed monument

We are invited to view two renovated apartments on the Groenplaats. Exciting, as properties rarely become available for residential use here. The entrance to the building is located on Zwaluwstraat, a narrow street between the Oude Koornmarkt and the Groenplaats. It soon becomes clear to us just how extensively the 1902 building was renovated by Antwerp-based architecture collective faktordertig. They were commissioned to completely renovate a dilapidated townhouse in the Beaux-Arts style, transforming it into a commercial ground floor and two apartments. Even the basement was taken in hand. The staircase leading down to it was fitted with a “bicycle ramp”, allowing bicycles to be stored on level -1. Access to both apartments is located on level +1. The duplex apartment has its living area on level +2 and its sleeping area on level +3. On this floor, the pitched roof is accentuated by a wall entirely clad in plywood. We find it particularly striking and get the feeling that we are in a house rather than an apartment. The contrast between the wood, the brick wall and the exposed concrete ceiling in the dining room gives the apartment a warm yet highly contemporary look. Both floors have terraces. The level of privacy you enjoy here is almost unimaginable. The view at the front is expansive, monumental and green: from the trees, to the bronze statue of Pieter Paul Rubens, and the look on your friends’ faces when they discover your new home. The common charges amount to €10 and are a provision for the electricity of the communal areas and the building insurance.

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