Penthouses: The Facts
1. Usually, though not always, the top floor. Great views, terraces, balconies and outside space.
2. Private lift or lift that allows penthouse owner privacy while s/he is using it.
3. High-tech features such as comfort cooling, plasma screens in bathrooms and bedrooms, touch pad electronic controls, integrated sound system, high-tech lighting and security systems, etc.
4. Top of the range fixtures and fittings: brochures will invariably name-check, Lutron, Bang & Olufsen, Creston, etc.
5. Exceptional bespoke design and use of highest quality materials - architectural glass, rare timbers, solid oak floors, marble, hand-painted silk wallpaper etc.
6. Saunas, steam rooms, wet rooms, swimming pools, cinemas and media rooms.
7. In developments: top notch concierge services. More recent penthouses crown developments with restaurants and hotel type services.
8. Buyers: rich, and super-rich (celebs, corporate kings etc). 'Boy done good' types - one of the penthouses in New Providence was sold to a scrap metal merchant. International types in search of a bolt-hole with the wow factor.
9. Buyers: in the loft market, arty and design types who want to create their own bespoke space.
More about penthouses: Check out Jonathan Bell's excellent new book Penthouse Living, Wiley 2005.
1. Usually, though not always, the top floor. Great views, terraces, balconies and outside space.
2. Private lift or lift that allows penthouse owner privacy while s/he is using it.
3. High-tech features such as comfort cooling, plasma screens in bathrooms and bedrooms, touch pad electronic controls, integrated sound system, high-tech lighting and security systems, etc.
4. Top of the range fixtures and fittings: brochures will invariably name-check, Lutron, Bang & Olufsen, Creston, etc.
5. Exceptional bespoke design and use of highest quality materials - architectural glass, rare timbers, solid oak floors, marble, hand-painted silk wallpaper etc.
6. Saunas, steam rooms, wet rooms, swimming pools, cinemas and media rooms.
7. In developments: top notch concierge services. More recent penthouses crown developments with restaurants and hotel type services.
8. Buyers: rich, and super-rich (celebs, corporate kings etc). 'Boy done good' types - one of the penthouses in New Providence was sold to a scrap metal merchant. International types in search of a bolt-hole with the wow factor.
9. Buyers: in the loft market, arty and design types who want to create their own bespoke space.
More about penthouses: Check out Jonathan Bell's excellent new book Penthouse Living, Wiley 2005.
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