Stalking on a Saturday

I'm stalking in Sydney's Surry Hills, hip, happening and as close as you can get to the centre of everything. Welcome to one of the four penthouses in this boutique redevelopment of the iconic Griffiths Teas building. Only recently completed, it appears this warehouse style apartment has been staged for sale but that's OK. If you can manage to scrape together the guide price of $3,500,000 it's good to know that you might just have a few dollars left to purchase that IKEA PS-2017 corner easy chair to occupy pride of place in your new living room. I guess most of your spare change though might have to go towards window treatments in the bedroom and bathroom but, hey, you might like being an exhibitionist as well as a trophy real estate collector. Link here while it lasts.

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Warehouse living in inner-city Sydney

I've always dreamed of warehouse living but this Surry Hills conversion by Josephine Hurley Architecture takes it to the next level. Those windows are to die for, the brick on fleek and the modern minimalism the perfect counterfoil to this historic industrial building.

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Working on a Saturday

It's my weekly mantra. If you have to drag yourself into work on a weekend it certainly helps if it's somewhere stylish. Gwynne St Studio, a warehouse conversion by Biasol. I'd go just for the bathroom!

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Stalking a warehouse penthouse

I'm stalking the heritage MacRobertson building in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. With its "industrial living with a minimalist, contemporary" bones this two floor penthouse apartment is overflowing with artworks, books and life's little treasures. And then there's the rooftop terrace with treetop views over the surrounding suburbs. I could see myself moving in and feeling immediately at home. As is usually the case the video gives you a much better feel of the space. Link here while it lasts.

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Stalking a concept

I'm in Amsterdam stalking a development site. A raw shell, gutted, rough and ready with jackhammered walls and neon surveyor's marks ... and I love it. I've included the computer generated renderings of the proposed apartment but is it wrong of me to love the romance of the raw and turn my back on the slick and chic of the new? (OK, OK I'd like a better mattress and perhaps a bathroom and kitchen but don't dismiss my daydream out of hand.) You can see more here. Via DSTRCT.

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