The last word in luxury
We trawled the stalls and perused the offers to find some of the very best residential projects available in Poland.
Warsaw
Delpha Investments was touting its Wilanowska Residence development in Wilanów at CEPIF 2005. The project consists of 99 luxury apartments, from 44 to 136 sqm, and one commercial area of 111 sqm over seven storeys.
The apartments are offered in a semi-finished condition, and Delpha will complete the apartment, for a fee once the investor has selected the finish. Underground parking is available, and is accessed by lifts, with 24-hour monitoring and a perimeter fence adding to security. The development should be completed in the first quarter of 2006. Prices range from Eur 1,250-1,500 (zł.5,235-6,282) per sqm, with terraces available for EUR 500 (zł.2,094) per sqm. Parking spaces are EUR 8,560 and EUR 16,000 (zł.35,851 and zł.67,000) for a single or double space.
Delpha Investments has a second project in the pipeline, called Royal Residence on ul. Vogel and Kostki Potockiego near the palace in Wilanów, which is still in the design stages. It expects to have 102 apartments with large terraces and 22 detached houses with gardens available, with a luxurious spa club within the complex.
Dom Development had one of the strongest presences and most impressive portfolios at the Top Residence fair. It was presenting its Wille Laguna project, an estate of villas in a nature reserve about 15 minutes from the city center near the Ursynów and Kabaty districts, just off ul. Puławska. The development consists of terraced and semi-detached homes aimed at families. Each semi-detached home has gardens, garages and additional parking spaces in the driveway with high ceilings and large living rooms within. Typical size is a 195.4 sqm interior over two floors and a loft. Each terraced home also has its own garden and garage, with an interior area of between 167.6 and 185.8 sqm over two floors and a loft. Prices are from zł.640,000 to zł.960,000.
Dom is also building what is says is a "whole new town" in Old Mokotów. The modern Marina Mokotów development, near to ul. Żwirki I Wigury and Racławicka, is an enormous development with a range of apartments from 32 to 120 sqm in size, as well as houses and villas. The development occupies 40 percent of a 22-hectare site, with the rest given over to green space and a lake, which separates it from the city. Part of the project has already been completed with the first of an estimated 5,000 residents set to move in immediately, and it will also have a range of shops and cafés strung along a number of streets. Prices start at zł.4,300 per sqm.
The Eco Group also has a project in Stary Mokotów on ul. Bobrowiecka. The apartments range in size from two to five rooms of 55 to 150 sqm with terraces over eight storeys and shops and services located on the ground floor, along with playgrounds outside and underground car-parking. The building has 24-hour security, internet and videophones. The project will be completed in the third quarter of 2006, with prices from zł.4,600-5,100 per sqm and parking at zł.28,000.
Villa Czarny Las is located some 40 minutes outside Warsaw, at Grodzisk Mazowiecki, and is a British-style residential estate of detached homes on 1,500 sqm lots that range in size from 92 to 202 sqm. Houses are two storeys with four to six rooms and will be available within eight months. Prices are 2,500 per sqm, including finished kitchens, bathrooms and fireplace.
Closer to the city is Zalesie's Magdalenka development. This is a residential complex of 160 to 400 sqm houses and villas on 52 forested sites of 2,000 sqm each. The residences are in keeping with the surroundings and should blend into the forest. Investors can have a hand in positioning the house and completion dates will be negotiated individually with the clients.
Por Develop is offering apartments in its Niedźwiedzia Residence on ul. Niedźwiedzia/ul. Wernyhory in Mokotów. This is a four-storey building with eight apartments and underground parking for 10 cars. The developer promises high-quality finishes throughout with terraces and gardens on the ground floor as well as perimeter fencing, videophone, alarms and 24-hour security. Apartments come without bathroom, floors and internal doors, and with wood windows and stone window sills. The project is scheduled for completion in April 2006, with apartment ranging from 130 to 181 sqm with four to five rooms for zł.7,000-7,600 per sqm and parking for zł.32,000.
Kraków
Grupa Bryksy has every confidence in its new Nowy Świat development on the intersection of ul. Garncarska and Cybulskiego in Kraków, a 10-minute walk from the Market Square. The building has an original stone-clad facade and will houses around 30 two-bedroom apartments of 74 to 154 sqm, with oak parquet flooring matching the doors and wooden window frames. Air conditioning can regulate temperatures to within one degree in each room and multimedia sockets mean broadband internet access, cable television and telephones can be installed in every room. It will have 24-hour surveillance throughout communal areas, including the car-park. Each apartment has a videophone and burglar alarm with a system key that also works for the front door and car-park.
Spółka Mieszkaniowa Salwator (SMS) has a number of apartments on ul. Siewna/Bociana for between zł.2,888-3,209 per sqm that should be finished early next year. Apartamex is offering flats on ul. Łokietka for zł.3,210 per sqm. SMS also has apartments on ul. Gabrieli Zapolskiej for zł.3,851-5,884 per sqm and Inter-Bud Developer has a number of flats on ul. Raciborska for zł.3,478-3,531 per sqm. SMS also has some houses available in Kraków on ul. Wielkanocna, priced at zł.375,000.
Tri-City
Progres Nieruchomości has a number of units in a renovated tenement building in Gdańsk. The Kamienica Zacisze building, at Starówka, ul. Ogama 107, is in the heart of Gdańsk's old town, and about 100 meters from the Neptune Fountain. It has two-, three- and four-roomed apartments, ranging in size from 34 to 93 sqm available, with prices from zł.217,000 to zł.742,000 for the largest units, which works out at approximately zł.5,350-8,260 per sqm. The building is six storeys and is due for completion in June this year.
There are a number of other properties available in the Tri-City area. SM Posejdon has apartments for between zł.2,282-2,450 on ul. Perłowa in Gdynia that are due for completion at the end of the second quarter this year. Allcon Osiedla has flats for zł.2,226-2,568 on ul. Żurawia and Polnord is offering apartments on ul. Wiklinowa for zł.2,401-2,880, the first phase of which are due for completion in October.
Invest Komfort has a number of apartments in Sopot on ul. Świemirowska for zł.4,237-5,521 per sqm that should be finished in December. Gdańsk appears to be the most popular town in the region with developers. Polservice is offering apartments in its Osiedle Stylowe Zad. II project on ul. Hermesa for between zł.2,350-2,550 per sqm and should be ready in July. Polnord has flats in its Osiedle Pomarańczowe project on ul. Ujeścisko for zł.3,000-3,250 per sqm, and are due in September and Hossa Grupa Inwestycyjna has a number of units on ul. Przytulna for zł.2,540-2,795 per sqm in its Wiszące Ogrody building.
Szczecin
Villa Grande consists of five terraced suites of 119 to 122 sqm, with separate entrances, garden, terrace and a double parking space in Pobierowo on ul. Piastowska. The Baltic Sea is 300 meters away, and the center of Pobierowo is about a kilometer. Each unit is over three storeys, with a living room, with fireplace and kitchenette, wardrobe and w/c on the ground floor, as well as a ground terrace and garden, with three bedrooms and a bathroom on the next level. The basement has a sauna and another 25-sqm room and each roof has an observation deck. Suites are available finished or unfinished, and also have fully equipped bathrooms, separate gas heating, fully monitored alarm system with motion sensors and entry phone, as well as TV, internet and phone points. Neptun Developer says the project is due for completion at the end of June 2005 and prices are zł.710,520 to zł.742,250 for 119 to 122 sqm.
Status also has flats on ul. Chorzowska for zł.3,286 per sqm.
Warsaw
Delpha Investments was touting its Wilanowska Residence development in Wilanów at CEPIF 2005. The project consists of 99 luxury apartments, from 44 to 136 sqm, and one commercial area of 111 sqm over seven storeys.
The apartments are offered in a semi-finished condition, and Delpha will complete the apartment, for a fee once the investor has selected the finish. Underground parking is available, and is accessed by lifts, with 24-hour monitoring and a perimeter fence adding to security. The development should be completed in the first quarter of 2006. Prices range from Eur 1,250-1,500 (zł.5,235-6,282) per sqm, with terraces available for EUR 500 (zł.2,094) per sqm. Parking spaces are EUR 8,560 and EUR 16,000 (zł.35,851 and zł.67,000) for a single or double space.
Delpha Investments has a second project in the pipeline, called Royal Residence on ul. Vogel and Kostki Potockiego near the palace in Wilanów, which is still in the design stages. It expects to have 102 apartments with large terraces and 22 detached houses with gardens available, with a luxurious spa club within the complex.
Dom Development had one of the strongest presences and most impressive portfolios at the Top Residence fair. It was presenting its Wille Laguna project, an estate of villas in a nature reserve about 15 minutes from the city center near the Ursynów and Kabaty districts, just off ul. Puławska. The development consists of terraced and semi-detached homes aimed at families. Each semi-detached home has gardens, garages and additional parking spaces in the driveway with high ceilings and large living rooms within. Typical size is a 195.4 sqm interior over two floors and a loft. Each terraced home also has its own garden and garage, with an interior area of between 167.6 and 185.8 sqm over two floors and a loft. Prices are from zł.640,000 to zł.960,000.
Dom is also building what is says is a "whole new town" in Old Mokotów. The modern Marina Mokotów development, near to ul. Żwirki I Wigury and Racławicka, is an enormous development with a range of apartments from 32 to 120 sqm in size, as well as houses and villas. The development occupies 40 percent of a 22-hectare site, with the rest given over to green space and a lake, which separates it from the city. Part of the project has already been completed with the first of an estimated 5,000 residents set to move in immediately, and it will also have a range of shops and cafés strung along a number of streets. Prices start at zł.4,300 per sqm.
The Eco Group also has a project in Stary Mokotów on ul. Bobrowiecka. The apartments range in size from two to five rooms of 55 to 150 sqm with terraces over eight storeys and shops and services located on the ground floor, along with playgrounds outside and underground car-parking. The building has 24-hour security, internet and videophones. The project will be completed in the third quarter of 2006, with prices from zł.4,600-5,100 per sqm and parking at zł.28,000.
Villa Czarny Las is located some 40 minutes outside Warsaw, at Grodzisk Mazowiecki, and is a British-style residential estate of detached homes on 1,500 sqm lots that range in size from 92 to 202 sqm. Houses are two storeys with four to six rooms and will be available within eight months. Prices are 2,500 per sqm, including finished kitchens, bathrooms and fireplace.
Closer to the city is Zalesie's Magdalenka development. This is a residential complex of 160 to 400 sqm houses and villas on 52 forested sites of 2,000 sqm each. The residences are in keeping with the surroundings and should blend into the forest. Investors can have a hand in positioning the house and completion dates will be negotiated individually with the clients.
Por Develop is offering apartments in its Niedźwiedzia Residence on ul. Niedźwiedzia/ul. Wernyhory in Mokotów. This is a four-storey building with eight apartments and underground parking for 10 cars. The developer promises high-quality finishes throughout with terraces and gardens on the ground floor as well as perimeter fencing, videophone, alarms and 24-hour security. Apartments come without bathroom, floors and internal doors, and with wood windows and stone window sills. The project is scheduled for completion in April 2006, with apartment ranging from 130 to 181 sqm with four to five rooms for zł.7,000-7,600 per sqm and parking for zł.32,000.
Kraków
Grupa Bryksy has every confidence in its new Nowy Świat development on the intersection of ul. Garncarska and Cybulskiego in Kraków, a 10-minute walk from the Market Square. The building has an original stone-clad facade and will houses around 30 two-bedroom apartments of 74 to 154 sqm, with oak parquet flooring matching the doors and wooden window frames. Air conditioning can regulate temperatures to within one degree in each room and multimedia sockets mean broadband internet access, cable television and telephones can be installed in every room. It will have 24-hour surveillance throughout communal areas, including the car-park. Each apartment has a videophone and burglar alarm with a system key that also works for the front door and car-park.
Spółka Mieszkaniowa Salwator (SMS) has a number of apartments on ul. Siewna/Bociana for between zł.2,888-3,209 per sqm that should be finished early next year. Apartamex is offering flats on ul. Łokietka for zł.3,210 per sqm. SMS also has apartments on ul. Gabrieli Zapolskiej for zł.3,851-5,884 per sqm and Inter-Bud Developer has a number of flats on ul. Raciborska for zł.3,478-3,531 per sqm. SMS also has some houses available in Kraków on ul. Wielkanocna, priced at zł.375,000.
Tri-City
Progres Nieruchomości has a number of units in a renovated tenement building in Gdańsk. The Kamienica Zacisze building, at Starówka, ul. Ogama 107, is in the heart of Gdańsk's old town, and about 100 meters from the Neptune Fountain. It has two-, three- and four-roomed apartments, ranging in size from 34 to 93 sqm available, with prices from zł.217,000 to zł.742,000 for the largest units, which works out at approximately zł.5,350-8,260 per sqm. The building is six storeys and is due for completion in June this year.
There are a number of other properties available in the Tri-City area. SM Posejdon has apartments for between zł.2,282-2,450 on ul. Perłowa in Gdynia that are due for completion at the end of the second quarter this year. Allcon Osiedla has flats for zł.2,226-2,568 on ul. Żurawia and Polnord is offering apartments on ul. Wiklinowa for zł.2,401-2,880, the first phase of which are due for completion in October.
Invest Komfort has a number of apartments in Sopot on ul. Świemirowska for zł.4,237-5,521 per sqm that should be finished in December. Gdańsk appears to be the most popular town in the region with developers. Polservice is offering apartments in its Osiedle Stylowe Zad. II project on ul. Hermesa for between zł.2,350-2,550 per sqm and should be ready in July. Polnord has flats in its Osiedle Pomarańczowe project on ul. Ujeścisko for zł.3,000-3,250 per sqm, and are due in September and Hossa Grupa Inwestycyjna has a number of units on ul. Przytulna for zł.2,540-2,795 per sqm in its Wiszące Ogrody building.
Szczecin
Villa Grande consists of five terraced suites of 119 to 122 sqm, with separate entrances, garden, terrace and a double parking space in Pobierowo on ul. Piastowska. The Baltic Sea is 300 meters away, and the center of Pobierowo is about a kilometer. Each unit is over three storeys, with a living room, with fireplace and kitchenette, wardrobe and w/c on the ground floor, as well as a ground terrace and garden, with three bedrooms and a bathroom on the next level. The basement has a sauna and another 25-sqm room and each roof has an observation deck. Suites are available finished or unfinished, and also have fully equipped bathrooms, separate gas heating, fully monitored alarm system with motion sensors and entry phone, as well as TV, internet and phone points. Neptun Developer says the project is due for completion at the end of June 2005 and prices are zł.710,520 to zł.742,250 for 119 to 122 sqm.
Status also has flats on ul. Chorzowska for zł.3,286 per sqm.
