{"id":107592,"date":"2019-05-30T12:44:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T05:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/noise-reducing-balconies-and-large-storage-spaces-do-not-deter-hong-kong-buyers-seeking-flats-under-home-ownership-scheme\/"},"modified":"2019-05-30T13:08:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T06:08:42","slug":"noise-reducing-balconies-and-large-storage-spaces-do-not-deter-hong-kong-buyers-seeking-flats-under-home-ownership-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/noise-reducing-balconies-and-large-storage-spaces-do-not-deter-hong-kong-buyers-seeking-flats-under-home-ownership-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Noise-reducing balconies and large storage spaces do not deter Hong Kong buyers seeking flats under Home Ownership Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nUnusual features such as noise-reducing balconies and large storage rooms in government-built homes have not dampened interest in the latest batch of subsidised flats, even though they take up floor space and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.The features, designed to cope with noise levels on estates built near major roads, included balconies that took up as much as 10 per cent of the internal floor space and storage rooms as big as kitchens.The city\u2019s largest provider of public housing\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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