After the renovation
Location : Calle Beruti, Alto Palermo, Buenos Aires
This three bedroom 90 sq metre penthouse apartment on the 15th floor of a 40 year old building adjacent to popular Alto Palermo shopping centre, had been renovated in the 1970´s by the original owners in a spanish casa-style with archways, heavy dark wood features and ceramic floor tiles.
Starting again, we completely changed the distribution of space, removing the arches, closing a section of the balcony to incorporate the space within the living room, replacing all the windows with new modern aluminium enclosures, and totally renovating the kitchen and bathrooms. In the end there was nothing original left from the apartment we first purchased.
Sold to an investor, this apartment now rents out constantly to tourists.
Extra space was gained by partly enclosing the balcony
improving the vista and view to the Rio de la Plata
new ash wood floors dramatically lightened the ambience
replastering and re-painting walls changed the entire space
as did improving the access to the kitchen
and the main entrance to the bedrooms and living room
we installed all-new top quality window enclosures
and created two decent sized bedrooms from one
maximising the space to the best extent
installing a modern kitchen incorporating black granite
with stainless steel appliances
and new porcelenato floors
and added red granite to the bathroom
and a fresh look using large white tiles
finishing with a new laundry area
which allows the kitchen to remain just that - a place for food
The end result - a dramatically different, modern penthouse
