Living at The Harbourview Apartments

Built in 1995, the Harbourview is an exclusive and luxurious multi-apartment building located on an elevated road to the famous Peak attraction. With commanding views over the Hong Kong Harbour and the surrounding lush hillside vegetation, this building has always been a sought-out residence since its development for those lucky enough to find an apartment for sale or lease. Tightly held, with a total of only 51 apartments, the residents have the advantage of very spacious rooms, most with unobstructed and breathtaking views through floor to ceiling windows, grand entrance halls, up to 4 large sized bedrooms with walk-in closets and en-suite bathrooms, centralised air conditioning, and covered car parks. The apartments range in size from 1121 sq ft to 4767 sq ft saleable area.

The building and facilities are maintained and managed to the highest standard with resort-style swimming pools, sauna, squash courts, gym, and function rooms. Landscaped gardens offer plenty of room for children with indoor/outdoor playgrounds. The residential component of the property sits high above the 5 story car park.

Harbourview on Magazine Gap Road

Harbourview is located on Magazine Gap Road, and is a neighbourhood consisting of Consular homes, Embassies, and luxury mansions. Magazine Gap has always been an exclusive and expensive neighbourhood, from colonial days with the air being cooler and cleaner at a higher altitude set amongst the green vegetation to escape the scorching hot summer weather. Today, with air conditioning and dehumidifiers, people want to live towards the Peak due to the quieter pace, fresher air, easy access to hiking trails, and recreational pursuits. Still, mainly because from here you get, without comparison, the very best views out over the Victoria Harbour and the city’s skyline.

Unlike other roads in the area, Magazine Gap maintains a low density with buildings scattered amongst the hillside and plenty of open green space in between. Magazine Gap Road is also one of the most accessible roads on the hill, being a decent width and two-way traffic lanes. Other nearby streets can be narrow and only have room enough for one car at a time. Furthermore, this is also notably a non-commercial area and strictly only residential.

Most of the first houses in the area were large mansions, built for the rich and famous, with beautiful gardens terracing down the steep hillside. They were given distinguished names by their owners such as “Katoomba,” "Rose Hill,” "Cringleford,” and "Idlewild.”  Sara Roosevelt, the mother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, lived here in Hong Kong with her family on Rose Hill from 1862–1865 during the American Civil War.

Magazine Gap History

The name Magazine Gap comes from a military term for an armaments store. This famous hillside played quite a part in the Japanese invasion of Hong Kong and was heavily bombed and shelled during the final weeks’ standoff before the surrender of Hong Kong Island. The British army commandeered most of the large homes that existed in the area to house and HQ British commanders and soldiers stationed in Hong Kong during this time.

By the time the 1970s and ’80s came around, Magazine Gap and surrounding streets heading up towards the Peak became popular again amongst the city’s wealthy and was the No. 1 area where all of Hong Kong's tycoons wanted to live. (This has not changed today with a more recent purchase made by Ali Baba’s Jack Ma). Much of the developments of multi-family high-rise buildings sprung up around this period and towards 2000. While the majority are now heading towards 30 and 40 years old, all of these buildings have been kept in the highest condition and remain in constant demand.

Harbourview Location

Harbourview is well served by buses, mini-buses, and a shuttle bus to Central. School-age children are well catered to with any number of private and international schools in the area or a short commute away. The Islands best hospitals are within easy reach, and while there are no commercial buildings or shops on Magazine Gap, you are a close drive or walk away from any number of shopping centres, including at The Peak, Admiralty, Wanchai, and Pacific Place to the mid level’s Cain Road. The commonly held thought is that if you can afford to own a car, you can afford to live in this suburb.

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