Maldives real estate, reported from the ground: developments, developers, prices, rules, and the homes behind them.
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Everything the desk has published under “expat life”.
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A planted lobby, green walls that climb the building and the open ocean in every window. How Renaatus has composed Irumathi on Hulhumalé's eastern shore, read from a tenant's side of the door.
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Windows open to the sea air, the grounds downstairs, and the beachfront at the door. What an ordinary day looks like in a building designed for daylight and natural ventilation.
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A ten-storey beachfront building in Hulhumalé, drawn to let in daylight and sea air and to frame the ocean. What the design of Renaatus IthaaMuiy offers the people who live in it.
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Breakfast in a kitchen built for cooking, a session in the building's gym, an evening with guests in a living room lit by large windows. The day Renaatus Javaahiru is designed around.
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Named for the local word for diamond, Renaatus Javaahiru is a thirteen-storey Hulhumalé building of 111 homes, described by its developer through its interiors: large windows, a calm bedroom, a well-planned kitchen.
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Visiting family in the spare room with their own bathroom, brunch downstairs, a film in the private cinema and a birthday in a venue you book yourself. How Solitaire Luxury Residences handles a weekend of hosting.
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Natural oak, built-in joinery, a bathroom for every bedroom, wooden decks by the gym and the clubhouse, and the Indian Ocean behind it all. The materials and spaces that make Solitaire Luxury Residences a beautiful place to live.
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A swim before work, groceries without leaving the building, a play area with reading tents for the children, and the marina in the evening. An ordinary day in Apollo Holdings' two beachfront towers in Hulhumalé.
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Two ten-storey towers on the Hulhumalé beachfront, facing the yacht marina in the developer's description, with a pool, a gym and a children's room designed with real care. What makes Apollo Holdings' towers a pleasant place to live.
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A reception desk that is staffed all day and night, shops downstairs, a playground on the second floor, the ferry and Central Park within a short walk, and the marina at sunset. A day in a 3+1 at One Avenue.
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Schools the developer puts a few minutes' walk away, the park next door, shops on the ground floor and a rooftop for the sunset. A family day in a three-bedroom at One Central Park, Hulhumalé Phase 1.
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Two blocks of fifteen floors on the edge of Hulhumalé's eight-hectare Central Park, with 120 three-bedroom homes, private balconies facing the trees or the city, and a turf walkway on the roof. The design of One Central Park.
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A 3+1 whose extra room becomes the office, a generator behind the laptop, the pool in the afternoon and the Eastern Beach after the last call. A working day at home in Apollo Holdings' Opal Residences.
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Warm wood against polished porcelain, a corner balcony that turns with the sun, and glass that brings the day in from floor to ceiling. The materials and moments that make Apollo Holdings' Opal Residences a pleasure to return to.
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A slow morning at the residents' pool, a long lunch from a proper closed kitchen, guests on the balcony and the beachfront at the end of the walk. A weekend at Platinum Residences on Hithigas Magu.
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Canal light as well as sea light, balconies on more than one side, a kitchen with a door, and a garden at ground level. The design choices behind Platinum Residences on Hithigas Magu, and why they make a home easy to love.
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A desk by an open window, a helper's room that frees up the day, groceries downstairs between calls and a meeting in the multipurpose hall. What a working day at home looks like at RainCoral Residence.
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Two towers shaped to let the breeze through, a common terrace at the very top, and a duplex penthouse whose best room is outdoors. The architecture of RainCoral Residence, and why it feels the way it does.
