This is a beautiful colonial Apartment on Hengshan Rd in the culturally protected Washington Apartments Building from 1928.

The property is on the 3rd Floor, and has spacious bedrooms, one big living room, and 1 spacious full bathroom.

The Kitchen has a dining are, lot’s of workspace, is fully equipped and connected to the laundry room.
The Flat has a very easy cut, is well divided by the long hallway, and has lot’s of potential for a creative buyer.

132sqm, starting at 5.2 Million Rmb.
View at any time.
Call Oliver at 15900 987878

This beautiful Changle Rd Lane House’s come out just now and the owners have decided to sell this 170sqm (book) size House.

The Lane House’s built about 60 Years ago, and has kept it’s original charme.
The wooden floors, window frames, doors and moldings are all in outstanding condition and can look “new” again with a little bit of care-loving retouch.

It’s located on the side of the lane, giving it more exposure to natural light and a great view from the huge terrace on the 3rd Floor.

The Actual Size is a little larger than the 170sqm, as the stairwell and 2 kitchens aren’t counted in.

Something for visionaries, this place has potential.
7.9 Million Rmb.
Fantastic Location.

This beautiful Apartment is in the famous Maison Mode Building at the intersection of Huaihai Rd and Changshu Rd, right at the Metro stop and across from the Centre.

The Flat has two bedrooms and 1 Living Room, is quite spacious, has an open or closed (well seperated) kitchen with lot’s of light and a great view over the french concession Shanghai.

The Flat is high up (compared to the average building height in the french concession,) and comes at 4.5 Million Rmb.

below are first pictures of the actual uniick wt and then of another renovated one that has been rented out.

Notice the original brick walls from the time when it was built, beautifully blending into the bookshelves.

The 2 Bedroom Apartment has 3.4m high ceilings and has 110sqm in living area.

The rental 1 Bedroom:

more maison mode pics here

Uniquely restored Garden House For Sale in cultural heritage Compound on Fumin Rd from the early 20th Century.

This is a beautiful restored Villa in the famous Yuhua Xin Cun Village on Fumin rd near Julu Rd.
The compound is fantastically restored and superbly located in Shanghai’s downtown area.

The beautifully redone roads, walls, security posts, buildings, lamps, gardens, storages and even the telephone lines have style now.
Nicely located in the middle area of the village, this house has a 50-plus sqm garden, is 3 storeys high, has a terrace, 3 Bedrooms, 2 Living Rooms, 2 Baths, Storage and maid room.

It’s nicely renovated, has repolished and finely restored old wooden floors, charming newly glazed steel windows, super high ceilings and modern baths.

View at any time.
180sqm, starting at 17,000,000 Rmb.
Call Oliver at 15900 98 78 78

Exclusive not again to be found Old House Commercial Space for sale in downtown

by Shplace Connexxions

A once in a lifetime chance to invest in downtown Shanghai’s commercial Real Estate.
These couple of properties are in a central location nearby the Portman Ritz Carlton (5 min. walk),
are culturally protected historic buildings with huge spaces, large garden and a lot of history.

The Mansions, differing from 550sqm to 1400sqm each are planned to be officially going up for auction in spring or summer 2008.
Shplace’s superb inside connections are making it possible to claim the sites before the general public can.

Right now residential the city’s planning institute has decided that this is going to be commercial space and will move the residence early this year.
The Unit’s next and across from each other would make fantastic restaurant, hotel, shop and art spaces.

Each have direct access and visibilty from the streets.

Viewing can be scheduled in advance.
Price upon inquiry.

Unique and exclusive old Fuxing Road Apartment for sale with huge terrace and fantastic views.

This is a beautiful old Fuxing Rd Apartment in one of Shanghai’s most unique and eyestinging colonial apartment buildings
which’s features are so well kept that when passing by it it’s easy to imagine to be back in the time of the early 20th century.

The Building one of the earliest cultural heritage structures adopted by the shanghai history bureau is conviniently located at BaoQing Rd and Fuxing Rd it’s just minutes from ChangShu Rd Metro station, close to many famous restaurants and a 10 minutes taxy ride in either direction to xujiahui or people’s square.

The Apartments well taken care of, with the preserved tiles, window and door frames, flower carvings and original wooden floors.
It’s got 2 Guestrooms and one Master Bedroom with walkable closet and Bathroom.

The Flat’s well cut and what makes it most unique besides being in Fuxing Rds coolest building is that it brings a 160sqm terrace with it that’s facing the backyard and get’s a lot of sunshine from the south.

Can be viewed any time.
Call Oliver at 1352-488-8815

Beautiful Fuxing Park Loft Style Apartment with great view and fantastic Space.
The Apartment’s pretty well furnished, in modern loft style, with super large spaces,
lot’s of windows, big lights, island in the dining room, open kitchen and super spacious master bedroom.

It’s well kept and taken care off and the old floors and doorframes still look like new.
The Building is one of the earliest adopted into the cultural heritage family by Shanghai’s History Bureau.

The Apartments fantastic location at Fuxing Parks pedestrian street makes it similar to a loft space in an old brick building 5th Ave new york.

The best Feature of the Apartment is probably it’s commodious living room that has more than 60sqm in open space with lined up windows and an island (table) for dining.

Viewing can be scheduled 1 day in advance.
Call Oliver at 1352-488-8815.
Asking Price is 8.2 Million Rmb.

Know-How for purchasing an Old House or Colonial Apartment in Shanghai.

If you’re about to purchase an old Lane House, Garden House or Apartment in Shanghai there is a lot of regulations and restrictions for non-shanghainese, non-mainland chinese, and foreigners.
On this page we list the most important things that you have to have checked out and consider before putting any money done for an object.

The most common miss-understanding and restriction why most deals fail is that the House is not registered on an Owner Ship Certificate (产券 Chan Quan) but on a Usage Certificate (使用券 Shi Yong Quan).
The properties registered under a Usage Certificate (which was the standard and only certificate a while ago, and is the most common in old houses today) can only be purchased by shanghai locals.
In the late ninety’s the country offered a service to transfer the old houses and apartments Usage Certificates to Ownership Certificates for a 30k rmb fee (a lot of money at the time, considering most places didn’t cost more than this), and steady rose to a couple of Million Rmb.
By Now it’s impossible for most if not all Houses to transfer these into real Ownerships.
The Houses that have been transfered at the time are the old houses and flats that everyone can buy today.