This one-bedroom sits high enough in Kaixin Garden to get a genuine skyline view rather than just a claim of one: the living room balcony looks out over the surrounding towers through a full glass railing, and the bedroom’s distinctive angled floor-to-ceiling window frames the neighbouring glass high-rise directly. The kitchen is built around a marble-topped island with bar seating rather than a basic galley layout, and the bathroom has a heated towel rail alongside a separate glass shower stall. Heating comes from proper radiators rather than just air conditioning, and there’s a full-size washer/dryer built into the kitchen counter. An air purifier is included too, a detail that matters more than it sounds for renters coming from cleaner-air markets. At 65 sqm for one bedroom, the rent per square metre runs on the high side, but here the premium is backed up by the floor, the view and the finish quality, rather than being asked for on the strength of the address alone.

A 4-minute walk to Zhongshan Park metro station and 5 minutes to Raffles City Changning, in Jiangsu Road.