This 150 sqm two-bedroom occupies a 1930s Art Deco-style building with a distinctive stepped, streamline facade on Changde Road. Inside, the living room has a genuine working brick fireplace, tall red-framed heritage windows, and central ducted air conditioning. The furnishing is eclectic and characterful: a green leather Chesterfield wingback, campaign-style folding chairs, and a mustard sofa rather than a generic modern set. A large tiled terrace off the living room wraps around the building’s upper level, weathered rather than freshly finished, with an expansive view over the Jing’an skyline including the Kerry Centre towers. Rent runs high for West Nanjing Road, and the combination of the period architecture, the fireplace, and the terrace view is the clear reason: this is a genuinely distinctive apartment, not a standard renovation.

A 4-minute walk to Jing’an Temple metro station, right by Jing’an Temple and Jing’an Park, in Jing’an.