Ground Floor: 1 bedroom with courtyard, open plan study and second living room with original roller-door blind and full height operational door/windows, large bathroom with laundry, courtyard and lock up garage. Whole floor could easily be used as home office.

First Floor: Huge open plan living, dining, kitchen and meals area with expansive kitchen joinery, pantry, black mirrored splashback, stunning island bench area and extensive outdoor room-style entertainer’s courtyard.

Second Floor: Oversized master bedroom with city views, walk in robe and ensuite, 3rd bedroom, an amazing wrap around balcony and sun deck.

During the real estate boom of the early 2000’s, many of central Budapest’s old palaces had been given back their old glory. Many of them had been converted to high-grade offices, some to mixed commercial-residential buildings. One of these is Palazzo Dorottya.

Palazzo Dorottya was used until recently as bank with offices and some residences on its upper most levels. The 18th Century building shell was in a condition which encouraged retention, and this skin was rehabilitated and returned to its former glory, while inserting at its centre an entirely modern building. The courtyard of the palazzo is there fore entirely of its time, while its shell, retains the former historic qualities of the original.

This apartment on the uppermost level features soaring ceilings, and modern, minimalistic furniture. The part I love the most is the modern countertop and the clever way the architect made the structural beams an integral part of the interior…

The place is for rent, so if you have EUR 2900 a month, take a look here.