You can buy a year old apartment in Meriton's Soleil as follows:
- 93 sqm internal
- No balconey
- Air conditioning not ducted
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
- Facing West, so hot in the summer
- General views of an ugly part of Brisbane
- Large, impersonal building, used as a hotel
- Your neighbour may be an Eastern European hooker or a football team on tour
- Price = $629,000 (apartment 4403) - $6,763 a sqm
Or you could buy an apartment in River Place:
- 113 sqm total
- Massive balconey
- Riverfront
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
- Outdoor pool overlooking the river
- Price - $659,000 (apartment 54) - $5,831 a sqm
Or you could buy an apartment in Quay West:
- 130 sqm total
- Two balconies
- Ducted air-conditioning
- About 130 apartments in building
- Views of botanical gardens
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
- Price - about $600,000 - $4,615 a sqm
It will be interesting to see what this apartment sells for in Admiralty One:
- 130 sqm in total
- Balconey
- Direct riverfront
- Ducted air-conditioning
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, separate laundry room
- North Eastern view
- About 120 apartments in the building
- Auction -- there has not been a similar apartment sold in this building for years.
Why would you buy in Soleil? Or in some of the currently marketed off-the-plan developments, when some of the "older" apartments are cheaper on the price per sqm basis, and in better locations?
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