More adventures in real estate

Have to move again very soon. A few months ago we walked into a realtor's office (but we were "wun bun" actually) near Soho asking to see Soho apartments. She took us to this AMAZING refurbished "tong lau" right on Peel Street (practically above Brunch Club). I was in love with this place. One unit had rooftop terrace. Another had ground floor terrace. It was a dream. This time around, no such luck. We looked in Central and Sheung Wan on Saturday. Some really promising places but nothing wowed.

Moving a lot actually satisfies my character trait of being extremely fickle and unpredictable. The first time around (over a year ago) my priority was newness/cleanliness, cost, seaview, closet space and convenience, in that order. Yup I got that, so over that; this time around, my priority is oldness (I WANT TO LIVE IN A TONG LAU), urbanness and cost. (Who knows, the third time around I might insist on rural white picket fence.) Our current frontrunner is an old apartment with view of a back alley in Central. One sick pad we visited was a SICK 700 sq ft studio, with rooftop, and 1 block from my office in Sheung Wan, and dirt cheap (er, well, by HK standards, $14,500/mo.), but won't work because it doesn't have walls--not good with a Korben.