Private housing estates in Sha Tin District

The following is a list of private housing estates in Sha Tin District.

Tai Wai

Man Lai Court

Man Lai Court

Man Lai Court (Chinese: 文禮閣) is a private housing estate in Tai Wai^[1], near the waterfront of Shing Mun River and Tai Wai Station, which is the interchange station between the East Rail Line and Ma On Shan Line of the MTR metro system. Formerly the Tai Wai Staff Quarters of the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation, it consists of 4 buildings developed in 1990 and 1993 respectively by Cheung Kong Holdings.^[2]

Sha Tin

City One

Main article: City One

City One is the largest private residential estate in Sha Tin District. There are a total of 52 blocks of residential buildings. Each tower is about 30 stories with units ranging from 389 square feet (36.7 square meters) to an area of 1018 square feet (94.6 square meters) with different floor plans.

Lucky Plaza

Main article: Lucky Plaza, Hong Kong

Lucky Plaza consists of 8 high-rise buildings and a shopping centre developed by Chinachem Group in 1983.^[3][4]

Sha Tin Centre

Main article: Sha Tin Centre

Sha Tin Centre comprises 8 high-rise buildings and a shopping arcade^[5], developed by Henderson Land Development in 1981.^[6][7]

Wai Wah Centre

Main article: Wai Wah Centre

Wai Wah Centre comprises 4 high-rise buildings and a shopping arcade built between 1986, developed by Cheung Kong Holdings.^[8][9][10]

Sha Tin Plaza

Main article: Sha Tin Plaza

Sha Tin Plaza comprises 4 high-rise buildings and a shopping arcade^[11], developed by Henderson Land Development in 1988.^[12]

Garden Rivera

• Garden Rivera (河畔花園)

Belair Gardens

Coordinates: 22°23′5″N 114°11′55.3″E / 22.38472°N 114.198694°E / 22.38472; 114.198694

Manhattan Heights and Nelly Heights of Belair Gardens

Belair Gardens (Chinese: 富豪花園) is a private housing estate located at 52 Tai Chung Kiu Road, Sha Tin.^[13] It is located at the bank of the Shing Mun River. There is also a shopping mall, bowling centre, and a car park. It has 14 blocks, each block beginning with a different letter of the alphabet:^[14]

English Name	Number of Rooms per Floor	Number of Floors
Admiralty Heights	4	28
Beverly Heights	4	28
Carmel Heights	4	28
Dominion Heights	4	28
Estoril Heights	4	27
Fontana Heights	4	27
Grenville Heights	4	27
Hoover Heights	4	27
Imperial Heights	8	27
Jade Heights	8	27
Kingston Heights	4	25
Lincoln Heights	4	25
Manhattan Heights	8	27
Nelly Heights	8	27

Castello

Castello (Chinese: 帝堡城) was developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties and designed by D. Heung & Associates. The design of the development is influenced by European castles, hence the name Castello and the iconic castellation as architectural features at the top of the towers and the podium. Construction work finished in December 1999. It consists of 8 residential blocks with 32 floors. The tower blocks are built on top of 4 levels of podium which contains residential carparks and clubhouse facilities. Each block has 8 flats on each floor, except Block 5 with 7 flats instead. The flat sizes range from 718 to 1,107 square feet (67-103 m²). Flat efficieny rate is at 83%. The smallest flats provide 2 bedrooms, while the biggest flats provide 3 bedrooms, including one en-suite and an extra store room with toilet facilities accessed through the kitchen.

The estate is managed by Kai Shing Management Services Limited, subsidiary company of the developer and the management fee for each flat is HKD1.39 per square foot per month. The management of the estate is also monitored by its own Resident's Committee elected by the residents.

Fo Tan

Royal Ascot

Main article: Royal Ascot, Hong Kong

Scenery Garden

Main article: Scenery Garden

The Palazzo

The Palazzo under construction in 2008.

The Palazzo^[15] (Chinese: 御龍山) is a private housing estate in Fo Tan, located near the MTR Fo Tan Station and right next to Sha Tin Racecourse.^[16] It comprises 10 high-rise buildings, offering a total of 1,375 units. Formerly Ho Tung Lau, it was developed by Sino Land and MTR Corporation in 2009.^[17][18]

Jubilee Garden

Main article: Jubilee Garden (Hong Kong)

Ma On Shan

Monte Vista

The residential towers of Monte Vista

Monte Vista (Chinese: 翠擁華庭) is private housing estate in Ma On Shan. It is situated at 9 Sha On Street and is right next to the Wu Kai Sha Station on the MTR Ma On Shan Line. ^[19]

The estates were built by Hutchison Whampoa,^[20][21] together with Bayshore Tower, as part of a triple development project in Ma On Shan.

Monte Vista was completed in 2000, and consists of 12 residential towers. Each tower has 37 floors. In total, the private housing estate contains 1,606 flats.^[22] 100 units were sold in the first day of public sales in April 2000, the second-highest first-day sales figure for a property development so far that year after The Waterfront.^[23] In two days in July, 108 units were sold; 3-bedroom units were especially popular among property buyers. Transaction prices were in the range of HK$3,200 to HK$3,600 per square foot.^[24] By the following year, three dual-level penthouse suites remained unsold, and were being offered by the developer at an average price of HK$4,718 per square foot.^[25]

Vista Paradiso

The residential towers of Vista Paradiso

Vista Paradiso (Chinese: 聽濤雅苑 is private housing estate in Ma On Shan. It is situated next to the Heng On Station on the MTR Ma On Shan Line as well as Lake Silver.

Vista Paradiso was completed in 1998.^[26] It consists of 11 residential towers, with number of floors ranging from 29 to 37. In total, the private housing estate contains 2,032 flats.^[27][28] Buyers showed renewed interest in Vista Paradiso in 2006 due to its proximity to newly-opened international schools.^[29]

Lake Silver

Main article: Lake Silver

Lake Silver

Another project adjacent to Monte Vista developed by Sino Land is Lake Silver (Chinese: 銀湖·天峰), formerly Lake W, comprises 7 residential blocks with a total of 2,189 units completed in 2009.^[30]

References

1. ^ Sha Tin (沙田)
2. ^ Man Lai Court
3. ^ Shatin Lucky Plaza
4. ^ 好運中心 Lucky Plaza (Chinese)
5. ^ Goodwill Management Limited
6. ^ 沙田中心 Shatin Centre (Chinese Version)
7. ^ Shatin Centre
8. ^ 偉華中心 Wai Wah Centre (Chinese Version)
9. ^ Shatin
10. ^ Shatin, Hong Kong
11. ^ Goodwill Management Limited
12. ^ Henderson Land Development
13. ^ Belair Gardens Official Site
14. ^ According to the resident's handbook of Belair Gardens, pg. 7
15. ^ Official website of the Palazzo
16. ^ The Palazzo
17. ^ Lavishness and Opulence - The Palazzo, Hong Kong
18. ^ The Palazzo
19. ^ Lake Silver, Sino Group
20. ^ Profile of Monte Vista
21. ^ Information page for Vista Paradiso
22. ^ Official website of Monte Vista
23. ^ Yeung, Kar-ming (2000-04-12), "翠擁100單位首日售罄/Monte Vista sells 100 units on first day", Sing Tao Daily, http://www.singtao.com/archive/fullstory.asp?andor=or&year1=2000&month1=4&day1=16&year2=2000&month2=4&day2=16&category=all&id=20000416h01&keyword1=&keyword2=, retrieved 2009-10-09 
24. ^ Tso, Sze-wan (2000-07-17), "翠擁及信和「孖盤」三房熱銷/Monte Vista and Sino Lake Silver three-bedroom units selling well", Sing Tao Daily, http://www.singtao.com/archive/fullstory.asp?andor=or&year1=2000&month1=7&day1=17&year2=2000&month2=7&day2=17&category=all&id=20000717h01&keyword1=&keyword2=, retrieved 2009-10-09 
25. ^ "翠擁空中花園貨尾呎價4718/Monte Vista mid-air garden unsold units, $4718 per sq. ft.", Sing Tao Daily, http://www.singtao.com/archive/fullstory.asp?andor=or&year1=2001&month1=7&day1=20&year2=2001&month2=7&day2=20&category=all&id=20010720h02&keyword1=&keyword2= 
26. ^ Vista Paradiso on Emporis.com
27. ^ Hong Kong Property: Vista Paridiso
28. ^ Huntchinson Whampoa Limited: Property Development
29. ^ "國際學校招生效應聽濤雅苑交投大增/International schools enrolling students, causes big jump in Vista Paradiso transactions", Wen Wei Po, 2006-07-29, http://paper.wenweipo.com/2006/07/29/FI0607290053.htm, retrieved 2009-10-09 
30. ^ Lake Silver