Goldwin Height
The Brief:
A couple in their mid-fifties, came to Apartmentary as they prepared to retire. Both work in the health and medical field — she as a nurse, he as a doctor — and they wanted a home that would let them slow down without giving up the quiet discipline of a well-made space. There are no children and no pets. The brief was simple: a comfortable, low-maintenance apartment with considered details that support rest, circulation, and everyday ease.
They asked for a Japanese soaker bath for long, hot soaks; a kitchen that stays visually calm even when in use; storage that does not ask them to bend or hunt; and a ceiling they could live with. The existing ceiling had never sat well with them. Design Manager Liza proposed a gypsum plane finished with wooden slats in a Japandi grid — a structure that conceals what they disliked and gives the rooms a warmer, more composed overhead line.
Address
Goldwin Heights,
Mid-levels
Features
Japanese soaker, custom shoe-cabinet, ample storage room, Invisacook kitchen top
Size
811 Sq.Ft
Date of Completion
Aug. 2026
Building Age
1994
Japandi, Modern, retirement home
Project Overview
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This full remodel is designed around how two people will actually live once work no longer sets the pace. Circulation is kept clear. Materials stay light: pale timber, sintered stone, soft plaster, and a consistent herringbone floor. Smart, discreet details — a hidden cooktop, a reversible shoe cabinet with pull-out sliders, a soaker bath — do the work so the home itself can stay quiet.
The result is not a showpiece. It is a home equipped for slower mornings, long baths, and a kitchen that can look finished even when dinner is underway.
Master Bedroom
The bedroom is kept deliberately spare: a low timber platform, full-height light-oak wardrobes, and a slim floating shelf under the television. Nothing competes with rest. The herringbone floor carries through from the corridor, so the room feels like a continuation of the apartment rather than a separate box.
Social Spaces
The living areas are kept spare so the couple can use them without staging. Herringbone timber underfoot and a consistent blonde-wood palette keep the rooms warm and even. A sliding timber-and-glass door to the kitchen lets light travel while giving the option of a quieter, closed-off cook space. Nothing here is designed for display. The rooms are designed to be inhabited slowly.
Bathroom
The bathroom is built around a Japanese soaker — chosen for heat, circulation, and the mental reset of a long soak after years on hospital floors. The vanity continues the same pale timber language as the rest of the home: fluted drawer fronts, a sintered-stone top with a quiet speckle, and a wide mirror that keeps the room bright. Finishes are chosen to be easy to wipe down and kind to ageing joints — no high thresholds, no fussy hardware.
Kitchen
The kitchen is designed to disappear when it is not in use. An Invisacook cooktop sits flush in the sintered-stone counter; the controller lives on the shelf below, so the worktop stays a single, clean plane and can double as extra prep space. Fluted timber fronts and grey tile floors keep the palette grounded. Adjacent laundry and fridge are built into the same run of cabinetry, so daily chores stay in one calm circuit rather than a separate utility room.
Under Construction
The elbow grease that brings the vision to life
