{"id":85753,"date":"2026-09-17T22:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85753"},"modified":"2026-09-17T22:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T14:50:02","slug":"this-hong-kong-home-was-designed-to-be-family-friendly-without-feeling-immaculate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85753","title":{"rendered":"This Hong Kong home was designed to be family-friendly without feeling immaculate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/16\/2d8e056f-56e0-49d5-938a-73d642ffacaf_81d4b51a.jpg?itok=qIkTrnbf&amp;v=1789550532\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Just when they thought life could not possibly become more chaotic \u2013 full-time jobs in finance, the whirlwind of a toddler and the imminent arrival of a second child \u2013 William Li and Sara Browne decided to add one more variable to the equation: buying a 1,500 sq ft (139 square metre) flat in <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Happy Valley<\/span>, Hong Kong.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Wanting to craft a permanent home for their growing family, they were drawn to the property\u2019s generous bones, its coveted location and its proximity to Li\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On paper, the four-bedroom, two-bathroom flat was perfectly habitable. In reality, its 1980s soul was crying out for a modern makeover.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The couple initially considered tackling only the most critical rooms but friend and architect Darius Woo Ching-fung, of Kasawoo, advised them that a full renovation, executed while they were comfortably ensconced elsewhere, was the only way to achieve the home they wanted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/homes\/article\/3367553\/hong-kong-home-was-designed-be-family-friendly-without-feeling-immaculate?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when they thought life could not possibly become more chaotic \u2013 full-time jobs in finance, the whirlwind of a toddler and the imminent arrival&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[6180,11594,9679,469,3569,30175,5231],"class_list":["post-85753","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-designed","tag-familyfriendly","tag-feeling","tag-home","tag-hong","tag-immaculate","tag-kong","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}