Superb architect designed 4-bedroom penthouse apartment for rent Wat Phnom | central Phnom Penh

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This architect-designed penthouse apartment located in the historic of Phnom Penh’s Chinese quarter near Wat Phnom is now available for rent.

Sitting within walking distance to scenic and the emerging CBD, views from the spacious terrace tell a story of the city’s past, present and future.

Western standard equipment, retro style interior decoration and a 4 x 4m private rooftop wading pool give uniqueness to this inner-city experience.

Being on the top floor of a 1950’s shop house, the apartment is unique as it has a 12m wide living room facing Wat Phnom with floor-to-ceiling windows providing a panoramic view of city skyline.

The private and shaded terrace offers a relaxing space to enjoy the local street life, with plenty of natural light and cross ventilation making the living spaces comfortable year-round.

<< Available 1 September 2024 >>

Wat Phnom apartment features:

• Fully equipped Western standard kitchen
• Huge open plan living area
• Rooftop private plunge pool
• Laundry room with washing machine
• Surround sound system
• Weekday or daily cleaning service
• Renovated to a Western standard in 2018

Original ID: DP1.A8

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Day and night Riverside, Daun Penh, is busy.

It is probably the real downtown Phnom Penh where the oldest parts of the city are located.

I am referring to Wat Phnom, Phsar Chas, Phsar Kandal, Chey Chumneas and Chaktomuk and the Royal Palace and National Museum of course!

Preah Sisowath (honoring King Sisowath 1904 to 1927 reign) is the avenue / boulevard running along the riverfront.

It starts at the Buddhist Institute near Sothearos Boulevard. Then continues north to the Japanese Bridge where it becomes National Road 6 leading north to Battambang.

Generations of days gone by have left their footprints from Angkor kings to French colonists to UN troops.

Riverside witnesses the confluence of the Mekong, Tonle Sap and Bassac rivers and where the Water Festival is best viewed each November.

It is always stunning, especially at sunup and sundown.

In Riverside, there is a wide selection of restaurants, wellbeing services, hotels, shops and bars aimed at tourists.

Among the restaurants, you will find good selections – German, Italian, French, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian and Malaysian.

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Street 172 is punctuated with $3 massage joints and bars occupied by grey faces framed with light grey hair.

Yet, just around the corner, Street 178 is now arguably the rising art gallery district of Phnom Penh with the University of Fine Arts a stone’s throw away.

This is the dichotomy of Riverside and the attraction of opposites that makes it such an interesting place!

Friends Café has made a bold statement and the Mansion House seems to be waiting for reincarnation.

Now the Hyatt has opened its doors to the Jet set, it may well be a different designer-schmick precinct to what is currently now.

In fact, when you look up along 172, the standard of shophouses is somewhat ‘better’ than in other parts of the city: it could be the rising star of Daun Penh and Riverside.

In the streets around Riverside, there is a sense that there are too many hostess bars, each vying for a shifting slice of the tourist and expat pie.

Rents will rise with the inevitable escalation of land values and the ROI of each vendor’s patch will become more and more critical as the clock ticks.

Looking at Phsar Kandal and the open block where Prey Sar prison once sat, one can’t help but wonder what’s coming next.

Given its proximity to the riverfront and the 172 and 178 ‘sweet spot’, maybe there is something special waiting in the sidelines, something for the inspired new generation of architects and artists.

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