New ‘tiny home’ benchmark for Kowloon as developer rolls out Sham Shui Po project in layouts beginning at 129 sq ft

Hong Kong’s Kowloon district is about to realise a new benchmark for tiny home sizes that will test the market’s tolerance for what’s considered liveable space, with one developer set to launch a project in Sham Shui Po featuring layouts starting at 129 square feet, the smallest on record for the area.

The 22-storey residential block named AVA 228 will feature 160 units with sizes ranging from 129 sq ft to 249 sq ft, according to the website of Magic Sight Holdings, a privately held developer owned by property investor Lo Wah. The two 129-sq-ft tiny flats at AVA 228 each will come with a 20-sq-ft balcony.

The AVA 288 project will not hold the crown for the city’s smallest flats, a distinction that goes to the T-Plus development in Tuen Mun, which began selling flats last year in configurations beginning at 128 sq ft.

During the T-Plus sales launch of 27 flats on December 8, just two of the project’s larger units in layouts of 300 sq ft to 400 sq ft were sold.

Veteran surveyor Vincent Cheung said the layouts at AVA 228 were the tiniest homes ever released in the dense Kowloon area.

He expects the market outlook for micro flats, particularly those in the New Territories, would be negative as homebuyers become selective in their purchases amid the ongoing price correction.