October 12, 2008

Castle in the Sky

For a busy single mom, this Hokua penthouse apartment has become the ideal home—after a few tweaks, of course.

Michael Keany

 

photo: Hal Lum
When you’ve got a budget topping $3 million, shopping for a new home becomes less about “What do I want,” and more about “What don’t I want.” When this single mom outgrew a two-bedroom apartment at One Waterfront Towers, she toured the usual residential dream areas—Hawai‘i Loa Ridge, Kahala. But it all seemed a bit much for her. “It hit me that two girls living by themselves in a big house is just not a good idea,” she says.

It was a question of security, sure, but, even more than that, a full size house is a lot to take care of. And so the convenient urban lifestyle being pitched by Honolulu’s newest crop of luxury condominiums appealed to her.

She visited a few of these condos, looking for large, three-bedroom units, but nothing really jumped out at her—until she walked through the door of this Hokua penthouse suite. It was love at first sight. ...

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