High-Rise With A View: which types it suits

A high-rise flat puts the city at arm's length with a single lift button. Parcels wait in the lobby, the building office is downstairs, and there's often a gym or corner shop right in the complex, so the routes of daily life are short. Through floor-to-ceiling windows you get rooftops by day and a grid of lit windows by night, and that view quietly becomes the backdrop to your evening conversations.

It suits couples who plan fast and act faster. Building rules and bin days are fixed, so life is predictable; friends are easy to invite; and with less time lost to commuting and errands, there's more left for the goals you share. People who want to get their hands in the soil, or who like a loose, chatty street, may find it a little too smooth and a little too cool.