The renovation is carried out under the strict supervision of the heritage conservation officer. The principle is simple: whatever is historic stays and is restored to its former shape — whatever was tacked on over the decades goes. Below we show, without retouching, what we have already done, what we are working on now and what we are deliberately leaving until the very end. We plan to hand over the apartments in December 2026, and the new façade and entrance — the last and most visible stage — for March 2027.
On the left the state we found, on the right the same place today — photographs from the drone and from inside. The final look of the façade is shown in the visualisation.
* The roof and windows are already finished (September 2026). New façade and new entrance — March 2027. The picture on the right is a visualisation — explanation in the footer.
We replaced the entire roof covering along with the tiles. The shape, the pitches and the dormers have stayed as the historic building had them — the conservation officer approved the material and the colour. It shows best from the air: the roof is the first thing we finished, because it protects everything beneath it.
Every window in the building is new: timber, made by hand to the pattern of the historic joinery, divided by glazing bars — exactly as the heritage conservation officer requires. From the outside they look a hundred years old; inside they have modern glazing and seals.
Over the years the building acquired lean-tos and canopies that had nothing to do with its historic form. They are gone. The building has recovered the proportions of the century-old design, and around it there is now room for greenery, a restaurant terrace and the garage entrance.
Inside, only the historic skeleton remains: walls, vaults, floor slabs. The whole room layout is new — 38 apartments with their own bathrooms in place of the former offices and corridors. Electrics, water, drainage, heating, ventilation and network — all replaced, because in a listed building there is no room for “almost new”.
Thick brick outer walls, the proportions of the windows and the century-old form — these stay. In some of the apartments the face of the old brick will remain visible once finished. The conservation officer watches every detail, and we treat that as the greatest asset of the interiors: a texture like this cannot be bought in a new building.
The roof truss has been reinforced, insulated and lined, and the roof windows are in. The attic units have high ceilings and an area “at floor level” far greater than their usable floor area — hence the mezzanines. This is the stage under way right now.
Beneath the former tennis court beside the building, an underground garage with spaces for residents’ cars is taking shape. In the Old Town, 150 metres from the Market Square, your own covered space is a rarity — and above the garage the greenery returns.
The ground floor will house a restaurant with a garden — open to residents and to guests from outside. Breakfast without leaving the building, dinner with a view of the park, and for apartment owners an extra argument for tenants. The garden comes last, together with the new façade. The restaurant premises (dining room, full kitchen, back of house — approx. 105 m²) is for rent or for sale: see the details →
We are deliberately leaving the façade and the entrance to the final stage, when the scaffolding, cranes and heavy works that could damage them are gone. The new entrance will give the whole building an entirely new character — it will be the last and most visible step, planned for March 2027, once the apartments have been handed over.
A lift is being installed in the building — from the ground floor to the second floor. It will improve circulation and simply make life easier: guests with suitcases, parents with a pram, the shopping, apartment cleaning by the operator. In a hundred-year-old listed building this is a rarity and a real advantage when letting.
The construction photographs are accurate as at the day they were taken (dates in the captions). Progress changes every week — come and visit the site, we will show you everything in person.
Turnkey finishing from 3 000 to 4 000 zł/m², consistent across the whole building and designed for premium letting. Three example schemes — from studio to penthouse.
Renovation, conversion and extension under the strict supervision of the conservation officer. What is most valuable stays — the brick walls, the proportions, the spirit of the place. Added are a lift, new services, acoustics and energy efficiency, a restaurant with a terrace on the ground floor and an underground garage. Apartment handover: December 2026, new façade and entrance: March 2027.
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