[르포]Sales price of 20 billion… When I went to the apartment where Jang Dong-gun lives

[이데일리 황현규 김대연 기자] If you go up the hill for about 15 minutes from Cheongdam Station in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul on the 15th, you will see The Penthouse Cheongdam (PH129), the most expensive apartment in Korea. There is not one’big apartment complex’ around this apartment where three buildings are gathered, which is colorless to be called a’residential complex’. There are no convenience stores or cafes. Just in front, an empty vacant lot is being used as a parking lot. An official from the nearby K-accredited brokerage office said, “There is almost no floating population except for the residents.” “For outsiders, it is a quiet and secluded place with all the delivery trucks.” “If you look at this apartment, you might think,’Is this the most expensive apartment right?'” he said.

The Penthouse Cheongdam entrance (photo = Kim Dae-yeon reporter)

“An elevator that can only be used by me… One side of the wall is glass”

The Penthouse Cheongdam (PH129) in Gangnam-gu, Seoul was selected as the most expensive apartment in the country. It is the first apartment to exceed the official price of 10 billion won. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the official price of The Penthouse Cheongdam apartment in Cheongdam-dong was 16.3 billion won (407m2 for exclusive use), which was selected as the most expensive apartment.

This apartment was completed last year, with 3 buildings, 6 stories below the ground and 20 stories above the ground, with a dedicated area of ​​270-396m2, and a total of 29 households. By type, it was composed of 27 general-type households and two penthouse-type households.

At the time of pre-sale in 2017, this complex had less than 30 households, and was not regulated for pre-sale prices, and there were no restrictions on resale. Because of this, some of these apartments that moved in last year are already for sale. According to nearby officials, there are a total of 8 items for sale, which is not much different from the pre-sale price. A certified official said, “Because it is very expensive, it is more common to trade with acquaintances than through a public brokerage.” The total sale price of the tallest penthouse at the time of sale in 2017 was set at 20 billion won, and other households at 8 to 12 billion won.

The Penthouse Cheongdam access road. The apartment on the right is The Penthouse Cheongdam. (Photo = Reporter Kim Dae-yeon)

The biggest advantage of this apartment is that three households reside on one floor and the living room wall is’full glass’. You can see the Han River right in front of you, and you can use the elevator individually for each household, ensuring privacy.

In PH129, Jang Dong-gun and Ko So-young received a lot of attention. Star instructor Hyun Woo-jin also lives here. C official said, “It’s a place where privacy is guaranteed, and celebrities prefer to live in Gangnam-gu,” he said. “The residents of this neighborhood don’t even know who lives in that apartment,” said a nearby H official.

Meanwhile, this apartment is subject to a holding tax of about 400 million won according to the high public price. In the case of super high-priced apartments, complexes with over 100 million won in ownership tax have also appeared. According to Woo Byung-tak, manager of Shinhan Bank’s real estate advisory center, the Penthouse Cheongdam’s 407.71㎡ of ownership tax is estimated to be 4953 million won for the first time this year.

Traum House, where the late Chairman Lee Kun-hee lived, is second

With The Penthouse Cheongdam taking first place, the late Lee Kun-hee Apartment, which has been the most expensive apartment house for 15 years, was pushed to second place. It is Traum House. The publicly announced price of 273m2 for this house was 7.28 billion won, up 4% from the previous year’s 692 billion won.

Traum House 5, completed in 2003, is a luxury row house consisting of 18 households in 3 buildings, and it was purchased by Chairman Lee in 2008 and became a hot topic. It is an apartment that has maintained the No. 1 position in apartment houses for 15 years since the publicly announced prices of apartment houses in 2006. After surpassing 4 billion won in 2006, it surpassed 5 billion won in 2008 and 6 billion won in 2016.

Next, Hyosung Villa, Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, ranked third with the public price of 247m2 dedicated to Cheongdam 101A-dong, with 7 billion 64 million won. Next, Sangji Ritzville’s Kyle Room (only 273㎡·214㎡) in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, ranked 4th and 5th. The official price is 7 billion 64 million won and 7 39 billion won.

This was followed by Hannam The Hill in Hannam-dong, Yongsan-gu (244㎡, 7 billion won), Acro Seoul Forest in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu (273㎡, 6.69 billion Won), and Parc Hannam in Hannam-dong (269㎡, 6.67 billion Won). In addition, I-Park in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu (269㎡, 6,720 million won), and Mark Hills East Wing (272㎡, 6.69 billion won) in Cheongdam-dong, Gangnam-gu, ranked 9th and 10th.