For Sale: Rare South-Facing Hutong Apartment With Skyline Views | Lama Temple Area, Dongcheng
FOR SALE BY OWNER — No Agents, No Commissions
LOCATION: Zang Jing Guan Hutong No.15, Dongcheng District | 5th Floor (Top Floor) | 50.07 sqm | Full South-Facing
A RARE PIECE OF BEIJING HISTORY
This is not a standard listing. This is a home with a story.
Zang Jing Guan Hutong was the place where the Yonghe Lama Temple stored its sacred scriptures during the Qing Dynasty. You cannot recreate this address. You can only inherit it.
The apartment sits on the top floor of a quiet courtyard compound, fully south-facing with an unobstructed panoramic skyline. On clear days, you can see the CCTV Tower and China Zun from your living room window.
THE VIEW — A LIVING ARTWORK
We have documented this skyline across all four seasons: golden sunrise over the CBD, lightning storms over China Zun, full moon rising above the rooftops, crimson sunset burning across the horizon. These are not stock photos. This is what you see from home.
PROPERTY DETAILS
Size: 50.07 sqm | Full South-Facing layout (两室全南向)
Floor: 5th / Top Floor — no upstairs neighbors, maximum light
Type: Purchased Public Housing (已购公房) — freehold ownership
Built: 1975 | Solid brick-concrete construction
Compound: Low-density, quiet, well-managed
LOCATION — THE BEST OF OLD BEIJING
Walking distance to:
* Yonghe Lama Temple — 5 min
* Guozijian (Imperial Academy) — 8 min
* Wudaoying Hutong (top dining & cafe street) — 5 min
* Fangjia Hutong (arts & culture) — 10 min
* Metro Line 2 & Line 5 interchange — 8 min
This neighborhood is Beijing's most walkable cultural corridor. Expats, diplomats, artists, and academics have chosen it for decades.
FOR FAMILIES: PREMIUM SCHOOL PIPELINE
The primary school directly below this compound has a direct promotion pathway to one of Beijing's key middle schools — a pipeline that parents in this city spend years trying to access. This address gives you that access by default.
A NOTE FROM THE OWNER
My family has lived in this compound for generations. I am not a developer or an agent — I am selling this home myself, directly. I am looking for someone who will appreciate what this place is, not just what it measures.
PRICE & AFFORDABILITY CONTEXT
Price on Application. Priced to reflect unique historical and lifestyle value — not standard market rate.
For context: comparable apartments in historic neighborhoods in Hong Kong, Singapore, London, or New York trade at 1.5-4x Beijing prices per sqm. Beijing remains one of the world's most undervalued historic city-center markets.
Beijing Lama Temple hutong: ~100,000 RMB/sqm
Hong Kong Sheung Wan: ~250,000 RMB+/sqm
Singapore Tiong Bahru: ~200,000 RMB+/sqm
London Notting Hill: ~300,000 RMB+/sqm
New York West Village: ~350,000 RMB+/sqm
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