Hi LBR,
You're lucky, for some reason I just checked my spam box, and found out you asked a question on this old thread. I guess you have not moved in yet.
I'm about to leave the building, being relocated to Singapore, so I can tell you, based on 2 year experience:
- Building staff is very nice, helpful, they know you very quickly, etc.
- Building is rather clean, and the staff makes sure gargabe is emptied several times a day, floors mopped three times a week, elevators cleaned every day, etc.
- It's as quiet as you'll get on Conduit (or anywhere in Mid-levels for that matter). If your windows are NOT facing the new construction, then you should be fine. It's the case with my flat, and I didn't hear the building being torn down. Just make sure you face the sea, not the mountain.
- Location is ok. Short walk to escalator, lots of taxis driving by the entrance, and high on the hill with plenty of air and rather quiet. However, total lack of any store can be annoying. However, you're a 5 minute walk to Wellcome and Park & Shop on Conduit.
- Swimming pool, you must pay for it every time you use it and, worse, it opens only 3 month a year - quite a shame considering the neighbours' pools are open about 5 months. Also, it's not the cleanest/nicest pool I've ever seen, meaning I barely used it at all.
The key reason why we chose VP is because of the size of the bedrooms, as we could actually walk around the beds in each room, which is sadly quite exceptional in HK... Also, we have the rooftop, which is nice.
I hope this helps, happy to address specific questions if you still have some.
Best regards
F