The 234 Apartment

By Sabra Ayres August, 3, 2017 Ksenia Belayeva and Igor Zaitsev sit at their kitchen inside an apartment they are sharing in St. Petersburg, Russia. (Vasiliy Kolotilov / For The Times) By the time Marina Maslova was born in the six- room communal apartment at 65 Bolshoi Prospect, an entire generation had lived there and come of age since the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Maslova still lives in the room where she was born 61 years ago , and she remembers the dozens of families that have walked down its twisting, dark hallways and lived in its crowded rooms during her life. It was here that the guests at her wedding party in the 1970s moved the furniture aside to make room to dance in the 345-square-foot room she shared with her new husband, her parents and her grandmother. And it was here, in a small room just off the kitchen, where a 16-year-old boy hanged himself with his belt in the early 1960s after his parents, with whom he shared the cupboard-size space, disappeared. Both the...

Bedrooms: 2 STUNNING VIEWS OVER THE RIVER STOUR FROM THIS EXCEPTIONALLY WELL PRESENTED 2 BEDROOM FIRST FLOOR APARTMENT PURPOSE BUILT APARTMENT * SHORT WALK TO TOWN CENTRE * EXCELLENT DEC ORDER THROUGHOUT * VENDOR WILL SUPPLY NEW LEASE * COMM ENT HALL * LIFT * ENT HALL * LOUNGE * KIT/DINING RM * 2 DBLE BEDS * SHOWER RM * SEP W.C. * SUN BALCONY/CONSERVATORY * DELIGHTFUL VIEWS OVER RIVER STOUR * GGE * USEFUL BASEMENT STORAGE SHED Directional Note: From the main roundabout in Christchurch take the Barrack Rd exit and continue on to the first set of traffic lights and turn left into Stour Rd. Fairway Drive is the 4th turning on the right and the apartment can be found after a short distance on the left-hand side. This well presented 2 double bedroom first floor purpose built apartment enjoys an enviable position with delightful views across the River Stour and is a short and level walk to Christchurch Town Centre . The property has been well maintained and updated by the current ow...