Originally a Dutch storage warehouse built in the 1600s, and now a registered monument, Charles bought the flat, his first home and renovation, in the Two Keys building in 1998 and began a construction that would take almost 8 months to complete.
After gutting the inside, the loft was rebuilt, staying true to the original architecture: low beams and the long, rectangular shape of a typical Dutch warehouse (pakhuis).
The Dutch custom takes large spaces and divides them into smaller rooms, as space is a commodity in the Netherlands. This renovation broke with tradition, however, by creating one large loft space with a smaller bedroom and office towards the back.
Long wood-plank floors and a stainless steel kitchen with floating shelves and recessed lighting brought this centuries old Dutch pakhuis into more modern times.