Kifisia, Attica, Greece

In Filothei, on a quiet stone-paved street enclosed by trees, a new building of three storeys is under construction: pale stone-clad horizontal bands, dark-framed full-width glazing on each level, and a flat cantilevered roof with a louvred pergola above.

Each floor carries its own planted terrace - greenery designed into the structure from the outset rather than added to it. Five apartments in total.

A new address in Filothei. Five apartments, one plot, completion 2028.

The first-floor apartment extends across 202 sqm. The living and dining room will open through full-width glazing onto a private terrace; the kitchen adjoins it directly, with its own eating area. The pale stone cladding of the facade takes the Attic light differently at each hour - cooler at noon, warmer by late afternoon. Three bedrooms, each with its own bathroom, complete the plan.

The building will be specified throughout with underfloor heating, a fireplace, smart home system, air conditioning, alarm, and lift access from the private parking level. Two parking spaces and a storage room are included with the apartment.

Filothei is among the quietest of the northern suburbs - tree-lined, low-rise, residential in the oldest sense.

Filothei was planned in the 1930s as a garden suburb - wide streets, generous plots, low buildings set back behind walls and mature planting. It sits between Psychiko to the east and Ampelokipoi to the south, close enough to the centre of Athens to reach Kolonaki in fifteen minutes, far enough to feel like a different city entirely. The neighbourhood has not changed much in outline since it was built: the trees have grown, the houses have been replaced in some cases by apartment buildings, but the scale and the quiet have held.

Completion is scheduled for the middle of 2028.