Living a Legacy: Listed Building in Oststadt from 1885, Completely Renovated for the Modern Era

"Living a Legacy" describes this extraordinary project quite well.
From a house built around 1885, in a deplorable condition, an exceptional property has emerged, where the best part of the past has found its new place in the future.

The architectural ideas of the original builders were made visible again and implemented in coordination with the monument protection authorities.

The house at Weißekreuzstraße 29 stands in a row with other listed buildings on this street and in the nearby area.

Thanks to the courage of the investor, a beautiful piece of Hannover has been brought back to life here and can be inhabited for the next decades.

The architecture firm MADE+ from Hannover demonstrated great expertise and brought a plan with much know-how to implementation.

The result is a house with 12 apartments, all accessible by an elevator in the core of the building. Choose the apartment that suits you best without having to worry about the floor.

From the former 4 apartments per floor, an elegant two-unit layout has now been created, with generous space distributed over 4 rooms with a large balcony overlooking a green and quiet courtyard.

The halving of the number of apartments has led to significantly better space than before. You quickly forget that you actually live in the middle of the city.

With these apartments, a bit more modernity returns to Oststadt. The apartments have received highly insulating windows, whose shape and type were coordinated with monument protection and will contribute to good energy efficiency of the building.

The staircase regains part of its old charm and is combined with an elevator. In the intermediate floors, the small rooms of the former floor toilets still exist and are now assigned as storage rooms to the apartments.

The units are equipped with underfloor heating, the bathrooms are top modern with barrier-free showers and very...