My Own Home: French-Filipino couple bag ‘bargain’ Dh1.85m dream apartment in Cayan Tower – The National

My Own Home: French-Filipino couple bag ‘bargain’ Dh1.85m dream apartment in Cayan Tower – The National

Sharday Filio says she and her husband struck lucky when they bought their dream apartment for Dh1.85 million in Cayan Tower, a distinctive residence in Dubai Marina and one of the world's tallest twisting towers.It was two years ago and the Filipino marketing executive says there was low demand and high supply at the time.Their two-bedroom apartment, which faces Palm Jumeirah, is now worth about Dh2.3 million to Dh2.5 million, and that's without factoring in the extensive renovations Ms Filio has carried out.The National goes on a tour.Please tell us about your homeWe were renting in Cayan Tower before we bought and we lived in the same apartment layout but it was facing the other side, towards the Marina. Now our apartment faces Palm Jumeirah.There are three types of two-bedroom layouts and this is the biggest. It was a real bargain.The layout is great, the management of the building is also great. It fits our needs, in terms of how big it is and how everything is laid out. That's why we bought it, we had been looking for about maybe four years. We just got lucky in terms of timing.What renovations have you done?We did a complete overhaul of