"It is an aspect of the city people have never seen before" - views of Leeds from a penthouse apartment

As the Yorkshire Evening Post continues its look at the Views of Leeds, Emma Ryan takes a peek out of a luxury penthouse apartment on Brewery Wharf which, if you wanted to live here, would set you back the best part of £900,000.

Interior designer, Ben Huckerby admits that he sometimes takes the sweeping views from his apartment at Brewery Wharf for granted. But he still loves it and loves living perched above the River Aire, making the absolute most of city living.

He says: "The view from our apartment - it is a totally different aspect of the city that people have never seen from that angle. There are hotels, restaurants, Trinity, the train station. It is a beautiful view that takes it all but you take it for granted because you live here."

Mr Huckerby said: "With living in the city centre we are out five, six, seven times a week to eat. The cooker is thinking 'what the hell is going on?' I only ever used it about five times before this lockdown. I have been here 12 years between two apartments. The way the building steps down, the top four are classed as penthouses because they have roof terraces. I rented the one above this for seven years and waited for mine because it is the biggest one in the development and have had this six years."

However, at this flat - it is definitely worth a look inside too. With an interior designer as the owner, you would expect the swankiest of fixtures and fittings and this doesn't disappoint - but the refurbishment of the apartment wasn't without its challenges.

He said: "The sofas are 12 feet long and the back sections are buttoned, like a Chesterfield, so they came up in two sections and we actually upholstered them in the flat. Every part that came up had to be shorter than two metres so that it would physically fit in the lift. It was quite a challenge but we got there in the end."

It has given Mr Huckerby time to reflect on why he moved to Brewery Wharf and says despite being on the top floors of Regents Quay- the community there is still the most important aspect.

He said: "We wander around town for our walk and look at some other locations and it just feels wrong. At Brewery Wharf there is Sainsburys, a deli, Oracle before it closed, Sheaf Street, 212, we are over the river from Aire Bar and a five minute walk to town. There is a community feel that I don't think you get with some of the others.

"We see each other out of the windows, lean over the fence for a chat and there are plenty of grassed areas that we pop down to in summer. People will sunbathe or have a drink and take a bottle of wine - it is really sociable."

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