Look: Man who lives in a water tower turned apartment

The 125-year-old former water tower measures 25 metres in height and includes six floors

Published: October 13, 2020 15:10 AFP and Compiled by Devadasan K P, Picture Editor

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A view of a former water tower, which was bought by Russian businessman Alexander Lunev and turned into his apartment, in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Alexander Lunev, a former radio presenter from the Siberian city of Tomsk, has bought a 125-year-old water tower, built in 1895, from the municipality in 2012 and began to rebuild it into an apartment, what he is still doing, investing all his money into this project until now. Image Credit: AFP

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Russian businessman Alexander Lunev shows his apartment organized in a former water tower in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Image Credit: AFP

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Alexander Lunev walks downstairs at his apartment organized in a former water tower in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Buying an old one in 2012, the water tower on the banks of the Tommy, Alexander Lunev did not even know what adventure he was driving. He just wanted to realize his old dream, thereby making his native Tomsk a little better and more beautiful. Image Credit: AFP

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Alexander Lunev, in April 2012 saw an announcement on the sale of a water tower near the bank of the Tom River on the website of the Tomsk City Hall. He had long dreamed of something like that. Therefore he collected all the money available, took a loan, applied for an auction and bought this object to turn it into a multi-storey residential building for himself and his future family. Image Credit: AFP

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Alexander Lunev walks upstairs at his apartment. The apartment has already appeared floors of floors, a spiral staircase, a new roof and updated decorative elements of the facade. Image Credit: AFP

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Lunev dreams that his tower will become the basis for a change for the better of the street on which it is located, the district, and then the whole of Tomsk. Image Credit: AFP

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Alexander Lunev fixes a window at his apartment organized in a former water tower. Image Credit: AFP

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A view of a former water tower, which was bought by Russian businessman Alexander Lunev and turned into his apartment, in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Image Credit: AFP

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Alexander Lunev sits on the window of a former water tower turned apartment. Image Credit: AFP

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Lunev shows his apartment organized in a former water tower in the Siberian city of Tomsk. Image Credit: AFP

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