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#41 Cumberland Road [????-2019]

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Submitted by philk on Wed, 2020-06-24 12:17
Current condition: 
Demolished / No longer exists
Date Place demolished: 
2019-09-28
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Kowloon Tong
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Submitted by philk on Wed, 2020-06-24 12:33.

Particulars:

Lot No: NKIL 740
Lease Term: 75 Years renewable for 24 years commencing 01/07/1898
Share of the lot: 41 Cumberland Road
 

Owner Date of Instrument Date of Registration Consideration
So Tak Yu - - -
Tung Ki Hing 29/07/1941 01/08/1941 $22,000.00
Wong Yut Sen 03/12/1946 04/12/1946 $35,000.00
Tsie Ling 28/07/1970 25/08/1970 $350,000.00
Lo Yuen Enterprise Ltd 02/08/1972 21/09/1972 $665,000.00
Wimborne Company Ltd 16/09/1974 15/10/1974 $850,000.00

NB: Can't find any mention of the original completion date but the property incumbrances details a mortgage being taken out by Chiu Kit Nam in August 1930 for $18,000.00.

Submitted by Vvnnnx on Fri, 2020-07-17 15:52.

The building itself was named "the Crane's nest". Built in early 1970s, 2 storeys with a garden.
Best known as Bruce Li's last residence, it was turned into a motel after Bruce Li's  occupancy.

The video in the link shows a rare look of Bruce Lee's home back than
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMX-uJo2h3g

Pictures of the interior found online
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76716456@N06/9477947033

Submitted by philk on Fri, 2020-07-17 19:01.

The house was one of the original European villas so predates the 70s by about 40 years.