[llam]

we're just back from Canada, important to look for quiet environment with lots of fresh air. We're considering Mount Parker Lodge in Quarry Bay, but wonder if there'll be any disturbance during sleep(esp in early morning) caused by noise from early morning strollers on the Mount Parker Road nearby and from the planes. If you're staying in the neighourhood, grateful if you can share your experience.

llam

[shanx999]

Used to stay there a few years ago.
Do not recollect any specific disturbance from early morning strollers.
Was a reasonably quiet place y HK standards, granted that is not saying much perhaps for someone used to Canada.
Face it , HK is a noisy ( and probably noisome) city.

There are some plans for a housing estate complex coming up on the mountain side, do check clearly with the agent and ascertain for yourself whether any construction activity, because that can spoil it for you

[O&S]

We have been staying in Mount Parker Lodge for 3 years now and thoroughly enjoy the place. Other than fresh air and very green, quiet environment, high utilisation rate (84%), rectangular-shaped living/dining areas, a FREE outdoor swimming pool (open 6 months a year), a small children's playground, and a public park nearby, the Lodge is just 5-10 minutes' walk to almost everything - a library, fresh market (with some superb seafood stalls), Wellcome, MTR, buses, tram, minibus, Jusco, Cityplaza, Island East, and the Quarry Bay Park and Promenade.

Our flat is facing the hill in the mid-level of Mount Parker Lodge, just opposite the walking trail, but the "morning noise" issue is negligible as far as we are concerned. Indeed, AFCD is planning a leisure area opposite to Woodside, and morning strollers will likely gather there further uphill away from MPL, once the work is completed later this year.

Before moving in, we had shopped around a lot of places in Quarry Bay, viewed many flats in Kornhill and Westlands Garden, still prefer here, as it is a lot cheaper and quieter (upper Kornhill also good, but less convenient, must take a green minibus). Mount Parker Lodge is lesser known, as many may think it is remote from the map. We are lucky to have visited a friend's place in MPL, seen the place for ourselves, and have loved it since.

[Jon.E.Kong]

I live in the general area, and it's one of the less noisy places I've been on HK Island. A lot less noise than my last two places in downtown Calgary.