Never trust an Architect or a Designer to design his own House !
It has been almost Three Years since I have moved out of my compact apartment in Kurla.
I had extensively demolished my crib to make way for some ideas which I had been marveling at with (over)excitement.
Then, the inevitable happened ! More ideas started flowing in overriding the older ideas .This went on for quite some time till almost all the possibilities were exhausted. At the end I have made layouts by the tens and was still pondering deeply about the details.
Initially, I thought that the whole operation of renovation would take about 3 to 4 months. So, I took shelter at a friends house in Santa Cruz, who was kind enough to accommodate me. But after 3 months and no progress I decided to shift to my other house in Navi Mumbai which was lying empty. This house was considerably bigger. Here again, ideas started flowing again for this house .........it always begins with, " It won't cost much to break this wall over here but will make a huge difference in the quality of space" or such similar thought. Soon, one thing leads to another and I was knocking the kitchen wall down, making the balcony bigger, making units for my glass collection, making an office in a room etc. etc. More on this house later.The Kurla house was by then a vague memory.
Meanwhile, my friends have been advising me to finish doing up the Kurla house and to rent it out if I am not using it. In fact, they have been rightly accusing me of wasting available resources. I had made an attempt to restart work in January this year, but got busy with work and other chores.
Quite a bit of work has been done already, Marble flooring, Plumbing, Windows, Major carpentry works have been done. Electrical and finishing works, insulation and false ceiling, installation of A.C. and Glass items remains to be done. Overall I would say about 60% work is done. A lot of time have been spent on experimentation and R & D , mostly towards customization of fixtures.
As it stand today the house looks like this. Will update on this................will give myself a deadline of October to finish this
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