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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A very beautiful and well maintained Haveli in Udaipur. I was transported to a fairytale land. I was breathless when I saw the courtyard. I have not seen something as beautiful as that in my entire life. It was like a movie set.

My brother's huge flat (apartment) in India. It is another level of design and functionality. Stunning multilevel terrace garden and perfectly designed and decorated rooms. Y[b]ou forget you are in the middle of an Indian metropolis. [/b] A blend of Indian, Western design elements and just uniquely customized to give each family member their perfect space.  I told him I had not seen such a beautiful apartment in the US also. Guy is a genius, and is not a trained architect or designer. Just an amazing labor of love. [/quote]

Which city? How is the air quality? What kind of SF and kitchens? Help quarters? It is very fascinating as a concept. [/quote]

Bangalore. Air quality is fine (used to be better), close to a botanical garden/lake with amazing trees, closer to the airport than the main city but still populated,  gated community. Four flats together, 2  ground floors and 2 on top. He has been able to also use the top of roof to convert as a terrace garden, and he used a lot of iron work to create stairs and walls, so that from each bedroom, you have an incredible view of greenery and a place to step out. Multilevel gardens and the whole secret garden concept with alleys, nooks and crannies and walls. The environment in Bangalore is such that you don't have to do much for the gardens to flourish

The flats were already built when he bought them over several years and he did not demolish lots of walls etc. He basically worked with what existed with very clever changes and worked on the interiors for form and function and the exterior gardens to create privacy and greenery. The bones of the flats were very good, huge bedrooms and bathrooms. His kitchen garden got enclosed to give a secret garden, courtyard look and also has entrance to the help quarters (which is housed in a part of the ground floor flat), wonderful storage, 4 kitchens (one is used as laundry room), water storage, amazing iron work in the stairs, trellises. He has stunning antique wooden furniture that he sourced from Mumbai (all the old Parsi families had beautiful well made furniture) and then it is combined with all the stuff from his ILs house - brass and copper. And yet, it is an incredibly modern home.  They also have a lift indoors.  12 people and 4 generations live there. Just a lovely blend of old and new. There is just beauty, comfort, openness and coziness in that house. [/quote]

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