What you actually get
Not a floor in a building. A whole house on two floors, with your own front door, your own stairs and your own terrace. Here is what is in a Lake Tree Avenue home.
The ground floor
You come in from the avenue, up a couple of steps and across the otta, the raised step in front of your door where people in Gujarat have always sat in the evening. Your parking space is right there in front of the house.
Inside, the living room and dining are one big open space. In Type B that is 17'-4½" × 15'-0". In Type A it is 16'-8" × 15'-0".
The kitchen has a granite platform and a stainless steel sink, with a separate store next to it. So the big vessels, the monthly ration and the extra gas cylinder have a place that is not the kitchen counter.
Behind the kitchen there is a wash area, behind your own rear compound wall. Washing machine, utensils, clothes drying: the things you do not want in the middle of your kitchen, and do not want the whole avenue to see.
And there is a full bathroom on this floor, so guests never go upstairs.
The first floor
Your own staircase goes up from inside the house. Not outside, not shared.
Upstairs there are two bedrooms, and both have their own attached bathroom. There is an AC point in the master bedroom and a geyser point in every bathroom.
Each bedroom side has a standing balcony, two feet wide. They are not sit-out balconies, and we are not going to pretend they are. They are the kind you open in the morning to let the air and light in, and to dry a few clothes.
There is also an open-to-sky shaft, which is why your bathrooms and staircase get real daylight instead of a tube light at eleven in the morning.
The terrace
Above the first floor is your terrace. Yours, with brick bed waterproofing underneath. Dry your clothes in real sunlight, keep a few plants, sit there in winter, and let the children run around where you can see them.
Three things we want to be straight about
The front of your house is open. There is no wall or gate between your house and your neighbour's at the front. That is how the avenue works. Your parking is in front of your door, there is a compound wall at the back, and the whole campus is inside one gated boundary.
The balconies are standing balconies. Two feet wide. Good for air and light, not for a chair and a table.
This is a row house. You share side walls with your neighbours. You do not share a ceiling or a floor, which is the part that actually matters, but you should know what you are buying.
We would rather you read this here than find out on the site visit.
Come and stand in it.
A floor plan is a drawing. A picture is a picture. Neither tells you how the living room feels at four in the afternoon.
Tell us when you can come. We will keep the house open, keep an hour free, and walk the avenue with you. Site visits happen every day.