I live in the northeast part of Bangalore near Banaswadi Road, which is a pretty busy street (and the reason that they call the area Banaswadi). It's a 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house, so the three of us live pretty comfortably. One of my roommates is from Texas, while the other is from Kerala (another southern state in India).
This is the front of my house. It's a little hard to tell, but you have to walk under the neighbors' house (through their garage) to get to our house. So, no front yard.
The dining room is pretty spacious and came with a nice table (and a not so nice tablecloth). My roommate invested in a refrigerator which was a good investment. And we have three chairs, in case all three of us decide to eat at the same time. You can see some pots and ingredients starting to fill up the pantry (most of those are mine). For some inexplicable reason, the cabinets are ridiculously high (I think the base is at 6.5 feet off the floor). We don't have much in those cabinets.
The kitchen is cramped. We have a microwave and an electric cooker, which work great when there aren't power cuts. There's also a water filter that came with the house, but it's supposed to be cleaned regularly and we're not sure if the landlord has kept that up, so we don't drink from that. We find about one dead cockroach in here per week, which is not fun. You can see a door on the left hand side, but that just leads to a narrow porch outside that we haven't figured out a good use for. (Not pictured: more cabinets at 6.5 feet off the ground)
We also have a second floor with two bedrooms, a bathroom and a prayer room that no one in our house uses. In the hallway in the middle, we have a washing machine and dryer. There's also two balconies, one which is narrow and useless, and one that has a bit more space (and a nice view of our neighbors' house) and a porch swing. I sometimes go out there to read. And then we have a roof, which is sometimes overrun by neighborhood cats, but I am hoping to keep some plants up there (it's also where I dry my clothes--my roommates prefer to use an electric dryer).
This is the front of my house. It's a little hard to tell, but you have to walk under the neighbors' house (through their garage) to get to our house. So, no front yard.
Our living room is still sparsely furnished. It has a nice little chandelier and a display with random effects from the previous owners. You can see the door to one of the bedrooms to the left of the stairs, and in the back corner to the right of the stairs is a bathroom. We keep my camping pad in the corner in case guests come over and want a place to sit. But you should probably assume that this post is out of date and we have furnished it since then.
The dining room is pretty spacious and came with a nice table (and a not so nice tablecloth). My roommate invested in a refrigerator which was a good investment. And we have three chairs, in case all three of us decide to eat at the same time. You can see some pots and ingredients starting to fill up the pantry (most of those are mine). For some inexplicable reason, the cabinets are ridiculously high (I think the base is at 6.5 feet off the floor). We don't have much in those cabinets.
We also have a second floor with two bedrooms, a bathroom and a prayer room that no one in our house uses. In the hallway in the middle, we have a washing machine and dryer. There's also two balconies, one which is narrow and useless, and one that has a bit more space (and a nice view of our neighbors' house) and a porch swing. I sometimes go out there to read. And then we have a roof, which is sometimes overrun by neighborhood cats, but I am hoping to keep some plants up there (it's also where I dry my clothes--my roommates prefer to use an electric dryer).
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