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Facing page top and bottom: Two<br />
different views of Southern Heights.<br />
Facing page middle: An expanse of<br />
wide open spaces greets one on entering<br />
the doors.<br />
Above: The living and dining areas are<br />
on split levels and open.<br />
by Designer Siddharth Gopalan who has<br />
used ‘Berry Floor’ laminated flooring in<br />
the master bed room. The veranda floors<br />
are done with marble and ceramic while<br />
the staircase and lobby have marble floors.<br />
Naturally, the toilets are ceramic tiled, as<br />
are the kitchens, and while the kitchens are<br />
efficiently conceived and have doors<br />
opening out into the rear alley, the toilets<br />
have top quality ‘American Standard’<br />
fittings. Undoubtedly, living in a housing<br />
colony comes with its intrinsic benefits.<br />
Benefits such as its own transformer, good<br />
street lighting, sufficient water supply<br />
prov<strong>is</strong>ions, a water treatment plant, 5.5<br />
metre wide paved roads in addition to the<br />
health facilities and convenience store<br />
planned for. These are of course besides<br />
the usual accessories of regular houses,<br />
such as independent septic tank and soak<br />
pits, storm water drains, a 2000 litre<br />
capacity RCC underground tank as well as<br />
voluminous overhead tanks.<br />
All in all, Southern Heights has homes that<br />
seem to be worth every pa<strong>is</strong>a of the Rs.<br />
45 to Rs 70 lakhs that they are priced at,<br />
according to size and design. For the<br />
prospective homeowner’s information,<br />
sizes vary from 5 anna to 8 anna plots and<br />
four different designs are available, none<br />
less than the other. It <strong>is</strong> to the credit of<br />
the developers who have staked a fortune<br />
in the making of such ‘Ready to move-in<br />
Homes’ thus making it really convenient<br />
for buyers to actually see the house they<br />
will be making into a home and to feel the<br />
warmth of the home they will be spending<br />
their lives in.<br />
It <strong>is</strong> equally, if not more so, to the credit<br />
of the architects involved for designing<br />
houses based not only on fulfilling most<br />
needs of the home owner, but also towards<br />
the finer aspects of home building. Aspects<br />
that include comfort, aesthetics and<br />
convenience. In the process, prom<strong>is</strong>ing a<br />
life of refinement within the conclaves of<br />
Southern Heights. S<br />
SPACES MAR-APR 2006 47
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