Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-04-01 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On Tue, Mar 27, 2007 at 06:42:56PM +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: > It's small by Bangalore standards -- but not unreasonably so. > 1000 sq ft is fairly big in BOM. and Bangalore isn't exactly expensive housing. Devdas Bhagat

Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-03-27 Thread Biju Chacko
It's small by Bangalore standards -- but not unreasonably so. -- b On 3/27/07, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 32 sq.m X 3 levels is almost 100 sq m (1000 sq ft) living space, which is not very small in many cities in the world for pretty expensive housing. perhaps micro by austra

Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-03-27 Thread Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
32 sq.m X 3 levels is almost 100 sq m (1000 sq ft) living space, which is not very small in many cities in the world for pretty expensive housing. perhaps micro by australian or american standards (though not in nyc). On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 21:20 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > an option. So she t

Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-03-21 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote [at 07:23 AM 3/22/2007] : > 1. There isn't much you can do to increase the land supply in Tokyo/Bombay. > 2. The attractiveness of the place does not diminish noticeably as a > result. Er, Bombay is attractive? I think not, somehow .. I meant "attractiveness" in

Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-03-21 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Udhay Shankar N wrote: > 1. There isn't much you can do to increase the land supply in Tokyo/Bombay. > 2. The attractiveness of the place does not diminish noticeably as a > result. Er, Bombay is attractive? I think not, somehow .. Just how attractive can an eyesore be? srs

Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-03-21 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Aditya Kapil wrote: [ on 10:12 PM 3/21/2007 ] There are parts of the world where this is not the case. Are they passe? No - but there is an inescapable logic here: 1. There isn't much you can do to increase the land supply in Tokyo/Bombay. 2. The attractiveness of the place does not diminish

Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-03-21 Thread Udhay Shankar N
freeman murray wrote: [ on 09:53 PM 3/21/2007 ] Are you referring to shantis like in Dharavi or something more upscale ? All along the price spectrum. I have seen 600 square foot designer apartments crammed with every amenity you could think of (yet space efficient) as well as chawls in Dhar

Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-03-21 Thread Aditya Kapil
There are parts of the world where this is not the case. Are they passe? Adit.

Re: [silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-03-21 Thread freeman murray
Are you referring to shantis like in Dharavi or something more upscale ? I think the idea of low cost, scalable, designer housing is fascinating. In LA I built a couple of large multistory loft structures in some warehouse spaces I rented, and then rebuilt them at Burningman when my lease expire

[silk] Be it ever so humble...

2007-03-21 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Something similar has been the case in Bombay for ages. Udhay http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/mar2007/gb20070313_145902.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5 Japan: Micro-Homes in the Big City Houses designed to fit on postage-stamp-sized plots offer Japanese an affordable way to live in