Dream home come true!

In Europe people prefer to shift homes when they no longer fit their needs. This involves changing schools, neighbours and friends.  Few people nowadays live in the same home their parents grew up in. So this shifting around also brings along a sense of rootlessness.


In Pakistan people prefer to change their homes according to their lives. Here  homes are usually built in fases. Each fase our home is in, is representing what fase our life is in. When I start out I have a plot of land. I build a home on it. As my family expands I add rooms, bathrooms and even terraces. So almost every family remodels their home several times in their lives. 


People just ask a builder to add a room. Instead if I think about my life, my needs and my wishes for my family and my home. I can bauild a home that is easier adaptable to everyones changing needs.


For instance in our home in karachi the wind goes from left to right. So if I build a passage going left to right over the lenght of the plot my home will be cooler all year. If my family likes privacy for the ladies from male guests, I can make a seperate entree for ladies with a simple courtyard and veranda for the ladies to sit. If I regularly haven friends over to dinner have a large dining area, where we can enjoy our food and company.


But instead of wanting to built it all at once. start in fases. Start with a kitchen, bathroom and 2 rooms. And expand throughout life. But keep in mind the final plan I want.


IF you can't think it up, go to an architect and ask him to make a plan that can be easily built in parts. This way you end up with a beatifull home in all fases of life! Dream home come true!

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