A house making you feel like a palace

House at Irinjalakuda even though only 4000sft in area ,make your dream of having a palace for your house,a reality.

It has all good features of Kerala Architecture,most good features of Vasthu,appearance above actual area of the building and features of modern technology and architecture.Above all it is a comfortable house to live in with plenty of sunshine,cool air and cool insides.Picture shows front side view of Poomukham and sit out of the house

South end View

Picture shows south end view with a balcony slightly behind with traditional round pillar and teak wood charupady

Front Balcony view from North side

Picture shows view of Front balcony with teak wood charupady from north side

South side view

Picture shows South side view with front Balcony having Teak wood charupady

View from Poomukham to gate

Picture shows view from Poomukham to front gate

Entry to living

From the foyer which is a common access to living and stair only decorative round pillars seperate living,dining and stair areas.Front door and entry to living can be seen in the picture

Another view of stair entry

Another view of stair entry from first floor to ground floor clearly showing arch shaped entry to stair with hand carved teak wood stair posts which were specially designed for this house

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Stairway view from First floor

Picture shows stair view from First Floor with arch shaped floor entry to stair from top,two long round pillars standing tall adding elegance to the architectural work

.From the large space landing stair takes a turn and reaches before main door

Round long pillars

Stair way has got two round long pillars going all the way upto first floor roof with decorative work on top.Picture shows top portion of the round pillars

Stairway with granite steps

A specially designed stair is one of the many specialities of this house.Picture shows the stairway with granite floor using Raw silk and English teak granite slabs.Stair posts and hand rails are of Teak wood,hand carved

Front door in teakwood

Picture shows front of door of the house with two shutters in teak wood with wood panelling on the sides and design wood work above the door.Traditional kerala houses had woodden panelled walls with decorative hand chiselled work called kothupani

.Windows on either side facilitates view from inside without opening the door

Front view top side

Picture gives a closer view of two gables one below and one above side by side with arches and design work with glass etched painting

Inside view of Compound wall

Picture shows inside view of compound wall guarded by white arayannams done in concrete and kept spaced in the compound wall structure

Sitting space of Charupady

Picture shows closer view of sitting space of teak wood charupady

One more inside view of verandah

Picture shows one more inside view of verandah with etched glass painting inside arch in the front of Poomukham

A closer view of Charupady

Picture shows a closer view of Charupady and verandah almost giving an elegant appearance to the house

View of poomukham and verandah

Picture shows view of traditional poomukham and verandah of Kerala Architecture incorporated in this modern house with decorated round pillars and thoomanam modified from the traditional models

Front side Balcony

Picture shows closer view of front side Balcony

South end balcony

Picture shows closer view of south end Balcony with teakwood charupady

South end view

Picture shows south end view from front side with a round pillar going up carrying south end balcony with charupady

South side Ground Floor view

Picture shows south side Ground Floor view with charupady,chuttu verandah and upper front balcony views

Front view from gate side

Picture shows front view when you look from the gate side.This one view cannot exactly capture the front appearance of the house

Northern side top view

Picture shows northern side top view.Speciality of the design is that the house has got aesthetically appealing different views from different sides instead of a single front appearance as in the case of usual Kerala houses

Another top front view

This view gives the elegance of two gables on top and bottom coming in the front alog with slope roof and front Balcony

Front top side view

Picture shows front top side view of the house.slope roof with clay tile laying and Mukhappu are features taken from traditional Kerala Architecture.Gable structure in front is a feature taken from western architecture style.Etched glass painting and Arch window inside gable is an innovation brought by me to add beauty to this mix of traditional Kerala Architecture and modern technology

Front balcony

Picture shows front balcony which is quite spacious with teak wood charupady and design plastered round pillars.Arch with etched painting is put on gable

Front view

The house has got different views from different angles and corners-a speciality of our design which make the house look bigger than its area,in this case just 4000 sft.Picture shows view from front showing only a part directly coming in front

Compound wall with a difference

Compound wall specially designed for the house has arayannams to guard the front compound.Picture shows the different compound wall

Poomukham

Picture shows poomukham with all the elegance of traditional architecture with modern innovations,charupay adding to its splendour

Chuttu verandah

Picture shows chuttu verandah extending as poomukham in front with charupady

Balcony-South side

Picture shows balcony in south end close to first floor bed room with traditional charupady and chitra thoonu

Charu pady in Teak wood

Traditional Kerala architecture Charupady in teak wood is provided around Poomukham and verandah of this house.Picture shows a view of Charupady

A larger landing space for stair

Landing of this stair case is large enough to act as a middle level foyer.Picture shows landing area

One more view of stair case

Picture shows one more view of stair case as you move up.

Another view of stair case

Picture gives an upper view of stair case as you move up.This particular design is a totally new design which is different from any other stair cases you have seen

View of stair case

Picture shows granite laid stair case with hand carved teak wood stair posts and hand rails being polished.Two different granite slab is used with edge moulding for rise and tread of stair,thus giving a special effect for the appearance

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Carved teak wood stair case

Hand carved teak wood stair posts are laid around specially designed stair case for this show piece house.Picture shows hand carved stair hand rails being fixed

Kitchen Interior work

Modular kitchen interior is done with Mahagony wood.Picture shows work in progress for Kitchen interior work

Front gable work after plastering

Picture shows front gable work after plastering

Design brick work for front gable

Picture shows design brick work for front gable work with Arch inside

One more view from front

Picture shows one more view from front.Cuttings in slope sunshades in front at regular intervals make building look bigger and more aesthetically appealing

Working on top gable

Picture shows working on top gable.building has now taken front view almost as planned.Further work of course are pending

Beginning to take shape

House is beginning to take shape planned with First Floor slope roof and first floor gable like structure coming.Picture shows the new look

Front view with car porch and Poomukham

Front view of the house is progressing with car porch and Poomukham getting concreted

First Floor view

With arch shaped stair entry ,First Floor has a different view.Picture shows stair entry into First Floor

View-North side

Picture shows view from north side when car porch roof is getting ready for concrete

Car porch concreting

Picture shows car porch roof ready for concreting after steel reinforcement work.Car porch is made a slope roof to compliment with other slope roofs coming later so that overall building will have a unique appearance

Curing after concreting

By using brick ,we arrange water to be kept stored in concreted area,thus ensuring proper curing for two weeks.Picture shows roof concreted being cured with brick wall for retention of water for curing

Another picture-roof concreting

This picture shows the stair arrangement reaching roof with the second flight of stair

.Where the stair touches roof,the concrete roof is made into an arch form

Roof slab concreting-steel work

Picture shows reinforcement work for Ground Floor roof slab concreting.An arch like portion is made for stair case entry to roof slab.Stair case is a centrally placed show piece for this house with wide 4 feet stair steps coming up with a landing in the middle and stair turning from west to south side to reach roof top

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