House hunting

We are lucky to have a relocation assistant help us plan which area to move to.  We decided on an area of New Delhi called Vasant Vihar.  It is an ex-pat community...meaning a lot of westerners including people that work at the embassies live in the area.  Vasant Vihar is in southwest Delhi so only about 12 miles from Glen's work, which could still take an hour or two to get to in traffic.  Yikes.  The other option is to live in a newer city called Gurgaon, which is Delhi's satellite city and also where Glen works.  It's not as organic as Delhi.  There aren't many trees.  There are loads of apartment complexes that include a gym, swimming pool, and security.  It sounds nice but I'm afraid of living in a bubble.  A younger crowd lives there but we're not much into partying anymore.  Besides there is much more to see in Delhi.  So much more history, sites to see, richness to witness.  And what's the point of moving here if we're not going to get the real deal?  So we're pretty certain we're going to choose VV.  The structures are 3 stories high.  We'd rent out a whole level which are about 3-4 bedrooms, some including servants quarters.  Yes, we're practically required to hire a maid, cook, driver, and security.  Everybody needs a job here.  I don't mind having a driver....hell if I'm going to get behind a wheel in this congested-doesn't-require-a-drivers-license city.  But I'm going to have to get used to hired help being in my home.  My home is my private place, my sanctuary.  I'm going to have a hard time sharing it with a stranger.  We'll get to that later.  Back to the house....where was I?  Oh yeah, each bedroom has its own attached bathroom.  Glen's major requirement was to have a balcony where we could sit and chat in the evenings.  We found one that we both liked that has a large living room that opens up to a large balcony.  It's an older flat that needs AC installed in every room.  That we cannot compromise on.  The bathrooms aren't my favorite but we can pretty them up.  It's on a quiet road, which is hard to come by in this city (cars honk their horns incessantly remember).  We put our bid in and hopefully we hear something soon.   Places go so fast here they don't even advertise on the web.

View from the street

Living room

Lanai

Kitchen

Bathroom