Step inside a home that's traditional yet unconventional — where South Indian architecture meets nature at every turn. A living, breathing space designed around natural light, natural breeze, and the quiet rhythms of family life. This house is built upside down — you meet the terrace first, then walk down into the home. No walls. No sealed corridors. Just open spaces where birds fly through freely, rain falls inside, and three generations of family share it all.
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Ramesh and Lata share a tour of their unique home, designed to blur the lines between indoor living and the natural world. Inspired by the landscapes of Chikmagalur, the residence emphasizes openness, peace, and a deep connection to nature, utilizing a layout that fosters family togetherness and spiritual tranquility through the integration of water, greenery, and open spaces.
We should be with the nature, inside or outside.
If I stay outside, same birds, same plants, same environment, same breeze will be there outside.
Like that, I'm there inside.
I don't have a definition for home.
I just have this.
Namaskar.
I'm Ramesh.
I'm Lata.
You are watching us in Homeline Originals, Inside Beautiful Homes.
Welcome home.
5.30, they start.
One, two, sound will come and immediately everybody starts chirping.
They prepare so that I also will get, I mean, clean the face, brushing and ready for the yoga.
My garden has the volume especially.
Internal garden, usually they don't keep the double light.
Double light is a must.
That is one.
Screen of almost 16 feet wide, 9 feet size screen.
In front of 20 feet away, there is a jacuzzi.
So, you can watch movie.
Other members will be sitting either side and the birds is there.
So, that is one special place.
And especially having a jula of 20 feet height is there.
Myself and my grandson, especially we spend time in a jula.
It is very comfortable for us.
It's a very lovely place.
My native is near Chikmagalur.
There one person will be having 500 acre, 1000 acre, that kind of owners there.
For us, because of a teacher's son, we were not having any restriction to go anywhere.
We used to climb mountains, water, river there.
So, we should be with the nature, inside or outside.
I am not disconnected.
If I stay outside, same birds, same plants, same environment, same breeze, same rain,
will be there outside.
Like that, I am there inside.
So, here I made this house in a sloppy area.
That is why when I completely built, it become a level of the road almost.
So, you get down from my house, like you are coming from the terrace to my house
and you meet the Kalyani.
That is a Vaisala kind of a Kalyani.
Why I made that is, water and this Kalyani effect and this temple character
brings people a cool and normal life.
That Thamasa Guna will go.
Shanta Guna will come.
So, in that peace state, they should enter my house.
I used very cheapest Kota stone.
It is, at that time, it is 35 rupees per feet.
And everywhere, it is like Giral, RCC building and this is all covered by playwood and
like a jungle hood, this thing.
And that is also stone, that is not a stone pillar.
That is made by concrete.
I used all easy methods.
But my house looking spacious because no walls here.
Everyone feels it is a too big house.
No, it is just a 16 by 16 living this is.
For this 16, this side 8 feet it looks.
That side almost another double 16 and 8 and this is 25 feet.
It looks as our own, our own place.
That is why it looks like a mansion kind of.
Otherwise, this is the size of the house.
If you think it is a very normal sizes and everywhere open is that there are three layers.
There is a water, shelter and a garden.
Three layers.
Water reflects the character of house lady.
She invites the job of giving the shelter is a guy.
And this reflects garden and birds or children.
There are three layers of house.
But here city, we need a security for every reason.
I don't want to make a grill in front of my eyes like Jail Kairi.
So I what I made is I made the grill at the compound level itself.
Those grills are covered by a vertical gardens.
So you don't feel there's a security is doing there.
And there itself is a mosquito net is there.
Above in the garden area also there is a mosquito net.
So it is something like a part of a green house.
So natural breeze without disturbing entering sunlight is there.
And even volume you feel and water is there.
And wherever you sit, you can talk in every corner of house.
Sitting in a garden, you can talk to the dining area.
Sitting in a theatre, you can experience the theatre
and remaining people will be sitting here and there.
When it is raining, it is still more fun.
By evening if you get a rain, you can have a shoot.
So it is very wonderful seeing all round rainy and breeze.
So literally, you are staying in an open space somewhere on mantapa is there.
You are standing below the mantapa.
Like that you feel.
Here definitely I can say that it rains in my living area.
See in our village, another one important point I'll tell you.
Every house used to have a back garden.
We call it Kannada.
That was a real family place, especially city people.
Back garden, they feel it as a utility.
Kitchen, washing area, they say.
They never treat it as a good place.
Whoever comes, friends.
Finally after seeing all my house, they reach there.
They settle there itself.
They go to one jhoola, another one sitting area.
They sit.
They say, what we have to go?
Like that they feel.
That is actually positive vibe.
Family means it is not just husband and wife.
It is everyone.
Their family and our family and my daughter, our family.
These all should stay together.
Then only this kind of house will feel filled and live.
Otherwise, it will be dull.
Otherwise, that is environment makes family happy,
smile and even house looks beautiful with the smile faces.
I always say, don't blindly follow.
Do your house as you dream.
Our house is like dream.
Our house is like a kiss on your forehead.
Our house is like dream.
Our house is full of love for our parents, wife, mother, and even children.
Our house, our house, our house.