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Why more Mumbaikars are choosing to live in tiny, but well-connected homes
Updated On: 28 May, 2023 08:12 AM IST | Mumbai | Arpika Bhosale
Shrinking pockets and travel fatigue have singles and couples choosing tiny, but well-connected, homes
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Mallika Kamodia (26) in her Grant Road west, Studio apartment where she lives with her boyfriend Anav Kotecha. Kamodia pays a rent of Rs 29,000 and prefers to stay in South Mumbai for her work as an animal behaviourist. Pic/Sameer Markande
I love my small little studio apartment on Grant Road. It’s cute and enough for my boyfriend and I,” says Mallika Kamodia, a canine behavourist. Kamodia belongs to the legions of Mumbaikars who have opted for smaller homes in the heart of the city over a spacious one two hours away. Small yet centrally located, these studio apartments sometimes with a compact bedroom, are ideal for those who like Kamodia are five to six years into their career and want to live in the island city. It suits the lifestyle of the footloose who don’t have to make room for children, parents… or pets.
The studio apartment has its roots in New York City where it held only enough space for a bed and a counter for a hot-plate, informs Ayushi Ashar, Director at Ashar group. She lived in one of these back in college, and the group has now launched a project in Majiwada, Thane early this year that includes a compact one-bedroom apartment. “The Mumbai studio apartment would be considered a one-bedroom in New York or London,” she says. “Here, we call it a compact bedroom as the kitchen layout is such that it is demarcated from the living room, and a small partition sets the bedroom apart.”
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