Apartment · Powai, Mumbai · 2025
Studio for One
Four hundred and eighty square feet, one occupant, a budget that was not negotiable.
- Location
- Powai, Mumbai
- Type
- Apartment
- Configuration
- Studio
- Carpet area
- 480 sq ft
- Finish
- Essential
- On site
- 9 weeks
- Completed
- 2025
Brief
A first flat. Sleep, cook, work and occasionally seat four, without any of those ruining the others.
Constraint
A fixed budget with no contingency, which meant every decision had to be made once and made correctly.
Decisions
- 01
One wall does everything
Wardrobe, desk, bed recess and shelving in a single 4.2-metre run. One carpenter, one visit, one price.
- 02
Spent it on the floor and the light
The two things you cannot upgrade later without redoing the room. Everything else is honestly cheap.
- 03
No upper cabinets in the kitchen
Open shelves at 500mm. It costs less and stops a small room feeling like a corridor.
Four hundred and eighty square feet, one occupant, a budget that was not negotiable.