01Living room
22′ × 18′The 1974 floor, cleaned and re-polished by hand over nine days. New furniture is kept low so the windows stay the tallest thing in the room.
- Red oxide floor
- Reclaimed Burma teak
- Cane webbing
Race Course bungalow
Race Course, Coimbatore · 4,200 sq ft independent house · 2025
The brief
“A 1974 bungalow with good bones and bad wiring. Keep the red oxide floors and the teak windows; make it work for two doctors on shifts.”
Dr. Senthil and Priya Kumar
- Budget band
- ₹85 lakh–1.1 crore
- Timeline
- 34 weeks
- Carpet area
- 4,200 sq ft
- Spaces
- 5 drawn here
- City
- Coimbatore
Materials palette
Red oxide floor
₹150 / sq ft
Reclaimed Burma teak
₹4,800 / cu ft
Cane webbing
₹380 / sq ft
Cast brass hardware
₹1,150 a handle
Lime plaster
₹120 / sq ft
Room by room
Pick a room on the plan to jump to it.
02Dining
22′ × 12′An eight-seat table and a sideboard built from the old kitchen shutters.
- Reclaimed Burma teak
- Red oxide floor
- Cast brass hardware
03Pooja room
8′ × 8′White marble, a teak frame and a lamp that stays lit through the night shift.
- Reclaimed Burma teak
- Cast brass hardware
04Main bedroom
22′ × 20′Blackout curtains on a ceiling track, because one of them always sleeps through the afternoon.
- Reclaimed Burma teak
- Lime plaster
05Verandah
60′ × 6′Evening tea faces the Western Ghats on a clear day.
- Red oxide floor
- Reclaimed Burma teak
How it ended
Every original window kept and rehung. 1,900 sq ft of red oxide restored instead of replaced.
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