Goa, We Call Home
There are two Goas. One is the Goa of postcards: beaches, shacks, a long weekend. The other is the Goa people actually live in, where the week has school runs, a temple visit, a trip to the hospital for a check-up, and an afternoon when the rain does not stop. Utkrusht Living builds for the second one. A home here has to work for families whose life is in Goa, not passing through it.
“Heat, heavy rain and the way a neighbourhood lives are design inputs, not afterthoughts.”
That starts with the weather. The sun here is strong for most of the year and the monsoon is long and heavy, so a home needs cross-ventilation, deep balconies and materials that cope with humidity without constant upkeep. It continues with the setting. Meadows sits in Ponda with paddy fields on one side and the town on the other: A. J. De Almeida High School, the Ponda bus stand, the sub-district hospital and the Shantadurga temple are all part of the neighbourhood. A good address is one where daily errands are close and the view from home is open.
“Be Awesome Today!”
A neighbourhood also has a pace. Ponda is a town where people know the bakery and the pharmacist, where the market is a walk and the evenings are quiet. Building here means respecting that pace: a low building with four homes, covered parking that does not spill onto the street, and a scale that belongs to the lane it sits on. We think a home should make everyday life better, and in Goa everyday life is lived outdoors as much as in. Come and see the setting as well as the home. Arrange a visit to Meadows and we will confirm a time with you.
