The duplex units at `Casa Lavelle' Apartments on Lavelle Road have additional features such as raised floor level between the living area and the dining area, thereby segregating the two and also enhancing the privacy of the dining space. Apart from the peculiar design of the unit, the apartments are just ground and two floors high with tiled roof, reflecting the Town House style of architecture of the Bangalore of the 1900s.
Triplex houses are homes in three levels. `Casa Orchard' at Sadashivanagar is an apartment which overlooks the Sankey Lake. The best view is from the terrace floor. The triplex units contain the living room, dining room, kitchen, common toilet and staircase in the middle floor. One goes a floor down to two bedrooms with attached toilet and goes a floor above to a bedroom with attached toilet and an extra large terrace overlooking the lake. The house not only provides the necessary privacy to the bedrooms but also the excitement of overlooking a lake from the terrace.
The apartments at Casa Lavelle and Casa Orchard are necessarily duplex and triplex in design. Builders offer a range of flats, duplex, triplex and penthouses of various sizes to suit the budget and taste of the buyers at the same location and in the same apartment complex. Beary's Harmony Homes on Hennur Road is one such apartment building providing the choice of the varied plans as well as diverse features like no other.
A penthouse is a house on the terrace of a building. It is the most sought after, especially in high rise apartments, by people who love garden, open sky, abundant air and bright light. It has an exclusive terrace which is normally developed into a garden with water fountains, lamp posts, built-in seats, barbecue, garden swing and the works. Penthouses are normally available in two avatars: as a flat on the terrace and as a duplex with a room and a hall on the upper floor with extra large terrace.
A garden concept called "sky court" is provided in high rise apartments, the same has been tried by architects to bring in to
Kerala apartments also. In the intermediate floors of the tower, a few rooms of neighbouring apartments are cancelled and a garden is carved out. This is attached to one of the apartments which will enjoy the garden terrace though it is not on the ground floor or the terrace floor. Besides offering uniqueness in planning of individual houses, builders have introduced unique construction concepts in their buildings. Total Environment has introduced eco-friendly apartments. Their structures are characterised by maintenance-free exteriors and rubber wood doors, windows and interiors. The flooring is of naturally available stone. Each apartment has a garden and the apartments are lushly landscaped. Along with the comfort, you will have the satisfaction of buying an energy- efficient building.