Since settling down in one of the affluent suburbs of my city, my cousin Humaira had invited me many times to visit his place but because of rather busy schedule on my side, I just couldn’t keep his request until very recently. In fact, I managed to visit his place only a few weeks ago and I would like to take his opportunity to describe his house here. Anyway, even though I am calling it a house, it looks and feels more like a luxurious villa as far as I am concerned, the single building structure or the actual residence could be found there standing only on an area of 2000 sq ft but the empty space surrounding the building is probably as large as an average football stadium. By the way, the whole area is surrounded by a six-foot tall boundary with two entrances, one in the front and one at the back. There is a swimming pool just in front of the villa and a bit rather away from it. A beautiful garden can also be seen. I could also see at least six bare windows to show maximum lights ensuring the house and four sceptile balconies around it. Offering the villa a rather classy and elegant look inside the building, there are four large bedrooms, one kitchen and a huge living area and all of them have wooden floors of eight on them. However, inside the rooms which are conveniently located at a fair distance from each other in order to ensure maximum privacy. I didn’t really see many types of furniture but the color of its interior painting was simply stunning and beautiful. Well, I really liked the villa mainly because it was very spacious and the view was very
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Since settling down in one of the affluent suburbs of my city, my cousin Humaira had invited me many times to visit her place, but because of a rather busy schedule on my side, I just couldn't keep her request until very recently. In fact, I managed to visit her place only a few weeks ago, and I would like to take this opportunity to describe her house here. Anyway, even though I am calling it a house, it looks and feels more like a luxurious villa as far as I am concerned. The single building structure or the actual residence could be found there, standing only on an area of 2000 sq ft, but the empty space surrounding the building is probably as large as an average football stadium. By the way, the whole area is surrounded by a six-foot tall boundary with two entrances, one in the front and one at the back. There is a swimming pool just in front of the villa and a bit further away from it. A beautiful garden can also be seen. I could also see at least six large windows to show maximum light, ensuring the house is bright, and four spacious balconies around it. Offering the villa a rather classy and elegant look, inside the building, there are four large bedrooms, one kitchen, and a huge living area, and all of them have wooden floors. The rooms are conveniently located at a fair distance from each other to ensure maximum privacy. I didn't really see many types of furniture, but the color of the interior painting was simply stunning and beautiful. Well, I really liked the villa mainly because it was very spacious and the view was very
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