The Wind‑Swept Quarter of Colonnaded Verandahs
Richmond Town Is Bangalore’s Living Heritage Album — and Our Housekeepers Turn Every Page With a Lint‑Free Glove
Built on the gentle slopes of the old cantonment, Richmond Town never surrendered its soul to commercial frenzy. Its roads — Richmond Road, Wellington Street, and their offshoots — are broad, leafy, and lined with neat hedges that enclose sprawling bungalows set far back from the street. The architecture is a silent conversation between the past and present: a restored colonial villa with its original Burma‑teak rafters next to a brand‑new luxury apartment that still borrows the same palette of stone and cream. Water is rarely a concern — the area receives consistent Cauvery supply — but the dust from nearby Langford Road reconstruction and the rising number of luxury projects demands a daily, meticulous touch. A housekeeper here must be a specialist in surfaces: knowing when to use a dry duster on a rosewood chiffonier and when a barely damp cloth suffices for a painted wall. She respects the silent hierarchy of a household that may include live‑in elders, a couple of consular staff, or a single art collector. All our Richmond Town maids are police‑verified and already known to the area’s senior citizen associations and building secretaries.
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