When I first came to Mumbai, I lived as a paying guest for four months before I took a place on rent near Carter Road in Bandra. It was quite a prime location and a very good locality. Little did I know then that one day I would actually buy that place and that would be my first home.

At the time when I was seriously looking for a place to buy, my landlord came and said: ?Why are you paying so much as rent every month? Why don?t you buy out the place?? He was really confident that I would be able to take care of the place and so I went ahead and bought it.

It?s a simple flat with a bedroom, a hall and a kitchen. Since I live alone, the space doesn?t really matter. With very little furniture, I find that one room quite spacious.

I am a complete gadgets freak. So I have this big television, big speakers, DVD players and all. It?s like a mini theatre, my home. And then you also have the fridge and microwave oven in the kitchen.

In the hall, I have these really low gaddis, which are foldable and can be pulled out into beds. Everything in my room is red. The walls are white, the gadgets are grey and the rest is red. The gaddis, the cupboards, the curtains ? it?s red all over.

The bedroom just has this one bed and two cupboards stuck to the wall. The bed-sheets keep changing ? I like them in bright colours.

The bedroom, in fact, is a blend of wood ? the cupboards have a wooden finish ? and bright colours. I also have this big wall-sized mirror in my bedroom, which makes the room look quite big.

I never got hold of any interior designer or anything. I took pride in decking up the place on my own.

In Mumbai, the most important thing is to get hold of a place and a car. And then you are set. So I didn?t exactly get hold of my first home because I was passionate about flats and houses. It was just important for me to have my own roof here in Mumbai.

I am quite happy with my little place. But I am also planning on something bigger and better in the near future.

Ideally it should be in Juhu or Andheri because that?s where all the studios, Filmistans and Filmalayas, are. So I will be able to save a lot on travel time. Right now, though, it?s all Bandra for me.