Charming Room in New Delhi: Your Cozy Retreat for 1 Guest

About this place

Do you want to stay in the lap of nature in New Delhi? Do you wish to experience the ideal blend of old-world charm and hospitality with all modern amenities? Do you desire to take a stroll in sprawling lawns under fruit trees or lie in wait for peacocks? If so this cosy single-room of Shiv Niwas villa with private bathroom, shared balcony / roof terrace / living-cum-dining room / kitchenette, smart locks, property-wide high-speed Wi-Fi, free car parking and caring lady caretaker-cooks BECKONS!The spaceThe aesthetics of Shiv Niwas are one of understated elegance. Wherever feasible the original flooring, fixtures and fittings have been retained while adding amenities.A shared guest bathroom for early arrivals is on the ground floor. The fully furnished single bedroom for one guest on the first floor has a private bathroom. A central balcony, living-cum-dining room and well stocked kitchenette on the first floor and roof terrace on the second floor need to be shared with up to four other guests. Ceiling-height laminated glass double-doors with smart locks, in the ground floor for the host's family / acquaintance(s) and first floor for the guests, ensure privacy and security for the residents.The stunning 2,000 square metre greenspace, Uma Vatika, contains manicured grass lawns, flower beds, a wide variety of plants, shrubs and creepers, a vegetable garden, fruit trees (viz. Mango, chiku or sapodilla, jamun or Java plum, kino or tangerine, sharifa or custard apple, shahtoot or mulberry, and lemon), a water fountain and tank, a bar counter, lamp posts, as well as swings, benches, stools, chairs and tables as garden furniture. Smart locks facilitate self check-in and check-out by guests. Indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi routers and access points ensure seamless, high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity throughout the property, including the roof terrace and the Uma Vatika greenspace. Free car parking is available near the house entrance door. A lightning conductor on the roof terrace provides guests with property-wide protection from lightning strikes.Guest accessThe guest can use the ground floor shared guest bathroom if he / she happens to arrive early. The first floor single bedroom with its private bathroom are for the guest's exclusive use. The central balcony, drawing-cum-dining room kitchenette and second floor roof terrace would need to be shared with up to four other guests. Besides guests the outdoor Uma Vatika greenspace would also be used by the host's family / acquaintance(s). The remainder of the ground floor including the front verandah are out of bounds for guests.During your stayTwo lady resident caretakers stay on-site to serve guests and help them. The ground floor is used by the host family. The host / family members visit often and are often in residence in the ground floor double-bedroom unit. During their visits the host / family member would be available to provide assistance to the guests; at other times the host / co-host will communicate with guests via the Airbnb app, messaging app, SMS or mobile call.Other things to noteThe shared kitchenette is stocked with free food items constituting a continental breakfast, viz. Bread, cheese, butter, jam, milk, salt and pepper, sauce, tea, coffee, sugar, cornflakes and muesli, besides cooking oil and spices.The caretakers can also cook meals for a charge. The guest can choose from three Breakfast menu options, including eggs on order. Vegetarian Lunch and Dinner menus are pre-set. However, the paid menu could be customized as per the needs of guests who are the sole guests availing of the meal service at Shiv Niwas. The meal timings are: Breakfast: 7:30 – 9:30 a.m., Lunch: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m., Dinner: 7:30 – 9:30 p.m. To ensure best-in-class service meal orders should be placed with sufficient lead time. However, the guest is free to order from outside / prepare in the kitchenette non-vegetarian meals.The guest can use the refrigerator, induction cooker, microwave oven, toaster, electric kettle, Borosil Nutrifresh mixer, Glen electric mini-cooker, crockery, cutlery and kitchen tools in the kitchenette. The caretakers can operate the washing machine in the kitchenette for a fees for washing guest clothes and also iron them for a charge. Paid car cleaning service is also available.