Earn from the front
A dual-frontage Corner Shop
One shutter opens to the road and another to the passage. Better visibility, easier access, and a stronger rental proposition.
Family proposal · Bongaigaon
20 x 180
Development Plan
Build a useful commercial front now. Keep the rear open, protect the side access, and prepare the structure to grow when the time is right.
Road frontage
River-side buffer
The idea in one minute
A smaller first step that does not limit the future.
The proposal separates what is useful today from what may become valuable tomorrow. Phase 1 creates rentable frontage while the passage and rear land remain genuinely usable.
Protect daily access
An uninterrupted 8 ft route
Motorcycles, people, goods, and an occasional car can reach the rear without passing through any shop.
Prepare, do not overbuild
A clear path to future floors
The stair and structural concept allow future upper floors without sacrificing the passage below.
Plans that stay readable
From the whole property to each individual space.
Phase 1 spaces
Simple rooms, flexible tenants.
The partitions are conceptual and can remain non-structural, allowing adjacent shops to combine later if required.
Walk through the proposal
See the first build. Then reveal what it can become.
Start with the current phase, inspect the two Corner Shop frontages and the full stair entrance, then switch to the ultimate G+3 concept.
Preparing the model
Drag to orbit · wheel to zoom · click a shutter or the front gate
Preparing cinematic tour
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Showing Phase 1
Enclosed now1,200 sq ft
Upper shown0 sq ft
Total shown1,200 sq ft
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Engineering controls
Dimensions
Plot + building (ft)
Stair position
Shop sizes (ft)
West face and shop-front line anchored · stair keeps its 14 ft core and moves front / middle / back · plot width always equals setback + building + passage · buffer 15 ft and river setback 20 ft stay fixed. Forecourt remains 4–8 ft so the gate and façade stay on the plot; narrow passages automatically reduce the upper cantilever. Shop quantity auto-splits the depth minus the stair; edit sizes for custom splits (must total building minus stair).
A phased decision
Spend where it matters now. Keep the expensive choices reversible.
Build the commercial strip
Seven rentable spaces, a secure stair, clear passage, and 1,200 sq ft enclosed.
Keep access and rear land open
The side route reaches the 21 ft rear yard. Full-length side walls plus a front arch with a full-width collapsible gate secure the whole frontage after hours. The river buffer remains outside the wall.
Add upper floors when justified
Future floors read as real rooms with windows and balconies and can extend across the passage onto the outer support line.
For the family discussion
What this proposal decides, and what remains open.
120 ft first phase
Enough depth for seven commercial spaces plus independent stairs.
Dual-frontage Corner Shop
Road and passage shutters increase visibility and leasing flexibility.
Full folding stair grille
A wide secure entrance that does not swing into the passage.
6 ft cantilever, no outer columns
Future upper floors cantilever 6 ft over the passage from Line B — engineer to confirm the cantilever design.
Future upper-floor use
Residential, office, or additional commercial use can be decided later.
Structure and services
Soil, drainage, water, electrical, seismic design, and all member sizes.
Appendix Engineering brief and phasing comparison Open details
One structural scheme to price
Ask the engineer for a single estimate: A and B foundations now with Phase 1 shops, designed from day one for future upper floors cantilevering 6 ft over the passage. Line B must be designed for its future share in either case.
Phase 1 now
Upper floors later
Today
A + B foundations and Phase 1 shops
Design Line B now for its future cantilever share
Later
Occupy and earn from seven shops
Raise columns, cantilever 6 ft over the passage — no new
footings
Trade-off
Slightly heavier Line B design today
No excavation beside an occupied passage later
“20 x 180 ft plot. Phase 1 is a 10 x 120 ft ground-floor strip set 4 ft back from the road behind a paved forecourt, with a 2 ft side setback and 8 ft clear passage. Design the current column and foundation lines for the agreed ultimate load model including a 6 ft future cantilever over the passage. Keep the final 15 ft river buffer and approximately 20 ft eroded strip undeveloped.”