Just after our marriage, me and my sweet wife Saloni were developing apple orchard in Himachal Pradesh near Shimla. We had a land of about 15 Acres at 6000 ft height in the beautiful mountains place near Shimla. We first constructed one room hut with small pantry and washroom at little higher area than our other part of land to have a secluded place from main orchard area. That area was bifurcated by some tall trees and enough privacy was there. Already, about 100 apple trees were there in the land, giving fruits and we wanted to put many more as far as possible to earn good regular income.
We planned to construct a beautiful three room cottage later, may be after 2-3 years, once orchard work is completed. So, to start with, one room hut was constructed, just to have a place to stay. Room was fairly large to accommodate TV, dressing table, study table/chair and Centre table/chairs. Still room was having plenty of free space.
Incidentally, my friend Raj was transferred as in- charge of potato research center, about 2 kilometers from our place down the hill. I got a call from him informing us about transfer and asking us to find out suitable accommodation nearby for him and wife.
I told my wife and we searched for place but accommodation was not available even within 15 kilometers. Me and my wife concluded that let Raj comes with her wife and stay with us in one room and we will start constructing our planned cottage and shall try faster construction. Looking into my closeness with Raj, wife agreed with some hesitation.
We informed Raj. He was initially not ready for this to disturb newly wed, however, with great persuasion, he agreed.