#LABURNUM Records

[floret-affini-research]

RESEARCH LOG 015

RESEARCHER M. Arum

AUDIO FILE DETECTED, LOADING TRANSCRIPT...

"This is Maria Arum, Second Floret, researcher on the relationships between Affini and their Florets. Today I will be conducting an interview on an Affini who enjoys turning her Florets into... dolls. This log shall cover the questions of the consent of the Florets in being "dollified" and how the process occurs. It will also provide a live demonstration of this happening with the Affini and a new doll. I have been permitted to conduct this interview by my Mistress, Verdianthos Arum, Fourth Bloom. Do I have your consent to record you and include you in my research? This will include giving the details of your name and the names of your Florets."

I do believe you already asked me that darling~

"Yes, but I prefer ensuring that the consent to record is also provided in the recording."

Well then, I do indeed consent.

"Perfect, in that case please state your name and the names of your Florets."

I am Laburnum Solanum, Third Bloom, and these are my darling little dolls, Erika and Grace Solanum, First and Second Florets. Aren't they just the cutest little things?~

"I... yeah, they are rather cute. Are they normally so immobile? I can barely see them breathing."

Only if they're well behaved~ They do so very much enjoy being like this, completely thoughtless and just feeling wonderful, having me play with them and dressing them up as I please~

"It is rather... interesting to see. Sorry, I feel slightly lightheaded."

Oh that's quite alright darling, just feel free to take your time~

"Thank... you. So, the process of becoming a doll? How does... all that work? Ugh, my head is too full."

Well, you're the one who should tell me~ After all, you're currently going through the process of becoming a good doll~ The process starts with some Class-H xenodrugs to allow you to slowly drift deeper into what you truly want~

"Huh? S-sorry, I'm... having trouble understanding you right now."

Awww, your poor little head must feel so heavy now~ You shouldn't have to have so many thoughts clouding your mind~ You should just take a deep breath, and let yourself

FALL

My my, you certainly are rather receptive to my words~ But that shouldn't be too surprising~ After all, good dolls shouldn't think~

"Good dolls shouldn't think"

Very good~ You're such a good doll already~ I wonder just how far you want me to push you~ Just how much you want to be a mindless little doll~

"I want to be a good doll. Good dolls don't think"

My my, if you didn't already have an owner, I would love to make you one of my precious dolls~ But your Mistress did tell me to not push my luck too far with you or you might really lose yourself~ I'm going to give you the counteragents now, and if you ever want to be a doll again, ask your Mistress and feel free to come back any time~

"I'm a good d- wh-what? S-sorry, I'm not sure what happened. I-I think I fell asleep there for a bit. Where was I?"

Oh, you already asked all your questions, but you looked so very cozy that I didn't want to wake you up~

"O-oh. Well uh, in that case, thank you for your time and for providing me with this information. I do hope you'll allow me to sit here a while longer, I can't really feel my legs for some reason. Do you have any water? I think I might still not be completely recovered from the implant procedure."

Of course, here you are darling~ And I do hope you enjoy listening to the demonstration later since you fell asleep during it~

"Oh, right, thank you. I'll go ahead and get going in a bit then. Terminate audio recording."

[ritabuuk]

For my second drawing for ArtFight 2024, I drew Laburnum for @kokomini9. Laburnum is a sertyr who is the record keeper of the Drakonia Observatory. I invented a telescope to give to Laburnum for this drawing - I don't know if he already has one, but he seems like the kind of guy who would always appreciate another telescope, hehe!

Completed: July 8, 2024

[sissytobitch10seconds]

Bouquet

Fandom: The Umbrella Academy Summary: For as long as he could remember, someone has given him at least one bouquet after every performance he's ever had. Viktor thinks that it's high time he figure out who it is. Warnings: Mentions of possible stalkers Word Count: 4,710 Ship(s): Five Hargreeves/Viktor Hargreeves

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A/N: Here's the next installment! I wanted to include the meaning I found for all the flowers in here so that it makes more sense when you read it. Stay sissy and bitchy everyone <3

Flower index: Acanthus (arts), Canterbury bells (acknowledgement), amethyst (admiration), white pink (talent), southernwood (bantering), musk roses (charming), american cowslip (divine beauty), purple lilac (first love), Deep red carnation (Alas! For my poor heart), yellow acacia (secret love), fennel (worthy of all praise), peach blossom (I am your captive), Arum lily (magnificent beauty), blue periwinkle (early friendship), red tulip (love confession), Coneflower (health), laburnum (pensive beauty), lily of the valley (return of happiness), snowdrops (gratitude), laurestina (I die if neglected), ambrosia (love returned)

flower language - mission fic - pet/child acquisition - "why are you?" - sunshine - fantasy/medieval/dark knights of steel au

The first time that Viktor got a bouquet that was from someone outside of his family, it was in his early college days.

He had joined the college orchestra as he minored in their music program and majored in teaching. It wasn’t a career that was going to pay a lot, he knew that, but he’d have plenty of opportunities no matter where he went and he’d be doing both of the things that he loved so he pressed on with it. His mother and father had been very supportive of it, as they had been with all of his musical pursuits growing up. They were both professional swimmers, and while they had hit it big enough to get into the Olympics and give him a steady childhood, neither of them were shy to the harsh realities of picking a non-typical job.

The college orchestra was small and intimate because not many people that were pursuing the music program there played an instrument that could be easily worked in. They played a few concerts where all the proceeds went to helping them or funding certain trips that they wanted to make to see bigger orchestras and performers. Mostly they helped give the theater company that worked with the college some more authenticity. The theater manager always said that live music had a bigger effect on the audience that the pre-recorded stuff, so they knew that they always had something that they could do there.

Viktor hadn’t been performing with them for very long because it had taken him a lot of time to get the courage to audition. He had immediately slotted into second chair violin only because the senior holding first chair was going to be graduating in a month. As soon as she graduated and had to leave the orchestra, he rose up in the ranks without having to prove himself with another audition.

The bouquet came after a play where he was brought up to the edge of the stage to play. He had never gotten stage fright, too used to having to say things to big crowds of people because of his parents' careers. The nerves mostly came from his anxiety about being able to play it correctly. He didn’t want to ruin the performance that so many of the actors had been looking forward to for so long.

They had brought him up and he had played his piece, which had gone perfectly. He hadn’t been in anyone’s way and several of the actors from the show sought him out after their parts had been finished to tell him how lovely it was to have him included in what they were doing. That by itself was enough to make him fall in love with the idea of theater and continue working with them. 

He had only been more confirmed into that idea when Ben had come to find him. Viktor had been standing near the green room while trying to calm some of his anxiety from earlier. He had his head pressed back against the cool painted cement of the backstage area so that he could lower his internal body temperature. He always felt like he developed a fever when he was nervous, so the cool radiating off of the stone was very welcome.

“Did you know that you have a dressing room?” Ben asked. He folded his hands behind him as he fell back against the wall as well. Ben was majoring in art and minoring in music, something that he refused to explain to anyone. He played a cello and was the best friend that Viktor had at the university, the official best friend title going to Diego who attended the police academy at the city limits.

“I did,” Viktor replied with a small nod. “What about it?”

“I got overwhelmed by being in the green room between everyone else and went to hide out in it. I figured that you wouldn’t mind since you were going to be up on stage anyway. Just wanted a place to read and I would never go through your stuff,” Ben quickly explained.

The smaller man reached over and shoved his arm affectionately. “I know that you’re stalling. You know I’m not the type of person to get bent out of shape about sharing a space with my friend,” he teased.

Ben relaxed a little bit. He turned his head towards the dressing room and then pushed himself up off of the wall. He and Viktor may have only known each other for about six months, but it was still easy to see what he wanted. The duo slowly made their way down the hall so that they were standing in the doorway to the dressing room that Viktor had been given since he actually had a part in this play and needed a secluded space to tune before the performances.

“What is it?” Viktor asked, confused about why he had been dragged away from his spot and his thoughts for seemingly nothing.

Ben pointed to the little table in the corner of the dressing room. Between the afternoon matinee and the evening performance Viktor had left his violin there since he knew it would be safe, but it had been empty when he left to go up on stage. The blanket that he had been using to sit on while he was in there alone was untouched other than the book that Ben had left on it. The bag with his clothes in it was just as he left it as well. “When I got up to go to the bathroom that wasn’t there but it was when I came back,” the taller man explained awkwardly.

In the center of the little table was a small vase containing a bouquet. Viktor wasn’t exactly unknowledgeable when it came to receiving flowers for things that he had done. His parents had loved to do it whenever he had a performance in high school, even if it was the ones that could be purchased at the front of the supermarket. These had obviously been chosen with a lot more care.

The main part of the bouquet, the part that took up the most space, was white carnations. Sprinkled throughout was amethyst flowers and canterbury bells that added a pop of delicate purple in between the large white petals. The surrounding flowers that were ringing the edge of the whole arrangement were acanthus, which made the colors inside shine because they were so muted.

“This is lovely,” Viktor whispered as he walked over and picked it up. There was a note tied around the pretty ribbon that was keeping all of the flowers together inside of the water-filled vase. Viktor held it in between his fingers as he flipped it over.

“What does it say?” Ben asked as he came to look at it over Viktor’s shoulder.

“It says ‘I hope that your performance today goes wonderfully, it certainly did in rehearsal’,” Viktor read off. He turned to face his friend as he set the flowers back down on the table where he had picked them up from. “Do you think that it was someone on the cast?”

“Well the note certainly suggests that,” Ben shrugged. He winced when he heard his phone go off in his pocket, which alerted him to the fact that they were both going to be expected in the pit soon. The flowers and who they belonged to were mostly forgotten as they rushed off to get into their spots before they were missed.

---

The second bouquet came during his senior year performance. He had managed to hold the first chair position in the orchestra the entire time that he was participating, which meant that his leaving was kind of a big deal. 

He had been nervous since the beginning of the day. He knew a lot of people that he cared a lot about were going to be coming so that they could hear him play. His parents had flown in from Russia where they had been staying during the past six months to take care of his grandparents in their last years. Most of his friends from the music and teaching program were coming when they could get the time off work and classes. Of course all of the orchestra friends he had made were going to be attending since they would be playing alongside him. Diego had even managed to get the night off so that he could take Viktor out for dinner with his parents after it was all over.

As a joke, the orchestra conductor had given Viktor a dressing room, which was really just a changing stall that they had moved from the back of the theater when it was being remodeled a month beforehand. They had decorated it with a bunch of sweet pictures from their years together and programs from all of the performances that they had already put on.

It was something that he had almost cried about before he had gone on stage, but then he had gotten into the mindset that he always did when he was performing so that thought had been put out of his mind. After everything had been played and every last bow had been taken, Viktor returned back to the little dressing room that they had made for him. He was reeling from how well everything had gone, the only hiccup being that the pianist came in a little bit later than he was supposed to to accompany them on their first song. Viktor was able to forgive that very quickly though because over the last several years that they had been working together he had developed quite the crush on Five, not that he would ever be bold enough to act on it.

He could hear some of the others coming over to him so that they could wish him well as he graduated and they all stopped seeing each other. They all had classes and jobs and other pieces that they had to worry about learning, so they’d be going pretty soon. It was bittersweet, knowing that he was one step closer to doing what he wanted with his life but also losing so many people that he adored.

He opened the dressing room stall so that he could stash his violin in it and then focus on talking with his friends but then he paused. Another vase was sitting directly in the center of the floor, flowers basically bursting out of it in their hurry to show off their beauty.

This time, the bouquet was primarily made out of musk roses with cowslips scattered amongst them. There were four or five acanthus and purple lilacs each, which mixed the cool hues of the deep pinks and dark reds with some brown and popping purple. The very edge was ringed southernwood that was just purple enough that it pulled the bouquet together without being distracting.

“What’s this?” Ben asked as he walked up behind his friend and then saw what Viktor had been staring at. “Woah, this one’s even bigger than the one that you got when we were freshman.”

“I know,” he whispered. He knelt down beside it and flipped over the little card tied to the outside of the vase so that he could see what it said. “It just says ‘I’ll miss you’. No name, number, address, explanation, anything.”

“Well not a lot of bouquets come with a spelled out explanation. I think most of them are given as congratulations for a performance. And it’s perfectly usual for someone to give someone else flowers as a going away present,” Ben reasoned. He fished his phone out of his pocket and snapped a picture of the flowers, no doubt to send it to Fei or Klaus, his best friend and boyfriend respectively. 

“They’re not your usual flowers though, are they?” Viktor asked as he looked them over again. He wasn’t very knowledgeable on flower language outside of what he remembered from a brief obsession as a child and pop culture references. He wasn’t given a lot of time to think about it either as the rest of his friends quickly approached them and he was dragged away from the dressing room for the celebration of his graduation from college orchestra.

---

The third bouquet that was more than what his parents brought him whenever they were in town for a performance was one that he remembered very fondly. 

He had kept playing even after he graduated college and left that specific orchestra. The first thing that he had done once he had his degree was get a job with a local high school, teaching orchestra and sometimes choir just like he wanted to. He lived in an apartment with Diego and Ben since the former was working as a police officer around the city and the latter was working on getting a steady job going so that he could move in with his long-term boyfriend.

The second thing that Viktor had done after graduating was look for another orchestra that he could play with. He knew that it was a little presumptuous to think that he would get into the best one in The City on his first try when he had only ever played in college and never professionally, but he had auditioned anyway because Klaus had been there to egg him on. To his surprise, and no one else’s, he had gotten in.

He had risen in the ranks in the last year so that he was playing at second chair and got a lot of the solos that were played by someone in the orchestra other than the first chair. It was invigorating to be able to perform with a group as talented and passionate as that one. He had adored his college orchestra, but they weren’t the best of the best the way that his current one was.

They finished up another one of the winter performances that they had been doing for the last two weeks and Viktor immediately began to pack up. He usually liked to hang back with some of the others so that he could talk with them and get to know them better as they were all very kind and he enjoyed their company. Today he had to rush so that he could get back to the school by the time that he needed to tutor the kids that came in on the weekends for extra help. It was something that he also enjoyed doing, but on Saturdays where he had a matinee it left him feeling a little bit discombobulated. 

He made his way down to the green room, where he was going to leave his violin until he came back for the evening show. He paused when he saw a very familiar shaped vase sitting on the center table. He slowly approached it and then turned over the tag that was around the bouquet. It was only when he saw that his name was on one side and a small note was on the other that he let himself take in what it looked like.

Five peach blossom branches were sticking up in the very center of the bouquet, striking and beautiful with their delicate pink color. Surrounding them was a deep red carnation and yellow acacia assortment that was only broken up now and again by stalks of green fennel. The card itself read: I thought that this afternoon’s performance was wonderful, I can’t wait to see you ascend the ranks of this orchestra like you deserve.

He couldn’t help but wonder who had sent him these. He knew that on some level he should feel creeped out that someone had managed to follow him all the way from college to this performance, but he didn’t. They had never tried to send flowers to his home nor had they ever approached him in person. It was possible that whoever was doing it was one of his friends, trying to make him feel better or even his parents not wanting to admit that they had spent so much money on something as small as flowers. He knew logically that it wasn’t either of those options because he should have been able to figure out who the handwriting belonged to, but it was the only explanation that he could think of.

“What are those?” Sloane asked as she entered into the greenroom and walked over to him. She played base with her fiance and had quickly befriended Viktor when he began to play in their orchestra. 

“Just some flowers. They’re from the same place that I used to get bouquets from before I graduated from college,” he said as he handed it over.

She turned it over and looked at all of the flowers. “It’s a very… interesting arrangement. I didn’t even think that anyone would have fennel to put in a vase.”

Viktor laughed. None of the bouquets that he had ever gotten from this secret admirer of his had ever been traditional. The closest that they had gotten was when they had been primarily a stereotypical bouquet flower like the musk roses, but even then it was still full of non-traditional flowers. “I think they all mean something,” he said after a moment of thinking about it.

“Do you know what they mean?” Sloane asked as she brushed the tips of her fingers over the peach blossoms.

“I know what they are,” he shrugged and shook his head. He wished that he had invested more in figuring out flower language before he had gotten his next bouquet. After the last one, he had been distracted and then he kept meaning to but he was too wound up with all of the activity that came with moving and getting a job.

“Shit, I have to go,” Viktor swore as he looked down at his watch. “Do you think that you could keep an eye on those for me? I’ll bring them home after tonight’s performance but I don’t think that they would do well in the cold of my car while I tutor a bunch of kids so that they play Jingle Bells a little less poorly.”

Sloane laughed. She knew that Viktor cared deeply for his students and that he thought they had great potential, but no one every played amazingly well when they were in high school orchestra. “I can do that. Have fun and be safe!”

Viktor gave her a quick wave as he darted out of the room so that he could make it to his class before the students began to get anxious. He almost ran directly into someone that looked familiar to his college days, but he figured that he had just been thinking too much about the other bouquets and was mistaken. He completely forgot about looking up the flower language to find out what the gift had meant and who it might be from.

---

The fourth was one that he hadn’t been expecting to get. He was very disappointed by that fact because he had been looking forward to getting the little gifts. During that specific string of performances he had been receiving little single flowers in the same vase that he left in his dressing room for that exact purpose. When he left to go on stage it would be empty, and when he came back it would have cloudy water and a single flower sitting inside of it.

He had gotten a arum lily first, then a blue periwinkle, and lastly a red tulip. He had been told that there was a flower the night that he had to take off because he was too sick to come but he hadn’t been told what it was. Helen had also mentioned something about the gentleman that had dropped them off but she absolutely refused to tell Viktor who it was or if he had said anything when he did so. She had always been like that, even before Viktor had tried out for the first chair and gotten it despite her holding it without competition for years up to that point.

Knowing that whoever his secret admirer was had passed the check that his friends and fellow musicians had done on him was reassuring. Something had been sinking in his gut every time that he thought about the bouquets that he was being brought. He switched between thinking that it was his common sense kicking him and telling him that this was something that he should be concerned about and his brain trying to tell him that he had forgotten something without letting him know what it was supposed to be.

He had to miss the second to last day of performances because he had spiked a fever overnight from working himself too hard. He had stayed home and slept for about forty eight hours at the stern direction of his best friend and roommate, which meant that he felt well enough to play one show by the time that he woke up.

The show had gone well and the crowd had been overjoyed with the solo that he played in the middle. It was something that he would never forget, even if the back of his mind was filled with sadness and disappointment that he wasn’t going to see what came out of the gifts that he had been receiving. It felt a little silly to be put out about not getting flowers, but he let himself have it since he was complimented so little.

He made his way up to the green room where the orchestra had been stationed and collected his coat before he checked by the dressing room that he had been using. It was easier for him to change in there instead of with the rest of the orchestra, especially since it was usually empty. Not a lot of theaters booked another performance group when the orchestra was doing their spring shows and rehearsals there. During the winter it was packed, with a performance happening almost every single minute of every single day until Christmas when the Nutcracker was performed by the ballet company and then the theater workers went home for the holidays.

A smile spread across his face as he realized that he had finally found a place where he was comfortable enough to notice little things like that. He had always felt kind of out of place when he was a child because of how often his parents had moved around when he was younger. He was constantly being shipped off to live with different relatives when they were doing their seasons, sometimes even to other countries. He had been living in not only New York, but The City for long enough that he had begun to notice things like the pattern of the theater.

The smile stretched over his face only got wider when he noticed that there was a gift waiting for him on the table despite his absence from the performance the day before. He quickly walked up to it and flipped the card over to make sure that his name was neatly printed on one side before he read the message on the other. “‘Get well soon’, that’s sweet,” he mumbled to himself before he took in what the flowers were.

The main flower in the mix was coneflowers, but they were all different colors so that it was a rainbow. There were lily of the valleys scattered carefully throughout, delicate and white in between the sturdier colors. The vase had five laburnum flowers draped over the sides so that it shed a couple of delicate yellow petals on the table that it had been set down on.

Viktor assured himself that he was going to learn flower language and figure out what his secret admirer had been trying to tell him for years now. He couldn’t let this continue without being aware of what he was receiving.

---

The fifth was one that he made himself. He had special ordered a lot of the flowers that he was going to use after pouring over a book about flower language for longer than he wanted to admit. 

It had taken them a month to get all of the flowers that he wanted, but in the end they were all there. He had taken specific care to make sure that the flowers meant exactly what he wanted them to. If he only had once chance to do this and the person that had been sending him the gifts for long was already knowledgeable on the subject then Viktor really didn’t want to fuck it up.

It certainly wasn’t as pretty as a lot of the bouquets that he had received, but the meaning behind it was very poignant. The bouquet was made up primarily of ambrosia flowers with a few laurestina popping out from between them. Snowdrops ringed the very edge of the vase that they were in since they were supposed to be the background message.

His nerves were bothering him more than they had since his first day at university. He knew that he shouldn’t have been nervous because it was very easy to parse out who had been sending him the gifts when he did a little bit of snooping and knew what they meant, but he was still anxious that he had somehow singled out the wrong person. He didn’t want to have wasted a bunch of money for a love confession that was going to be shot down or possibly wasted on the wrong person, both of which would ruin his friendship with them.

He steeled himself as he walked down the long corridor of the university. He knocked on the door to the office that he was going to enter before he was bade to do so. The handle clung to his hand in his body’s last desperate attempt to get him to chicken out on what he was planning to do. He ignored it and entered, closing the door behind him so that it would be harder for him to turn and run when he finished. 

He walked over to Five’s desk and and set the vase of flowers down. He and Five had kept in contact after they graduated college, though Five stuck around so that he could work as a teacher’s assistant until he got his doctorate and could work at the university himself as he had already been promised a spot there. They hadn’t gotten closer than they had been when they were in college, only talking when one of them found something to send to the other, but that was mostly because Viktor didn’t allow himself to be closer. He was nervous about doing that in the same way that he had been nervous in bringing in the bouquet in. He didn’t want to destroy a friendship that he cherished because of feelings that had festered inside of him since he was a wet-behind-the-ears teenager.

“Viktor? To what do I owe the pleasure?” Five asked as he set his red pen down to look up at the other man.

“This,” Viktor replied as he turned the vase so that Five’s attention as going to be brought back to it.

The taller of the two tilted his head down so that he could see what it was. When he looked back up towards Viktor, the other took the leap and then leaned down to connect their lips together. Five immediately responded by reaching up so that he could cup the back of Viktor’s head so that he could bring him closer.

They snapped apart when they both had to breathe. “I figured out that it was you because Lila’s parents own a flower shop and the two of you have known each other for years. Why did you never tell me?”

“I guess I was just scared to actually say it with words,” Five replied after a moment of thinking.

Viktor let out a small laugh and then leaned down so that he could have another kiss.

[ankulometes]

The Travellers, Vol 12, Pt 4: The First Century

It is the year 106 “anno mundi”, recorded in the team’s base-12 numeral system as 8Ʌ AM. There are now 566 people living at Caer Hywen, of which 112 are as yet unsubstituted, natural born children below the age of 12. The remainder are all still variants. It will be another two centuries before that ceases to be the case. The settlement has really come along. In a decade or so, they will have a surplus population and a couple of hundred of the inhabitants will leave to set up a new community.

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Surprising as it may seem, the team have not interacted with a single native inhabitant since they arrived. Britain is a sufficiently large island that traversing the whole thing on foot is a major undertaking at this time. The hunter-gatherers simply have no need to hike all the way down to Land’s End and the variants have no need to travel elsewhere either. There were groups based around the Somerset Levels and the Isle of Wight who mainly exploited the marshy coastlines of those regions and they often travelled as far west as Dartmoor and Bodmin on a seasonal basis to hunt game and visited the north coast of the peninsula to obtain and work flint but there was little to draw them any farther from home. There had once been a small group based near Caer Hywen around Boskenna but they had long since either died out or abandoned the site as sea levels rose.

The entire area around Caer Hywen had been completely transformed over the course of the team’s first century in situ. This was especially true of an area of around 2,000 acres that stretched from what would be known in MOT as Long Rock and Perranuthnoe which they had been actively cultivating.

Extensive pastures and meadows had been assarted out of the hinterlands of the settlement. Each of the 24 farms had about 14-15 acres allocated outside the defensive perimeter that encircled the core of Caer Hywen, on which they mainly tended to graze cattle or used to make hay. These assarted spaces were interspersed with managed woodlands.

The forestry team had cultivated misty and mysterious carrs of alder and willow around the marshes and rivers. Aside from being a valuable source of wood for boats, baskets, and buildings, they provided a valuable habitat for numerous bird species and crawled with a variety of reptiles and amphibians. One could only navigate much of their expanse along causeways the variants had built for the purpose.

On the exposed rocky headland at Perranuthnoe near the far end of their territory lay a pinewood filled with Scots Pine, Yew, Silver Birch, Aspen, Rowan, and Juniper. Red squirrels darted from tree to tree, and you could regularly see wildcats and pine martens. This landscape segued into a birchwood carpeted with bluebells, violets, and anemones.

Between these lay dark and shady broadleaf woods populated by Oak, Ash, and Beech with an understorey of Hazel. The forest floor, strewn with leaves and dead wood, teemed with a huge variety of mosses, lichen, and fungi that supported a similarly diverse range of insects and lepidoptera. Woodpeckers hammered at the tree trunks that also provided a roost for bats. Hedgehogs shuffled through the litter while badgers and foxes dug sets into the roots.

In various places there are a good number of trees that an educated observer would quickly recognise as introduced species. Among these are Walnut and Laburnum as well as what looks like a kind of Mulberry. They are all being carefully cultivated for several purposes. The “mulberry” in particular, which they call Bwabren, is a species they have specifically engineered for the desirable properties of its wood for the manufacture of flat-faced laminated recurve bows. Similarly, they use the Laburnum wood to make rather less sophisticated D-profile hunting bows. As for the Walnut, its wood was nice for decorative work, but more important were its oil-rich nuts and medicinal leaves.

Beyond these nearby managed projects, various members of the team had endeavoured to keep the game trails and open grasslands clear using a range of techniques to hold back the encroaching forest. This had helped to foster herds of larger wild fauna that were seriously endangered by habitat loss in the region. From the Cassiel satellite imagery, you could clearly see their impact throughout Penwith. As a result, the moorlands along the north coast around Pendeen were home to good-sized herds of the small native equines, bovines, and elk.

From the air, you could also easily discern the various paths that the variants had been treading over the past century. As they approached the perimeter defences of Caer Hywen, they became ever more clearly delineated, even constituting gravelled roads in places. On the embankment itself, the original bare palisade fence had been consumed by the now mature Holly and Hazel hedge that was about 15 feet high and presented a substantial obstacle to any creature bigger than a hedgehog. The frames of the five gates had become entwined within, and strengthened by, living trees. Beside the gates, and at intervals along the length of the perimeter hedge, wooden gantries and lookout posts had been constructed on the interior side of the embankment. The ditches that had been dug along the exposed outer stretches had been incorporated into a sophisticated water and sewage system and were filled with clean water at almost all times of the year as it cycled into and out of the settlement.

On passing through any of the gates and ascending uphill along one of the approach roads to the centre of the settlement, you enter an initial zone of intensive grain, vegetable, and fruit cultivation. Each of the 24 farms had around 14-15 acres allocated for their use in this area, and the farmsteads were clustered in groups of four to facilitate the sharing of tools, infrastructure, and labour. Fields of around 2 to 3 acres in size were mainly being farmed on a 6-year rotation using no-till methods that utilised intercropping and companion planting for weed, pest, and disease control.

Much as the bare fence around the perimeter was now a thing of the past, the fields were typically defined by mature hedgerows lined with nitrogen-fixing species of trees and intertwined with shrubs that provided a feast of berries. Their cultivars and cultigens had come a long way over the course of a century and they had well adapted strains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, sorghum, flax, hemp, rape, hops, peas, beans, mustard, clover, beet, chard, carrots, leeks, onions, garlic, asparagus, chicory, lettuce, cucumber, apples, pears, raspberries, red, white, and blackcurrants, strawberries, blackberries, cherries, plums, and grapes, along with various herbs and dyestuffs that were either delicious or useful and generally yielded well. In a similar manner, their selective breeding programme had provided them with domesticated breeds of horses, goats, sheep, cows, pigs, ducks, geese, and pigeon that could be used for a variety of purposes from beasts of burden to meat or dairy production.

As you travelled through this intensive farming zone, you would be able to see the variants using many types of simple machinery to ease their tasks or moving good-sized loads around on Chinese-style wheelbarrows, sometimes driven by a sail or drawn by a small mule-like horse, or larger consignments of heavier materials using two or four-wheeled carts powered by one or two oxen. Farmers might be accompanied by a few eager, attentive, and agile shepherd dogs on their way out to the pastures while domesticated cats sunbathe or hunt for rodents in the long grass that is being trimmed by a herd of goats. You might be passed by a small crew of hunters, foragers, or foresters riding out on horseback with saddles, reins, and stirrups, possibly with a pack of long-limbed, soft-mouthed hounds. Or perhaps they are miners or quarrymen heading off in a large four-wheeled cart to continue excavations in a bell or clay pit they are working on nearby.

To either side of this well-surfaced road are ditches to accommodate water runoff. Most of the rainwater is eventually captured for various purposes, such as irrigation, but everything eventually gets fed through the sewerage system of reed beds and filtration tanks that are used to clean the outgoing black and grey water from the settlement before it is fed into one of the nearby marshes. Underneath your feet, buried a foot or so underground, are miles of terracotta pipes that are being used to supply fresh water to the outlying farmsteads. Toward the centre of the settlement on the crest of the headland, you can see the sails of a few wind-powered structures. One of these is clearly a water tower that is pumping up water into its tank to feed this gravity-powered distribution system. Obviously, it has its limitations, but it serves their needs well on the whole. If winter storms smash the rigging or a high-pressure front in summer stills the wind for an extended period, they can always hook up some oxen or horses to power it for a bit if need be.

Caer Hywen is not a big place, and you soon reach the centre. Here there is a cluster of about 72 houses arrayed along stone-paved streets that radiate from the central square and marketplace. The ditches now give way to covered cobblestone pavements lined with fruit trees. Each dwelling is customised to the individual needs of its inhabitants, but they nonetheless follow a broadly similar pattern and typically utilise the same construction techniques and materials. Most consist of a rectangular block about 10 x 5 metres with its longer side facing the street. This is abutted to a similarly sized block at the rear to create an L-shape. The plot extends out behind this such that it is about 10 x 30 metres in size and is capable of containing any necessary outbuildings along with a small garden for growing fruit, vegetables, and herbs.

These rearward spaces do not generally have clearly delineated plot boundaries. Nevertheless, they can usually be discerned by virtue of the fact that collections of trellises, walls, and outbuildings have sprung up within them to create heat sinks, sun traps, wind breaks, or shaded spots for various plants or to service other needs and activities. They have a tendency to suggest borders and provide some private outdoor space within what otherwise remains an open, communal garden and work area.

The main housing blocks are single-storey affairs constructed in local stone. Roofed in turf interspersed with bird boxes and bat roosts, they sprout into a glorious technicolour display of wildflowers in spring to the accompaniment of thousands of birds.

The team have recently started making glass at Caer Hywen, but most buildings are still unglazed and rely on wooden shutters to keep out the elements in winter. Fortunately, the climate will be rather good for at least another 2,000 years so this isn’t too much of a hardship.

The L-shaped dwellings are mainly for craftspeople, so the street-facing block is generally “open” since it functions as a workshop or similar. The rear block is where they live and those who have separate specialist places of work might only have this on a 5 x 30 metre plot. They provide a cosy and comfortable living space that is well-insulated against temperature extremes, despite being open to the rafters. Beneath the outer stone skin, there is an underlayer of hempcrete blocks. The external oak shutters fit snugly to the window frames, while a tripartite leather, wool, and linen internal curtain arrangement allows for varying degrees of light and weather exclusion depending on the time of day and season. The roof is lined with bitumen sheets and alder to provide waterproofing beneath the thick layer of turf that shields the house from anything the skies can hurl.

In the interior, battens and willow lathes are attached to the walls and coated with clay plaster. This envelops a single kitchen-dining-living space with mezzanines at either end for sleeping. It provides a sizable wood-fired oven and hearth for heating and cooking. Water is available on tap (most of the time) and the oven is also designed to heat this at need. Every home has bathing and washing facilities, and these acts also typically take place in this single room. The floor is paved with stone or clay tiles over aggregate that is laced with tiny clay pipes. The oven also heats water that is run through these pipes, providing an additional system of radiant underfloor heating when needed. You can easily maintain a comfortable interior temperature year-round with a minimal expenditure of either fuel or effort. Not that it matters too much since most of the inhabitants spend most of their time outdoors anyway.

Attached to the main block, usually in a small lean-to structure on the north side of the building, can be found a small suite of service rooms containing a cool store or “buttery”, a dry store or “pantry”, and a waterless composting toilet facility with a kind of bidet next to it. These are all pretty functional, and there are strict limits to how often the toilet can be used, but they do their jobs well. And, if you do need to wipe, they have a surfeit of low-grade paper available which they manufacture from a mix of flax, hemp, rape, shives, and recycled material.

Caer Hywen is little more than a small village by modern standards, so you soon reach the centre. This has changed beyond all recognition from the scrubby patch of grassland fringed by a collection of hastily assembled stone dwellings we last saw in year five.

The sapling the team planted at its centre is now a handsome tree. It is still youthful by the standards of a Yew, but mature. Plas Hywen, as it is called, is now about 60 x 40 metres in size, albeit somewhat irregular and rounded in shape, like an avocado, as it follows the lines of the hill atop which it sits. As is the case with all the streets in the centre, its circumference is bounded by a well-gravelled road fringed by pavements under which run sewerage and water services.

The central space is all beautifully paved in dressed cobblestones of local granite and encircled with a ring of apple, cherry, and plum trees. There are also raised beds at several points, similarly constructed from granite, that are planted with fragrant herbs and flowers and double up as places to sit.

Arranged in the remaining space around the central Yew tree are a good number of wooden market stalls with tables, benches, and awnings; for Plas Hywen is where the variants gather to exchange the products of their labour and, when the weather is fine, to discuss administrative matters.

On the north side of the square are two buildings that are a good deal larger than any of the dwellings. The first of these is the stone-built water tower, topped by the windmill that we saw from afar which powers a simple pump. The tower itself is round, about 60 to 70 feet tall, and topped by a campanile containing a good-sized bell cast in bronze. Structurally, the tower is constructed from two skins of stone blockwork between which runs a spiral staircase that provides access to the various levels of the wind pump mechanism, the water tank, and the rooftop campanile. The wind pump sail structure itself is a heavy timber frame affair that perches over the top of the campanile such that its axle is free to rotate 360 degrees, as oriented by a tail sail.

Next to the water tower is a sizable public hall that functions as a meeting or market space during inclement weather, an occasional entertainment venue, and a school for their offspring. While its neighbour is an impressive feat of construction and engineering, the hall is beautiful. Its huge, pitched roof is covered in turf, much like most buildings in the settlement, but being almost 20 metres wide facing the square and 60 metres deep, it is far larger and presents its gable to the street. From the ridge line, it plunges down in a festival of grass and flowers to timber colonnades that run along either side of the main body of the building. The gable also frames a portico and balcony on the facade through the application of generous bargeboards. All the timber work is an essay in flowing lines inspired by the forms of nature, replete with intricate tracery, painted in bright colours, and inlaid with gold, silver, and bronze. Rising from the roof ridge above the facade is a small wooden tower. It functions in part as a nesting place for birds, but mainly serves as a clock, since its street facing side is dominated by a large bronze sun and moon dial that is also inlaid with silver, gold, and coloured enamel.

Nestled within this huge wood and turf canopy, the main stone-built body of the building is punctuated with large windows. Further illumination is provided to the interior through regular dormer windows. All are glazed. In the case of the dormer windows, this has been done with stained glass which, in the right light conditions, conducts a polychrome symphony on the tiled floor of the hall’s interior. The hall can be entered from the street front through an impressive set of intricately carved and inlaid double doors. There are also smaller entrances or exits to each side, and two to the rear either side of the platform which sits at the far end of the room. Behind this, at the far end of the building, is an enclosed foyer that constitutes a kind of mirror in enclosed form to the portico and balcony on the street front and provides access via two elegant spiral staircases to the gallery that surrounds the main hall, and via which one reaches the street front balcony.

During the hours of darkness, aside from the firelight of two huge hearths on either side of the hall, the interior can be lit by oil lamps made from glass and brass. Some of these are fitted at regular intervals to the walls. However, the attention grabbers are three large chandeliers that look like constellations of glass and wire orbs in the stylised forms of the sun and moon hanging in space within the hammerbeam roof whose Celtic blue woad-painted vaults are dotted with a plethora of stars inlaid in gold and silver. At both ground and balcony level, every inch of the vertical walls between the windows, doors, and fireplaces are adorned with colourful carved painted stonework in writhing geometric forms and Celtic knots within which are set several mosaics in a similar style that depict figures and scenes from the myths and legends the variants were propagating within their culture. ‘Yr lys mawr’, or “great hall”, as the building is known by the inhabitants, is a masterpiece that has only recently been completed and represents a labour of love that has absorbed most of the community for over a quarter of a century.

On the south side of Plas Hywen are more impressive edifices, albeit somewhat smaller and more modest than those to the north. The first is about double the size of one of their regular houses and is the residence of their brewer, vintner, and distiller, which also serves as a tavern. Many members of the team gather here regularly both to drink and take their meals. It often makes sense to have one place doing the cooking and providing the heating and lighting. Besides which, it’s a lot more fun than shutting yourself up at home.

Next door to the tavern is a good-sized wooden structure with few stone-built appendages. It looks almost Japanese in the way its facade consists entirely of slatted doors that are left open to the elements during the summer months. Inside is a large hot bath, washing facilities, saunas, and steam rooms that are for public use. Much as gathering to eat and drink next door can be both more enjoyable while realising an efficiency gain, the bath house exploits the constant utilisation of fire and hot water by the nearby tavern, bakery, chandlery, forge, and glassworks to provide useful services to the inhabitants that are especially desirable during the winter months. It’s not exactly a 5-star hotel, but it is effectively their own spa. And it is not only for pampering people: it also provides invaluable facilities for washing and drying clothes. It works well. Hunkered with its solid back against the prevailing winds, it is sheltered yet well-ventilated, and as well-lit as it can be while protecting its users from the elements.

The team are all living this world for real, much as they have always done. The variants may all be fundamentally scions of the same person, but their distinct physical forms and varying experiences mean that they are sufficiently individual to require a certain level of social organisation without the need for any pretence or “acting in character”. Indeed, although they remain intimately connected in the way that only Travellers can be, the original four members of the mission team had been divergent individuals for far longer than they had been physically the same person. More important though was the fact that it was vital that the world they were creating was fully rounded and fleshed out.

While every inhabitant of Caer Hywen above the age of 12 was a variant on the diagonal, they had spawned a new horizontal every time they had jumped back to substitute one of their offspring, as was usual in the layered structure of these missions. Their civilisation would continue to exist on these horizontals, becoming completely devoid of variants within a century as those who remained behind died out. Moreover, they would also be sharing the world they were creating with non-variants long before they reached their maximum team size of \~200,000.

In their community of almost 600 individuals, most people still have to do a range of jobs, but they have reached a point where they have begun to specialise to the extent that each person does a particular thing most of the time.

The most important role belongs to the farmers. Far more so than any mining or metallurgical activities, agricultural produce forms the bedrock on which their fledgling economy is based. With twenty-four households dedicated to this area, the farmers also constitute by far the most numerous role in their society.

While everyone has to pitch in on various seasonal jobs, such as the all-important harvest, the farms are designed to be small enough to be managed for most of the year by a single household despite the incredibly intensive nature of their cultivation practices. Over the course of the past century, the team have developed cultivars and cultigens for a wide range of crops. In some cases, they have introduced species, so long as they are native to Western Europe or the Eastern Mediterranean and could conceivably be grown in their current climate and fit the migration backstory of their civilisation. They thus lacked some of their favourites, such as potatoes, tomatoes, chocolate, and coffee, and a host of flavoursome spices, but they had everything they needed.

The farmers grow wheat and rye which they harvest, thresh, and winnow to produce straw, chaff, and grain. Some of the grain they retain for planting; the remainder is sold to a miller. The chaff gets sold to a feed, fertiliser, and animal bedding specialist. Similar processes apply to the barley, oats, and sorghum which they also grow. However, a good chunk of the resulting barley grain goes to the brewer, and they use a lot of the oats to bulk out livestock feed. Much of the straw is turned into bales, but some is used to grow mushrooms. Just as the farmers buy in the resulting improved feeds, fertiliser, and bedding, their fungi feed base is augmented by adding in the spent grain that is a byproduct of their brewing and fertiliser manufacturing processes. Sorghum they mainly turn into livestock feed and ethanol, but the fibrous stalks are invaluable for making brooms and brushes.

The farms also produce large quantities of crops that are primarily used to produce fibres and oils. Among these are flax, hemp, rape, nettles, sorghum, and poppies. Typically, these are harvested, retted, and scutched on site to produce bast fibres, seeds, and shives. The fibres are then turned into bales, and most is sold to their textile millers and weavers, of which they have a few because the demand for cloth is incessant. The seed goes to the miller to be cold pressed into oil. The shives and some of the bales are used to make paper. The remaining shives go into the manufacture of animal bedding.

Then there were root crops, which required a lot of labour and soil nutrients to produce but were important to grow on a somewhat larger scale than mere garden crops to provide raw material for several processes, for use in livestock feeds, and to bring variety and nutrients to their diet. In this category, they were cultivating beets, chard, carrots, leeks, onions, garlic, asparagus, chicory, lettuce, and cucumber.

Fruit farming occupied a similar position since almost all clan members were growing some as a garden crop and much was available in the wild. Nevertheless, there were things like apples, pears, raspberries, red, white, and blackcurrants, strawberries, blackberries, cherries, plums, and grapes that they had engineered and consumed on a fairly large scale. Hops also fell into this category.

The variants were not vegans. Although it was mainly oriented around the more expansive and less intensively cultivated hinterlands beyond the perimeter hedge, livestock and dairy farming was just as vital to their community as arable and fruit farming or market gardening. Aside from consuming the meat and dairy produce, they obviously needed things like collagen and bones as well as beasts of burden and transport. Over the course of the past century, their breeding programmes had produced domesticated strains of goats, sheep, cows, and pigs along with some more or less tame tame fowl that included species of ducks, geese, and pigeon. There were no chickens though.

The sheep and goats could be sheared annually to produce valuable wool. Along with some of their cows, they could also be milked regularly. The farmers themselves would then turn this into butter, yoghurt, and cheese on site. The animals that were not needed for either their breeding plans or for dairy were slaughtered. The hides would then be sold on to the team’s tanners while the blood and the carcass would be processed by their butcher. The efficiency with which the crew processed byproducts into livestock feed, combined with their crop rotation strategies and the abundance of pasture, meant that they could easily keep as many animals as they needed over winter.

Last, but by no means least, the farmers all have at least one hive of bees each which they keep in horizontal top-bar hives. Aside from the fact that the honey is obviously delicious to eat, it has several other uses, including in medicine, and the wax is valuable while the bees provide an essential pollination service.

After the farmers, the next most important primary sector role at Caer Hywen belonged to the foresters and woodcutters. They had about ten households dedicated to this task that were clustered in the northwest of the settlement where they could share service and storage buildings along with a wind-powered sawmill. As you might already have ascertained from the descriptions of their work above, they did far more than simply chop down trees.

Aside from activities such as regular coppicing for firewood or planting trees and felling timber for a host of purposes including construction and tool manufacture, they were actively creating and managing a range of environments much as the farmers were. Some of their introduced species were intolerant of the predominantly acidic soils of the region, so there were other regular jobs such as applying wood ash or burned lime to increase its pH levels. Regardless, the result of their activities was minimally processed timber that they sold on to individual households for firewood or secondary processors, including wood workers, the sawmill, or the charcoal maker.

Despite the presence of nearby building stone and ore, wood was the community’s most important fuel and material. The demand for it was incessant and they needed to range their activities over a wide area to satisfy it without undermining the sustainability of their sources. Some of the species they relied on required over a century to reach maturity, so their work demanded careful planning. Along with crops like wheat and their capacity to support livestock, the availability of sustainable sources of timber was one of key elements in determining the range of the community’s area of regular active cultivation, their subsequent perception of the territory to which they were laying claim, and a limiting factor on their potential for population growth.

Next up, of course, came the miners, quarrymen, and clay diggers. The demand for metal and stone was by no means constant and both resources were straightforward to recycle and reuse once extracted. However, it took a hell of a lot of work to do so in the first instance in each case. Moreover, these households were doing far more than merely hewing the ground with picks. In addition to having to prospect decent seams, they were doing a range of manufacturing and processing chores relating to their core specialism, including burning lime, making pozzolans, firing bricks or hempcrete blocks, and dressing stone. In total, there were around twenty households at Caer Hywen, situated in a cluster on the northeastern edge of the settlement centre, who were primarily devoted to this sphere of work. However, because processing stone and ore could generally wait, they were usually among the first people to down tools and help elsewhere whenever the need arose.

What we might call the community’s fishermen and women were another group that fell within what can be modelled as the primary sector of the economy. They had around four households who specialised in this area that were based in the southeast of the settlement around the system of wooden quays and piers that had been constructed in the sheltered head of the creek in what would later become the eastern side of Mount’s Bay in MOT.

These households have a couple of catamarans that provide a stable platform for fishing using either a net or rod, and they will go out several times a week whenever conditions permit. They also farm mussels and oysters and lay traps for lobster and crab. Some is sold fresh to market while much is then smoked, salted, or otherwise preserved for later sale. The seafood they harvest provides a supplement and variety to the diet, but they do not depend on it at Caer Hywen and the consumption of the flesh is among the lesser reasons for their jobs. The chandler will buy up things like fish guts or bones and the shells of crustaceans and bivalves while the tanners are keen to acquire the skins. All can be processed to make things that can only be done with these ingredients.

Even more important than the byproducts of their pisciculture was their responsibility for making salt and collecting kelp. Some of the latter was eaten, but most was sold to the crew’s fertiliser specialist. As for the former, it was obviously vital to everyone. They have a saltern facility just to the east of the isthmus where there is a shallow lagoon within the salt marsh in which the water is exceptionally saline, the sun having already evaporated much of the water. A small wind-powered water lifting device uses an Archimedes screw to take water from this to the saltern where it is reduced until the salt can be extracted and then dried.

Finally, there were the hunters and foragers. The community’s dependence on this kind of activity was by now practically non-existent. They only had a couple of households that did it more or less full time and their jobs might be more accurately described as scout and park ranger. Having a reasonably regular supply of things like venison, wild boar, elk, and aurochs was a luxury they saw no reason to forego, especially since they were creating particularly favourable habitats for some of these species that meant it was a good idea to have a bit of a cull occasionally. Similarly, certain types of wild berries and fungi were plentiful and there was little point cultivating them when a few individuals could just pop out occasionally and pick a load while they were also building or maintaining traps or hides. The small hunting team was also responsible for doing things like conducting controlled burnings to prevent game trails being swamped by pioneer species of trees and shrubs.

Around a third of the inhabitants of Caer Hywen were primarily engaged in activities that might be characterised as belonging to the secondary or even the tertiary sector. The variants working in these areas took the raw materials produced by the farmers, miners, fishers, and hunters and transformed them into processed and manufactured goods. One of the most important among these was the miller.

Currently, the settlement only needs one miller. Their household is located on the eastern edge of the central built-up area next to the farmlands and occupies an oversized plot that is required to safely house the wind-powered mill on-site. For a primitive machine, it is efficient and versatile and covers all of their needs concerning grinding, pressing, and cutting. In the (rare) absence of sufficient wind, it can be powered by horse or oxen.

The miller’s household buys wheat and rye grain from the farmers and turns them into flour and middlings which they then sell on to the baker, the butcher, and individual households. They also buy the seeds of flax, hemp, rape, and poppies (along with the wheat germ obtained from grinding flour) that they press into oil. There are several consumers for these products, in addition to individuals, among whom the most important are the chandler, the derwid, and the livestock feed maker.

Of comparable importance to the miller, occupying the first stage of processing in a vital production chain, are the tanners. There are around four households who primarily occupy themselves with this often somewhat unpleasant task. They obtain their hides and skins directly from the farmers, who slaughter livestock on site, and the fishing folk, along with bark from the woodcutting and foresting team, and transform them into prepared leather which they then sell on, mainly to the leatherworkers. Their houses are located to the east of the settlement centre where the prevailing winds blow away the pungent effects of their work. Several occupations that are water-intensive and produce pollution are located here. The sewerage system will clean this up before releasing it into the marsh at the far eastern side of Mount’s Bay.

A similarly vital group of water-intensive, polluting processors are the weavers. The preparation of cloth and thread can be a time-consuming job, so it is something that quite a few people will contribute their time to on a fairly regular basis. However, the settlement has four households who are specialists. They take the raw wool and fibre bales from the farmers and wash, card, comb, and dye it as necessary before spinning it into thread and yarn, some of which is woven into cloth.

Over on this slightly smelly side of town is also the butcher. Again, they only need one household on this who take the carcasses and blood from the farmers’ slaughterhouses, and fish from the fishermen, along with things like middlings from the miller, and turn them into a variety of things. The slaughter of livestock must be carefully coordinated because fresh prime cuts of meat cannot be kept for long, even though almost all residences have a decent cold store. The butcher is one of the main people responsible for preserving this food source and produces charcuterie and other preserved meat products. They also transform the less savoury parts of the animal into food for the working dogs and domesticated cats who have jobs to do. A lot of the remaining animal byproducts go to the chandler.

The other household on the east side of the town with the water and sewage intensive operations in that of the paper miller. They have yet another windmill which drives hammers to pound recycled rags and offcuts into a paper pulp ready for pressing and drying. They also tend to make ink from things like oak galls, charcoal or bone char, dyestuffs, tree sap, honey, and egg. It isn’t a life-or-death business for the variants: they can survive without paper and ink, but it is important both to the functioning of their society and their mission. Their resident derwids maintain records concerning a range of matters from the weather and harvests to financial transactions and have authored a good many books to serve as technical manuals, provide philosophical guidance, or excite the imagination. These are often vital to the education of their offspring and for supporting the non-variants who continue to live in the horizontals their substitution activity leaves behind.

Some of the cleaned bones that are left over from the butcher’s work go along with a lot of firewood to the team’s charcoal maker, who has his base of operations to the south of Plas Hywen behind the bathhouse, along with a few other “energy intensive” industries. They don’t use turf for this: the charcoal maker has an exceptionally efficient retort muffle oven which recycles and burns the combustion gases to create superb lumpwood charcoal and bone char. Bones are also burned in an oxygenated environment to create bone ash which the potters use to make chinaware. The fly ash created by these burns is captured and used by the miners and quarrymen for use as a pozzolan in the creation of hempcrete, while the coarser wood ash goes to the chandler.

The charcoal maker is joined in this part of town by a couple of forge households who do smelting and smithing of metals, a potter, and a glassworks. Metal is obviously very important at Caer Hywen, but they don’t have huge quantities of it: they have extracted more than they need over the years and continue to do so but most of the work is about re-forging and reworking, or repairing, existing tools.

The team has obtained small quantities of gold and silver over the years. This is mainly used in decorative architectural work, with the great hall having consumed many of their “luxury” resources over the past century. However, most of the adult variants, male and female, wear some jewellery which the smiths make when they do find precious metals. This being Cornwall though, most of their work involves copper and tin with some zinc, manganese, lead, lithium, and arsenic, which they forge into bronze, brass, and pewter, or use as fluxing agents. The resulting metals go almost exclusively into the manufacture of tools, weapons, and utensils.

The furnaces get used very regularly by the households of the potter and glassmaker. They make a lot of everyday items such as crockery and containers of various kinds from either ceramics or glass. Some of these pieces are very fine indeed since the quarrying team has access to several nearby sources of kaolin, which they use to make bone china, as well as quartz and manganese, which the glassblowers use to produce crystal glass. Inevitably, these ceramic and glass wares break regularly and need replacing. Not that the broken stuff gets wasted. The broken ceramics are bound into mosaic works, used in aggregate by the builders, or ground down for use as a drainage aid in soil. Old glass is used as a pozzolan.

Also located in what might be called “the fire quarter” is the household of the chandler. This is a catch-all term for the transformation of mainly agricultural commodities and animal byproducts into a range of extremely valuable items through grinding, mixing, and heating.

Among the chandler’s products are obviously things like wax candles, which are extremely useful even though they mainly use oil lamps with seed-based lamp oil at Caer Hywen. However, their main jobs are to make soap and sugar. In the former process, they transform the plentiful wood ash into lye which can then be used in conjunction with seed oil and optional fragrances and colouring agents to produce good quality soap. They make sugar from the beets produced by the farmers and the resulting pulp byproduct goes into livestock feeds. The chandlery also makes toothpaste, with the ground shells of mussels and oysters being among the key ingredients, in conjunction with various flavouring agents, and a variety of glues, cosmetics, dyes, and powders for a range of purposes.

There is some overlap in interests and techniques between the chandler and the brewer, vintner, and distiller who also runs the tavern and general social hang out at Caer Hywen. They brew a whole range of wines, beers, and spirits from fruits and grains. In a world in which they have to make all their own entertainment, these are understandably nice to have. However, they also make ethanol (mainly from sorghum), which has vital medical and first aid applications among other uses, and distilled essential oils, mainly for use as fragrances and flavourings.

On the west side of town are a few households that are primarily dedicated to a range of useful crafts, the products of which predominantly derive from agricultural commodities and timber where the required manufacturing processes are not heavily dependent on large volumes of either water or fire.

There are about three households here who are primarily devoted to leather work. They buy the tanned hides and fish skins from the tanners and turn them into a wide range of clothing, accessories, and other useful items. The community is not so specialised that they have separate saddlers, glovers, and cobblers, so these people also make things like tack and harnesses for horses and oxen, as well as shoes and gloves; basically, anything that involves shaping, cutting, and sewing leather.

A further three households are devoted to carpentry and woodworking. Much as the leather workers must encompass all aspects of their trade, their work might involve anything from making furniture, through building work, to finishing tools made by the smith, or forming wheels and barrels. Alongside them are another three households who form the backbone of a building and construction team. Both groups have a lot to do, and they are by no means the only people who spend time either building structures or working with wood: almost everyone in the community will do so on a reasonably regular basis. However, they are the ones who specialise and devote most time to it.

It’s a similar story for the one household that is currently dedicated to the craft of producing brooms, brushes, and baskets. There is an insatiable demand for these types of items which have a limited lifespan and typically see regular, hard usage. They take things like the sorghum stalks, bits of wood, willow lathes, hog bristles, and horsehair and turn them into a host of useful items. Again, a lot of people do a bit of this kind of thing, but you can’t have farmers and other key workers spending valuable time making their own toothbrushes, brooms, and log baskets. The same goes for clothes, so Caer Hywen also has a dedicated tailor in this quarter of town.

This brings us on finally to the household of the derwid. The “druid” at Caer Hywen is not some kind of weird priest or mystic. They have a lot of practical and important jobs to do. Moreover, at this point in time, they are the only one who maintains any kind of regular contact with Cassiel.

They do not yet have any significant requirements for policing or government, but it is still the responsibility of the derwid to convene administrative assemblies and record the law as they make it. They also serve as the community treasurer and accountant with responsibility for managing the books of their “bank”, in which the issuing and receipt of currency is recorded.

The derwid are also required to serve as teachers, imparting skills in reading, writing, and maths to their non-variant offspring between the ages of 6 and 12, and to further train their long-term replacement (they are currently onto their third generation of derwid). Regular measurements must be taken of things like temperature, rainfall, sea level, wind speed, tides, and the movements of the sun, moon, and stars.

Moreover, while the adult variants are exceptionally hardy and resilient, they are not immune to illness or accident and their children (and livestock) are susceptible to disease in the normal way. Whenever medical attention or surgery is required, it is the job of the derwid to provide it, as well as to prepare the tools and medicines necessary to fulfil this role. All their accrued knowledge must also be recorded and conveyed to others as appropriate.

On top of the demands of running a general practice, they had to function as biologists, chemists, physicists, and engineers. If there were to be any innovative new machines or devices introduced, or unusual architectural requirements to satisfy, it was the job of the derwid to produce the necessary designs and direct the work.

Last, and by no means least, the derwid are required to be performers. With their unsubstituted offspring present and non-variant adults in the abandoned horizontals, it is the derwid’s job to retell the myths and orchestrate the seasonal ceremonies that punctuate the year at Caer Hywen.

Being a derwid was a demanding job. The word basically meant “oak tree” in their language and the idea was very much along the lines that the derwid took nutrients from the putative roots of their culture and passing phenomena of the sky and nature to form a strong, binding structure for the community as a whole.

Fortunately, they didn’t have to do it alone. Aside from the fact that all the variants had a huge range of skills and knowledge, even if they weren’t currently all using them, a “household” in all the above only very rarely means a single nuclear family. While there would be a place of work that doubled up as a dwelling in most cases, it wasn’t necessarily the case that the partner of a derwid was also a derwid, or that that of a carpenter was also a carpenter. Not everyone was coupled up all the time, those that were often worked in places other than where their partner did, and jobs changed hands from family to family between generations. By “household” I mean a structure or collection of structures in which at least two more or less full-time workers are engaged in a particular activity, usually with one to two apprentices between the ages of 12 and 18 and/or a “light” or occasional worker, such as an elderly individual.

This brings us to the final place we need to visit at Caer Hywen: the nominal “place of work” for the druids or derwid, whatever we want to call them. Since its completion, schooling of the young has mostly begun to be undertaken in the great hall when either the topic or the weather conditions demand it be done indoors. However, the great hall is not the only impressive “public” work which the variants have built over the past century. Over on the mount is the base of operations for the derwid at Caer Hywen.

You proceed down the hill past the fishing households, out of town by the south gate, and through the marshy alder and willow carr that grows on the isthmus. Where the ground begins to broaden and rise, the swamp mists and trees start to clear after you pass through a kind of living archway, and you will see that they have turned the tip of the isthmus into a kind of woodland park and rockery garden. Plant species that can handle the acidic soils and saline conditions of the promontory cover the craggy exposed rocks. Four good sized clearings have been made in the woods that are sewn with grasses and wildflowers. It is in these places that they hold their seasonal ceremonies and, if you look from the air, you would see that they are arranged in a semi-circle at regular intervals in front of the mount.

Paths lead between and through these clearings up to the top of the mount where there is a collection of stone-built structures set within a fairly substantial wall. Right at the top, above everything else on the southern side of the crest, is a circular space in which the stone pavement is inscribed with a series of elliptic lines and glyphs inlaid with bronze that indicate the hours of the day and days of the year. In front of these lines on the southern side of the ring is a large slate gnomon; behind them at the northern zenith is a pedestal on which is set a large, ornate bronze armillary sundial constructed of rings within rings.

Just beyond these open-air sundials, set on the northern edge of the plaza, is a windowless, drum-like, stone building standing about 40 feet tall and 20 feet in diameter with a single door at the foot of the building on the south side. Although difficult to make out in the darkness of the interior, the white plastered walls are also inscribed with elliptic lines, but inlaid this time in gold and silver. Although it is almost impossible to discern from the ground, the south face of the tower has a kind of dish-like depression in the stonework at the centre of which is set a pinhole gnomon and a series of quartz prisms that project an image of the sun surrounded by rainbows into the dimly lit interior that pinpoints the time and date on the north wall. If you turn around, you will see that camera obscura techniques are also used in the north face of the tower to project a panoramic image of Caer Hywen around the south side of the interior.

Arrayed around the rest of the plaza to the northeast and northwest, in a manner that is largely dictated by the demands of the rugged site, are a couple of rather more conventional rectilinear structures. One of these is a large two-storey structure in which the ground floor has slatted windows, a bit like Venetian blinds, to block out direct sunlight. The upper storey is a timber framed affair that offers considerably more generous lighting conditions. This building serves as a kind of records office and library for the collection of works on paper that the team have written over the past century. The other building is rather more barn-like and provides a simple covered space for use by the derwid as a kind of lab or workshop. It also sees regular service as a second classroom.

As you can no doubt tell, the variants have been keeping themselves busy. However, they have by no means been overworking themselves. Once weekends and festivals are accounted for, they only really work for two thirds of the year at most. Moreover, they don’t aim to produce much more than they need, so it is often unnecessary to do anything in particular and time can be devoted to labours of love. Additionally, there are some days when the winds are pounding in from the southwest and the rain is hammering against the shutters when the only thing many of them can do is batten down the hatches and hunker up in the tavern. By modern standards, productivity is really very low at Caer Hywen. Even where they do spend long hours on particular aspects of their work, it is not alienated labour and there are many aspects of it which they find satisfying.

There have been some tough times when the natural world had thrown up challenges that, even with advance warning, were not easy to deal with. In some horizontals, they had experienced sequential years of multiple crop failure, or times when previously unknown diseases and viral strains had afflicted people or livestock, sometimes almost wiping them out in the process. However, by the time it came to deal with these problems on the diagonal, the crew had usually managed to find solutions, even if it had occasionally required Cassiel’s analytical abilities to do so.

Most of the time though, the climate was good, food was abundant, and they had plenty of spare time on their hands to enjoy themselves. It was sometimes a relief not to have non-variant shit to deal with, beyond the usual trials of children. You could just gather at the pub between your first and second sleep to gaze up at the thick blanket of stars in the clear summer night sky and think about all that had happened over the years. On the other hand, they missed non-variants. It was less fun playing the game on your own.

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Two 12-year-old boys charged with murder and possessing a machete have appeared before a Crown Court judge and been remanded into youth detention until next year.

The youths, who cannot be named because of their age, made a nine-minute appearance at Wolverhampton Crown Court on Monday, charged with the murder of Shawn Seesahai.

Mr Seesahai, aged 19, was pronounced dead at the scene on Monday November 13, after being found stabbed on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park, Wolverhampton.

The boys spoke only to confirm their names and dates of birth during their appearance before Judge Michael Chambers KC, the Recorder of Wolverhampton.

After referring to the boys by their first names only, the judge set the date of a plea and trial preparation hearing for January 5 next year.

Addressing the defendants at the conclusion of the hearing, the judge said: “Can you both remain seated.

“The next thing which will happen is that there will be another court hearing at the beginning of January when you will both be asked whether you admit or deny the charges.

“You will be given every opportunity to have proper advice and consider the evidence that is said to be against you.

“In the meantime you must remain in detention accommodation.”

As well as a count of murder, the boys face a second charge alleging they were in possession of “an article which had a blade or was sharply-pointed, namely a machete” without lawful authority.

Ambulance crews were called to land off Laburnum Road, East Park, at 8.41pm on November 13.

Crews arrived to find Mr Seesahai in a critical condition and began administering advanced life support, but he was confirmed dead at the scene.

Mr Seesahai’s mother said in a statement previously released through police: “Shawn Seesahai was a courageous, compassionate and confident young soul who sadly lost his life at the age of 19.

“We will always have him in our hearts.”

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Buying Luxury Property for Investment? A Complete Guide

An investment in a luxury property can offer you benefits like an opportunity to experience an affluent lifestyle and a considerable return on your investment. However, a wrong choice of a luxury real estate property can substantially waste your investment and present several other drawbacks. The corresponding risks can be alleviated by conducting an intensive evaluation of key factors before purchasing a Luxury Property in Gurugram. So, let’s go through the following section that discusses the tips for Investing in Luxury Real Estate.

1) The choice of prime location:

With the growth of social infrastructure and improvement in connectivity, an area becomes more accessible. It leads to a rising demand for houses. If you aim to invest in one of the best luxury properties in Gurugram and if your budget allows then it is advisable to choose a prime location.

If you want to invest in upcoming localities, you must consider a development time horizon of 3-5 years. The reason is this provides sufficient time for market conditions to improve and new opportunities to surface. Make sure to invest well before the development of a luxury property is completed in a prime location and before its price increases. Otherwise, you can’t get considerable returns.

2) The developer’s brand value:

In addition to location, the developer’s credibility is also a vital factor to consider when investing in a luxury property. You must conduct thorough diligence and comprehensively research the developer’s background and reputation in the market. Furthermore, you can track a developer’s record of working on high-quality projects within stipulated timeframes. Availing of service from Laburnum Developers can ensure the reliability of your investment.

3) Find a suitable agent

Along with selecting a reliable real estate developer like Laburnum Developers , it is equally important to find a suitable agent that fulfills your needs. Several estate agents specialize in high-value properties. They can help you to find the most suitable luxury property meeting your expectations and budget. Hence, make sure to find an agent that has a reliable track record, decent reputation, and access to the best listings on the market. 

4) Legal Compliance

It is important to guarantee that the luxury property is in compliance with all essential regulations and has acquired the necessary approvals. After you have finalized a luxury real estate builder in Gurugram and an agent, you must inquire about the land titles, building permits, environmental regulations, and zoning before buying a luxury property. Not complying with these regulations can lead to consequences like legal action and/or demolition.

5) Maintenance and Management Services

Usually, luxury properties need specialized maintenance and management services. You must consider the facilities management’s availability before buying a luxury property. Services like landscaping, cleaning, and repairs can be time-consuming and expensive. So, it is vital to ascertain whether your chosen luxury property or builder floor in Gurgaon has an efficient and reliable management company.

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Silverglades Hightown Residences Luxury Apartments in Gurgaon

Silverglades Hightown Residences luxurious residential flats in Gurugram are one of the best properties for investment purposes. Silverglades Hightown Residences Sector 28 offers two types of residential apartments 3bhk and 4bhk configuration. And some of the various factors which make Silverglades Hightown best property are:-

1. Prime Location: Silverglades Hightown Residential property is located in Gurgaon's Sector 28, Sushant Lok Phase-1, a sought-after area with strategic connectivity to major business hubs and recreational centers.

2. Luxury Apartments: Two types of luxury apartments, 3BHK and 4BHK units, thoughtfully designed with modern architecture, ample space, and ventilation.

3. Array of Amenities: Silverglades Hightown Residences Gurugram Residents enjoy access to a well-equipped gymnasium, lush green gardens, jogging tracks, a swimming pool, and dedicated play areas for children, enhancing the living experience.

4. High-end Facilities: Silverglades Hightown Residences interiors of the apartments are crafted with premium fittings and finishes, offering a touch of elegance, and spacious balconies provide a scenic view of the surroundings.

5. 24/7 Security: The property is secured with 24/7 surveillance, providing peace of mind to the residents.

6. Pricing Options: Silverglades Hightown Residences Price range from 4.94Cr to 7.59Cr, catering to various budgets, while justifying the high-end amenities and facilities provided.

7. Ideal Residential Destination: Suitable for families, working professionals, and individuals looking for a premium lifestyle with a blend of comfort and elegance.

8. Well-developed Locality: Silverglades Hightown Residences Sushant Lok Phase 1 offers a plethora of amenities and services nearby, making it a highly desirable location.

9. Scenic Retreat: The property's location and design provide a serene retreat after a long day.

10. Top Pick for Residential Purposes: Silverglades Hightown Residences Luxury flats stands out as an attractive choice due to its prime location, luxurious apartments, and top-notch amenities, offering an unmatched living experience.

About builders:

 Silverglades Builders is a renowned real estate developer established in 1988 with a legacy of introducing lifestyle innovations in India.

The company is led by Mr. Pradeep Jain and is dedicated to providing the finest living experiences in the Indian real estate market.

They have undertaken a diverse range of projects, showcasing their commitment to excellence and delivering unparalleled quality and value.

Silverglades Builders has been a pioneer in the industry, introducing India's first international standard Golf Course and luxury condominiums in Gurugram.

Their dedication to innovation and excellence has earned them prestigious awards and recognition.

 Notable projects by Silverglades Builders include TARUDHAN VALLEY GOLF RESORT, THE IVY, THE PEACH TREE, MERCHANT PLAZA, and THE LABURNUM, all designed to provide exceptional facilities and comfort to residents.

The company puts residents' needs first and pays utmost attention to detail in planning and execution.

Their track record in delivering superior-quality living spaces speaks for itself.

Silverglades Hightown Residences is another example of their pursuit of excellence, offering opulence and tranquility in picturesque surroundings.

Over the last three decades, the company has shown an unwavering commitment to delivering excellence in the real estate sector.

Their focus on innovation, cutting-edge technology, and meticulous craftsmanship has redefined luxury living in India.

The company continues to be a trusted name in the real estate landscape, with a promise to deliver the finest living experiences for years to come.

Highlights of Silverglades Hightown Residences 

Hightown Residences stands as the epitome of future-ready homes, where every detail has been meticulously crafted to offer ease and comfort at every step of living. The highlights of these luxurious residences include:

1. Air-Conditioned Lobbies: Upon entering Hightown Residences, residents are greeted with air-conditioned lobbies, providing a refreshing and comfortable atmosphere right from the moment they step inside.

2. High-Speed Elevators: Moving within the premises is a breeze with high-speed elevators, ensuring quick and efficient transportation between floors.

3. Higher Ceiling Height: The residences boast higher ceiling heights, creating a sense of spaciousness and grandeur, and enhancing the overall living experience.

4. Pre-wired TV & Wi-Fi Internet: Embracing modern technology, the homes come equipped with pre-wired TV and Wi-Fi internet connections, ensuring seamless connectivity for all residents.

5. Intercom Facility: A convenient intercom facility is in place, allowing easy and direct communication within the complex, and enhancing security and accessibility.

6. Piped Gas Provision: The provision of piped gas ensures a safe and hassle-free cooking experience for the residents, eliminating the need for conventional gas cylinders.

7. Hydro-Pneumatic Water Pressure Systems: Residents can enjoy consistent water pressure with hydro-pneumatic systems, ensuring a steady and comfortable water supply throughout the day.

8. Disability Access - Braille Signs: Ensuring inclusivity, the residences feature disability access and Braille signs, making it more accessible and friendly for differently-abled residents.

9. Driver Waiting for Area: For the convenience of residents with drivers, a dedicated waiting area is provided, ensuring a hassle-free experience for both residents and drivers.

10. Car Wash Area: Residents can keep their vehicles in pristine condition with the dedicated car wash area, adding to the overall maintenance and convenience.

11. Pet-Friendly Zones: Acknowledging the importance of furry companions, Hightown Residences offers pet-friendly zones, providing a safe and enjoyable environment for pets and their owners.

Hightown Residences have been designed to anticipate and meet the needs of modern living. From luxurious amenities to thoughtful accessibility features, residents can enjoy a truly comfortable and convenient lifestyle in these future-ready homes.

Floor plan and price of Silverglades 3 bhk and 4 bhk flats:

Silverglades Hightown Residences Floor plan offers a variety of luxurious living options, with their 3 bhk flats available in three distinct types, each catering to different preferences and requirements. These 3BHK apartments come in varying sizes and price ranges, ensuring that prospective buyers have the flexibility to choose a home that best suits their needs and budget. Additionally, the 4BHK apartments stand out as the most spacious and elegant among the high-rise residences. These grand living spaces exude sophistication and provide ample room for families to indulge in comfort and luxury. With thoughtful design and attention to detail, the 4BHK apartments represent modern living at its finest. The following table consists price and size range of these luxury apartments.

Apartment Type

Size (sq. ft.)

Price (Crores)

3BHK (Type A)

2150

4.94

3BHK (Type B)

2150

4.94

3BHK (Type C)

2500

5.75

4BHK

3300

7.59

For more details contact us at +91-8920929372 and Check out our website.

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5 things you should know about buying a builder's floor in Gurgaon

Here are 5 things you should know about buying a builder's floor in Gurgaon:

Location: The location of the builder floor is an essential factor to consider, as it will impact the value of your investment and your daily life. Consider factors such as proximity to your workplace, schools, hospitals, markets, and other amenities.

Builder reputation: Make sure you research the builder's reputation and track record. Look for a builder with a good reputation for quality construction and timely delivery.

Floor plan: Make sure the floor plan meets your needs and provides enough space for your family. Consider the number of bedrooms, bathrooms, living areas, and other amenities.

Amenities: Look for a builder floor that offers a range of amenities such as a gym, swimming pool, clubhouse, and other recreational facilities. These amenities can add value to your property and make your life more comfortable.

Price and budget: Consider your budget and make sure the builder floor fits within your price range. Also, be aware of any hidden costs like maintenance fees, property taxes, and other expenses.

Buying a builder's floor can be a great way to own your own home in Gurgaon. However, it is important to do your research and make sure you are getting a good deal. By following these tips, you can increase your chances of making a wise investment.

Laburnum Developers is one of the most reputed real estate developers in Gurgaon. They have been in business for over a decade and have a proven track record of delivering quality projects on time and within budget. Laburnum Developers is known for their luxurious builder floors, which are designed to offer the best possible living experience. Their projects are located in prime locations in Gurgaon, and they offer a wide range of amenities to their residents.

If you are looking for a luxurious builder's floor in Gurgaon, Laburnum Developers is a great option. They have a wide range of projects to choose from, and they offer excellent quality, location, amenities, and customer service.

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Advantages of buy property in Gurgaon by Laburnum Developers

What is builder floor In Gurgaon?

A builder floor in Gurgaon is an apartment building constructed by a builder on his own land. The builder sells individual floors or apartments to buyers. The advantage of a builder floor over an apartment in a multi-storeyed building is that the buyers get a chance to customize their interiors according to their requirements.

Builder floors have become a popular option for home buyers in Gurgaon as they offer a more affordable option as compared to apartments in high-rise buildings. These floors are also preferred by those who are looking for a more independent and private living space.

There are a number of builder floors available in Gurgaon, ranging from small to large, and from simple to luxurious. buyers can choose from a wide range of options depending on their budget and requirements.

Builder floors are a good option for those who are looking for a private living space in Gurgaon.

Advantages of buy property in gurgaon by Laburnum Developers

The real estate market in Gurgaon has been on a roll in the recent past with the demand for residential properties increasing manifold. The city has witnessed a huge infrastructural development with the construction of several new residential and commercial complexes. This has resulted in the city becoming one of the most preferred destinations for property buyers and investors.

One of the major advantages of buying property in Gurgaon is the presence of well-known builders and developers who have launched several new residential projects in the city. These builders have come up with a number of innovative ideas and concepts that have made Gurgaon one of the most sought-after real estate destinations in the country.

Some of the well-known builders who have launched their projects in Gurgaon include Laburnum Developers. These builders have a good track record of delivering quality projects and have vast experience in the real estate industry. They have been able to meet the expectations of their customers and have delivered some of the most iconic projects in Gurgaon.

Another advantage of buying property in Gurgaon is the presence of a number of reputed schools and colleges. The city has a number of schools that are affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE). These schools offer quality education and have a good infrastructure.

The city also has a number of colleges that offer degree and diploma courses in various disciplines. Some of the well-known colleges in Gurgaon include the Delhi Institute of Technology, the National Institute of Technology, and the Institute of Management Technology.

Gurgaon is also home to a number of shopping malls and multiplexes. These malls offer a world-class shopping experience and are equipped with all the modern amenities. Some of the popular shopping malls in Gurgaon include the DLF Mall of India, the Emporio Mall, and the Select Citywalk.

The city also has a number of hospitals that offer quality healthcare facilities. Some of the popular hospitals in Gurgaon include the Artemis Hospital, the Medanta Medicity, and the Fortis Hospital.

Difference between apartments and builder floor

An apartment is a self-contained housing unit that occupies only part of a building. Apartments are usually owned by an individual or family, and they occupy one or more floors of a larger building. A builder floor is a type of apartment that is popular in India. Builder floors are similar to apartments, but they are usually only one or two stories tall and they are typically owned by a single family. Builder floors often have their own entrance and they may have a small yard or garden.

Buy 3 BHK in gurgaon by Laburnum Developers

Laburnum Developers is a renowned name in the field of real estate development in Gurgaon. The company has been in the business for over a decade and has completed many successful projects. The project is a residential one and offers 3 BHK flats in Gurgaon. The flats are spacious and well-lit and have all the modern amenities that one would need. The project is located in a prime location in Gurgaon and is close to all the major amenities.