I came across these photos years ago but when I searched the blog I realized I had only shared a couple of them. Below are some photos of a home taken by a family who used to live in Ahmadi back in the early 60s.
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17 replies on “Ahmadi Houses 1961-1963”
Those houses are still pretty much exactly the same. I live in one 🙂 . Obviously newer on the inside.
can you provide us with floorplan / rooms and area of the houses ?
im interested in making similar design for ahmadi houses in my land
That is so cool. I wonder how it must have felt for them to live in Kuwait in those houses
They must’ve been burning up having a fireplace inside
Beautiful post by admin.I remember by childhood when i used to go to ahmadi to play cricket … i always felt im somewhere in england’s countryside.Diffrent feeling and envirement and its still same .. i like the place.
We had actual cold winters back then, from early November to late March
The fireplaces were gas and only used during the early morning. Huge air conditioners were manufactured in Sweden I think.
I feel so blessed to have lived 28 years of my life in the most wonderful place in Kuwait.
Trees, pets, sports, activities, and did I mention the trees.
Gosh .. I love Ahmadi <3
Cute pupper!
Fascinatingly the furniture designs are so much like the latest ones in demand!!
Lovely memories. We grew up in one. A whole 17years 80s and 90s Best childhood memories in the garden with animals (we had a zoo!) and the neighbourhood was so close and connected.
The house shown was known as a KS 3..for Kuwait Staff of the Oil Company…they were very comfortable to live in…It was strange as the company supplied the furniture and crockery etc…so when you visited others it was very similar to your own home…
Sorry but I feel like we’ve regressed.
I was at your home.nice memories Mel.
When my father worked for KOC my mother didn’t like the Ahmadi houses so we lived in a complex in Fintas. I remember feeling envious of my friends who lived there 🙈🙈
what were the rents for places like this ?
My parents lived in one of those houses and liked it. One especially clever aspect in design was the central air-condition plant that distributed chilled brine to the houses. There was no noise from a compressor, and you barely heard the fan. A superior set-up.