A. P. Hardware

We are tucked away in Kela Nagar, right inside the Fatima Compound. The shop is at No. 4/175 A. It is a hardware store, plain and simple. We have buckets full of nails and rows of hand tools. The air inside always smells like metal and machine oil. We have been in this compound for many years. People usually come in with a broken metal part and ask if we have something that matches. We usually have it somewhere. We spend a lot of our time organizing the small stuff like washers and nuts. It is very easy to lose a specific screw in a place like this. We do not have any air conditioning, just a small fan that clicks. It gets very hot in the afternoons. Most of our customers are neighbors or local builders who need something fast. We do not do any fancy advertisements. The sign hanging outside is just hand-painted. We just focus on keeping the stock full so we don't run out. If someone needs a new hammer or some cans of paint, we help them find it. Kela Nagar is a decent place to work. We know most of the people who walk through the door by their first names. It is a real community thing. A. P. Hardware is just a small shop doing its part for the local area. We are not looking to expand into a chain. We like it just the way it is. Simple and useful.