Bhandari Metal House

Our place is at No. V-49/1 on Malavalli Rama Rao Lane, right off Sjp Road. If you’re familiar with the markets in this area, you know it’s a maze of hardware and metal shops. We’ve been part of this street for quite a while, and the building we’re in has seen a lot of history. Bhandari Metal House is basically just a big room filled with all sorts of metal supplies. We don't have fancy displays or anything like that. Everything is just kept in bins or leaning against the walls where we can reach it. It gets very busy in the mornings. The trucks arrive and we have to move everything inside quickly. We don't want the lane getting blocked. The noise of the city is always there in the background, but we’ve gotten used to it. We don't spend money on big ads because people in this market talk to each other and that’s usually enough. Folks come to us because they know we’ve been here for a long time and we usually have what they’re looking for. Sometimes the rain leaks in a little near the back door, so we have to move the stock around. It’s just one of those things you deal with when you’ve been in an old building for years. We’re just regular people trying to make a living and help out the folks who come through our door every day. It’s not glamorous, but it’s our life.