India, Jan. 19 -- As property prices rise across East Bengaluru, a growing number of homebuyers are raising concerns over what they describe as 'pigeon-hole' 2 BHK apartments, homes that offer expansive open spaces and amenities on the outside but cramped, poorly designed interiors within. A Reddit thread has highlighted the struggles of first-time buyers and tenants who say shrinking room sizes are making homes increasingly unlivable despite crore-plus price tags, prompting a broader question: Is Bengaluru going the Mumbai way?

Unlike Mumbai, buyers argue this trend is not driven by land scarcity but by deliberate design choices. In 2025, Bengaluru homebuyers received noticeably smaller apartments as developers reduced carpet areas to m...