Mumbai: India's sexiest woman Katrina Kaif will be celebrating her 28th birthday today (July 16) by renovating her Bandra pad, media reports say.
Katrina, who has rejected several bungalows and plush apartments, has decided to redo her apartment instead, says a Mumbai Mirror report.
With her top floor flat in Guldev Sagar on Waterfield Road, Bandra, suffering from serious seepage problem during the monsoon, Katrina is now redoing her flat with vans offloading tiles, marblem, granite and other building material for the past few days, the report said.
"I am renovating my house. That involves almost everything - the floor, upholstery, curtains, wall paint, almost everything", Katrina told Mumbai Mirror.
Katrina has entrusted the job to one Soni Tanna, a professional interior designer and a family friend, whom she knows since the last six years.
And unlike most other actors who shift to five-star hotels in the neighbourhood during such times, Katrina has no such immediate plans.
She will continue to stay in Guldev Sagar, where work gains momentum later this week.
"The water leakage problem which I faced over the years has been solved. The apartment has been water-proofed", she said.
Katrina has been houehunting since June last year. She had earlier told a section of the media that she always wanted a sea-facing house.
"It's been one of my dreams to own a flat overlooking the sea. I want something a bit more secluded and private", she had said at the time.
Katrina did check out quite a few flats in the past 18 months or so, mostly in Bandra at Carter Road and in the Pali Hill area, and even some plots in Juhu Scheme where she was planning to build a bungalow.
But she has now changed her mind. "No new house for now, at least for sometime", she replied.
In reality, says the report, Katrina abandoned her house-hunting spree because the flats she saw in Bandra did not meet her expectations. And as far as the Juhu bungalow is concerned, she dropped the idea as that neighbourhood has been plagued with water problems for the last eight months.
"Moreover, there is also the paucity of time. I have still to shoot for Yashji's film. Then I start with Dhoom 3. I cannot devote any more time to shortlisting homes", says Katrina.
On her birthday celebrations, the actor said : "I haven't decided what I'll do but I'll go out somewhere for sure"
