My name is Pervais Gul. I was born in Bradford. I work at the Pakistani Cultural Centre in Bradford. I speak English and Pashto.

My mum and dad were born in Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan.

It cost over £20,000 to get the house how I wanted it

They moved to this country in 1965 and bought number two St Augustine's Terrace.

We (as a family) recently bought two other properties. My sister bought number one, St Augustine's Terrace and I bought number three, St Augustine's Terrace in 2001. So we now own three houses in the same street.

First Asians on street

We were the first Asians on this street. Now there are seven houses on the street owned by Asians.

If I won the lottery I would probably end up buying the whole street. I would try to pay them all off.

It's such a nice area we have no problems here and the people on the street are so nice. We've been living here since the 1960's and there's never been any problems.

Even if I was offered Buckingham Palace I wouldn't take it. I wouldn't swap anything for where I'm living now.

Tour of house

I would now like to take you on a tour round my house.

The sitting room looks traditionally English "it's a bit like the Bronte Parsonage," says Pervais.

First there's the sitting room with sofas and an old fireplace. It's not like any typical Asian house. It's got a different blend.

I actually set out to create a Pakistani/British house. It's a multicultural house.

The next room is the living room. I've tried to make the light in here a bit different. I like my plants ... and the curtains.

The kitchen is a bit small. If you look at it there's the normal washing machine and fridge but I thought to myself if you go to Pakistan you will see chapati bowl so I thought I would put one on top of the cooker to make it a bit different.

Gas cooker with chapati bowl decoration

If you look on the wall you will see another chapati bowl. I thought I would throw that in ... to give a Lahore feel.

A British Pakistani house

There are rooms upstairs. The first room - if you look at it - it's not like any typical Asian house. It's more like being in a white person's house. If you look at the wallpaper - it's lilac.

If you went into any Asian house you wouldn't be able to see this. All you see on their wallpaper is flowered patterns very rarely do any Asian houses have plain wallpaper. It's not a typical house, it's a British Pakistani house.

Plain wallpaper plus highly decorated bedcovers from Pakistan

Up in the attic it's completely different from the rooms downstairs. I consider this to be a room where you can sit down if you've had a hard day and you want to relax.

Obviously the bed is a bonus. The bedcovers are hand stitched and from Pakistan. There is another small room. Looking at the view outside you can see a lot of Bradford.

My mum comes in here maybe once or twice a week to maintain it. I mostly live with her at number two St Austine's Terrace.

The bed in the attic has never been slept in

I come here mostly at the weekend with friends to watch DVD's or listen to music.

Even if I was to get married I would probably be able to survive at number two for a few years but my long term plan is to move into number three. I would say that's a long way off yet, I wouldn't say it's forthcoming.