They can live in large, multi-storey houses, or own dwellings based on the premise of a kind of holiday home.

Dudley and Muriel Rush own and live in a multi-storey house, of which the ground floor has been converted into a flat.

The important structures built in Kathmandu during this period were the Kasthamandap, amidst temples and narrow streets lined with multi-storey houses around the Durbar Square, with the old royal palace complex occupying the center stage.

The two most famous ones are the 'Oparara Arch', large enough for a multi-storey house, and the 'Moria Gate Arch', which is smaller in height (various other places in the area also have The Lord of the Rings-inspired names).