It measures just six meters square and is pretty untidy. There is a rolled plastic mat in the corner beside some mosquito repellant. In front of the door, plastic sandals sit on a makeshift doormat. Towel, trousers and shirts hang on a piece of thread, crowding the space that serves as guestroom. Two other rooms, about the same size, function as bedroom and kitchen.

This small house in a small alley in the Ampera area of South Jakarta, is reall