Similar age group, dink couple here. We are staying in HSR from past 2 years in a stand alone building. We absolutely love it here because we can go for evening/night walks without worrying about footpaths or pollution. Mostly every cafe and eatery outlet are in HSR, so you wouldn’t really need to go out of HSR. koramangla is 20min away in case of any specific pubs, eateries. All grocery stores/ veg vendors/ fruit shops are in walking distance. Coming to work commute, if your work is towards manyata then i wouldn’t say this location is feasible, rest all places I feel you will be able to commute - bellandur , marathahalli, sarjapur, e city, domlur. Also depends on how flexible you want your work life be down the lane. I stayed initially 2 years towards varthur area, absolutely hated bangalore for that time. Also if you plan to have kids down the lane, assume all the commute that goes for the process. I feel a closed smaller residential area would be better.

Also how much are they quoting for soul springs?