Candy building

I am walking some where near ECR, with a nice DSLR.. which i have no idea why and what for.. all of a sudden i come accross buildings in nice Bright candy colours, from white, baby pink, shades of bright yellow... which even though is too bright, was nice to look at .... i went and asked an old lady did they pay for it on their own, for the paint job... the old lady replied " no they did it to us". who is that they... ? well i should ve know if i was awake in dream a bit longer..