Ajmera Stone Park

Ajmera Stone Park stands inside Electronic City, the technology park on the southern edge of Bengaluru. The developer has not published a street, a pincode or a landmark for the plot, so ask the sales team for the exact location and a survey number before you set out. Do not rely on a pin someone sends over chat; get it in writing.

What living inside the park changes is the commute. If your office is in one of the Electronic City phases, the daily journey can be short enough to walk part of it or to cover in a few minutes by two-wheeler. If you work elsewhere in the city, the elevated stretch of Hosur Road towards Silk Board is the route most residents use. Time it at your own start hour rather than trusting a brochure.

Schools, hospitals, supermarkets and malls have grown up around the park over the years, so day-to-day errands do not need a long drive. Before you decide, spend an evening in the area. Check the approach road to the plot and see how the traffic behaves at the nearest junction. Ask current residents how long the school run and the grocery trip take.

Ajmera Stone Park offers three layouts, all quoted as built-up area. The two-bedroom flat is about 1,140 sq ft. The two-and-a-half-bedroom home is about 1,350 sq ft, with one listing showing a range of 1,350 to 1,370 sq ft, so ask which figure applies to the unit you are shown. The three-bedroom flat is about 1,540 sq ft. Carpet areas have not been published; ask for them, because the gap between built-up and carpet tells you how much of the price goes on common space.

Prices for every type are on request, and no per-sq-ft rate has been published, so no arithmetic is possible here. Ask for a rate card that names the unit, its floor and its facing. Two flats of the same size can differ in price by floor, view and corner position, so a single starting figure will not be enough to compare.

On a completed home with an occupancy certificate there is no GST to pay. Stamp duty and registration in Karnataka apply on the sale consideration regardless. Ask for a cost sheet that shows:

• Base price and the area it is charged on
• Floor-rise or facing premium, if any
• Car parking, and how many bays are included
• Clubhouse membership and maintenance deposit
• Khata transfer and other legal charges
• Stamp duty and registration on the full value

Ajmera Stone Park has no RERA registration number published by the developer for this project. Ask Ajmera Group for it and look it up on the Karnataka RERA website (rera.karnataka.gov.in). If the project was completed before RERA took effect, there may be no entry, and the plan sanction and occupancy certificate become the documents that carry the weight. The developer describes the project as approved by BBMP or BDA; ask which authority sanctioned the plan and take a copy.

Because the homes are finished, you are buying a completed unit, not a promise. Before paying a booking amount, ask for:

• The occupancy certificate for your block
• The sanctioned building plan with your unit marked
• The khata for the property and the latest property tax receipt
• Title documents for the 3.5 acres and an up-to-date encumbrance certificate
• A draft sale deed, since a finished home registers on a sale deed
• The association's rules and the current maintenance charge

If you are buying from an existing owner rather than the developer, also check that the seller's name appears on the sale deed and the khata, and that no loan is still charged on the flat. At registration, take the sale deed and then move the khata into your name.

Ajmera Stone Park covers 3.5 acres, and since the project is complete you can walk the grounds instead of reading a drawing. The developer has not published the number of blocks, the floors per block or the share of land kept open. Look at how the buildings are spaced, where the clubhouse and pool are placed, and how far your block is from the gate. Any renders you are shown are as planned by the developer; the built layout is what counts now.

A morning here can begin in the gymnasium or the meditation hall, followed by a swim. The clubhouse also has a jacuzzi with a steam room and a sauna, plus health facilities, so a weekend does not need to leave the gate. Children get their own play area, and older parents have a senior citizen park with seating away from the play zone.

Evenings tend to gather on the badminton court or in the indoor games room, and family functions go to the party area. Landscaped gardens run between the blocks for walks. Because the amenities are already built, ask to see them in use, check how well they have been maintained, and find out the monthly maintenance charge and who runs the association.