Alliance Villa Belvedere Plots

Alliance Villa Belvedere Plots lies in Vallam village, on the 200 ft Road that locals call Kottamedu Road, close to the Vallakottai Murugan Temple. The layout fronts the 200 ft Sriperumbudur to Oragadam main road, and the pincode is 631604. Other distances have not been published, so none are quoted here.

For someone who works in the Oragadam or Sriperumbudur area, this address can make for a short daily drive on a wide road. If your office is in the city, the journey is a different matter, so drive it at your usual hour before you decide. Try the return trip in the evening as well.

A wide main road brings heavy vehicles, so plots near the entrance will hear more traffic than those deep inside. Walk the internal roads, which are 40 ft and 60 ft wide, and see which plots face a park or a corner. Look for the nearest shops, pharmacy, school and clinic on your own route. If you plan to build soon, ask existing owners how long their water and power connections took to arrive.

Alliance Villa Belvedere Plots sells land, and the house is yours to design. The five plot sizes and their published starting prices are:

• 20x30 ft, about 600 sq ft: from Rs. 13 Lakhs
• 20x32 ft, about 640 sq ft: from Rs. 14 Lakhs
• 30x50 ft, about 1,500 sq ft: from Rs. 33 Lakhs
• 30x60 ft, about 1,800 sq ft: from Rs. 40 Lakhs
• 40x60 ft, about 2,400 sq ft: from Rs. 54 Lakhs

That is about Rs. 2,200 to Rs. 2,250 per sq ft for every size. No GST applies to the land; stamp duty and registration are always payable. What you can build depends on the local body's rules on boundary gaps and height, so have an architect check your plot before you pay.

Ask for a cost sheet that sets out:

• The plot number, dimensions and road width in front
• Any premium for a corner, park-facing or 60 ft road plot
• Clubhouse membership and maintenance charges
• Stamp duty and registration on the full value

Alliance Villa Belvedere Plots lists no RERA number for this layout so far. Ask the developer or the seller whether one exists and check it on the TNRERA portal of Tamil Nadu. For a plot layout finished in 2014, the land papers are what protect you.

Before you pay, ask for copies of:

• The approved layout plan showing your plot number
• The land conversion order, if the land was farmland
• The release order that freed the plots for sale
• Title deeds for the land and an encumbrance certificate
• Patta for the plot and the latest tax receipt

Check that the survey number and plot number match across the layout plan, the title deeds and the patta. The encumbrance certificate should show no open loan or charge on the plot. If you buy from an owner rather than the developer, add the seller's sale deed and a no-dues letter for maintenance. Have a local lawyer read the title chain. After registration, apply for the patta to be moved into your name.

Alliance Villa Belvedere Plots spreads 30 acres of plots along asphalt roads 40 ft and 60 ft wide, with kerbs, footpaths and trees on every street. A boundary wall runs round the whole layout, and you enter under an arched gateway with guards on duty day and night. CCTV cameras cover the main points.

Once your house is built, a day here can start with a walk along the jogging track or through one of the parks spread across the layout. The gymnasium and swimming pool are inside the gate, and the clubhouse has a table tennis room. In the evening, the amphitheatre and the landscaped gardens are where neighbours meet.

Power, voice and data lines run underground, and energy-saving lights line the internal roads. Sewage lines lead to a treatment plant, piped water feeds each plot from central overhead tanks, and recharge pits collect rainwater. Since all of this was finished around 2014, walk the site and see how the roads, trees and pool have been kept up. Ask who maintains the common areas today and what each plot owner pays.