Around the Life by Keya Homes

Around the Life by Keya Homes stands at Seegehalli in the Krishnarajapura part of east Bengaluru, on the ground that separates KR Puram from Whitefield. The IT parks of Whitefield are a road journey from here, and so is Old Madras Road, the other big employment and transit corridor on this side of the city. The developer has not published distances or drive times, so none appear here; drive to your own office from the plot at your usual hour before you decide.

The daily errands lean on KR Puram and Whitefield, where schools, hospitals and shopping have grown up over the years. None are named by the developer, so ask the sales team which ones they have in mind and go and see them. Ask too where the nearest bus stop and the nearest rail or metro access are, because a large family home generates several journeys a day and not all of them by car.

Three 23-floor towers and 468 homes will add a great deal of traffic to whatever road serves the gate. Look at that road on a weekday evening, check whether there is a second exit, and ask how many parking bays come with a 4 BHK. A family with two or three cars needs that answer in writing, not on a brochure.

Around the Life by Keya Homes publishes one layout: a four-bedroom home of roughly 2,611 sq ft, quoted as built-up area. Carpet area has not been published, so ask for it, because on a home this size the difference between the two can be several hundred square feet. Ask also whether the four bedrooms are all of family size or whether one is a utility or study room, and where the balconies are.

The starting price is Rs. 2.70 Crore, which is about Rs. 10,300 per sq ft. No ceiling price is published. In three 23-floor towers the same plan on a high floor or with a preferred facing will cost more than the starting figure. Ask for unit-wise pricing and a floor-rise table before you compare with other projects near Whitefield.

Because the project is under construction, GST is payable on the construction portion, and the purchase runs on an agreement for sale with milestone payments. Stamp duty and registration are charged at registration. Ask for a cost sheet that shows:

• Base rate and the area it applies to
• Floor-rise and facing charges for the unit quoted
• Car parking and the number of bays included
• Clubhouse and maintenance deposits, plus the estimated monthly charge
• GST on its own line
• Stamp duty and registration on the full consideration
• The milestone schedule with dates, tied to construction stages

Around the Life by Keya Homes is covered by Karnataka RERA registration PRM/KA/RERA/1251/446/PR/020822/005125. Look the number up on the state portal at rera.karnataka.gov.in before you pay anything. The entry is doubly useful here because no possession date has been published. The registration carries the promoter's declared completion date, the sanctioned plan and the progress reports filed each quarter.

This is an under-construction purchase, so the documents to collect at booking are:

• The RERA registration certificate for the project
• The sanctioned building plan with your tower, floor and unit marked
• Title documents and an encumbrance certificate for the 5-acre parcel
• The commencement certificate
• An agreement for sale stating the handover date, the milestone schedule and the penalty for delay
• The amenity list and the specification sheet, attached to the agreement

Pay against certified construction milestones and keep every receipt. At handover, ask to see the occupancy certificate for your tower before you accept the keys, then complete the sale deed and have the khata moved into your name. If any shared facility is unfinished at that point, get a written date for it.

Around the Life by Keya Homes has three 23-floor towers on 5 acres, with 468 homes between them. That is a dense plan, and how the three towers are placed decides whether your balcony faces the gardens or another building. The developer has not published the share of the site left open, so ask for the sanctioned plan and see where the towers, the roads and the parking go. Anything you are shown of the grounds is a render as planned by the developer, since the project is still being built.

The amenity list itself has not been published. That is a gap you should close before booking rather than after. Ask for the written list, the clubhouse size, the pool and play areas, and which facilities will be open at handover. Get that list attached to the agreement for sale, because a promise made in a sales gallery is hard to enforce and one written into the agreement is not.

Think about what 468 households means day to day. The lifts in a 23-floor tower matter more than any garden, so ask how many run in each tower and how many homes share a floor. Ask for an estimated maintenance charge for a 2,611 sq ft home and what it covers. A big society can run excellent facilities if it is funded well; ask how the corpus and the monthly charge are set.