Assetz Soul & Soil

Assetz Soul & Soil stands on Survey No. 43 and 45 at Chikkagubbi Village, pincode 560077, a turn off Hennur Main Road beside Alfa College. Hennur Road runs out of the city towards the north-east, and this stretch is where the built-up city thins into villages that are steadily being absorbed. The developer has not published distances to any office, school or hospital, so none are quoted here.

Your commute would begin with the short hop from the village road to Hennur Main Road. From there the road connects to the Outer Ring Road, and it is the ring road that decides your travel time to most workplaces. Drive it yourself at 9 am and again at 6 pm before you commit, because a village address can add ten minutes at the start of every trip.

Daily errands are handled along Hennur Road, which has grown its own schools, clinics and shops as the housing has spread. Alfa College is the nearest named landmark, and the project's own retail spaces are meant to cover the small purchases. For anything larger you will be driving. Check the state of the approach road from the main road to the gate, since a completed community of 94 homes depends on it in every season.

Assetz Soul & Soil has two homes, both over two floors. The 3 BHK row house is about 2,182 sq ft, listed from Rs. 2.00 Crore, roughly Rs. 9,200 per sq ft. The 4 BHK row house is about 2,532 sq ft from Rs. 2.30 Crore, close to Rs. 9,100 per sq ft. The developer has not stated whether these are built-up or saleable areas, and no carpet areas are published, so ask for both before you compare with a flat.

Only starting prices are available. In a row-house layout the price moves with position rather than floor: an end unit with an extra side wall, a home facing the garden or one backing onto the boundary will each be priced differently. Ask which homes, if any, remain with Assetz Property. If none do, the seller sets the price and the launch figures are only a reference.

On a completed home with an occupancy certificate there is no GST. Stamp duty and registration are payable on the full sale consideration in Karnataka on every purchase. Ask for a cost sheet that shows:

• The area the price is charged on, and whether it is built-up or saleable
• Any premium for an end unit, garden facing or corner position
• Car parking, and how many cars fit in front of the house
• Clubhouse membership and the maintenance deposit
• The owners' association transfer fee, if you are buying a resale
• Stamp duty and registration as separate lines

Assetz Soul & Soil has no RERA registration number published by the developer for this project. Ask Assetz Property for it and check the entry on the Karnataka RERA website (rera.karnataka.gov.in). If the community was completed before registration was required, the occupancy certificate becomes the central document, and that is what you should ask to see first.

Because the homes are finished and possession began in October 2021, the checklist is that of a completed purchase, not a booking. Ask for:

• The occupancy certificate for the community
• The sanctioned plan for the layout and for your row house
• The mother deed and the chain of title for Survey No. 43 and 45
• An encumbrance certificate covering the years since the land was acquired
• The khata and the latest paid property tax receipt
• A no-dues letter from the owners' association

If you are buying from an owner rather than the developer, add the seller's registered sale deed and confirm the name on it matches the khata and the tax receipt. Compare the house with the sanctioned plan too: terraces and rear extensions are common in row-house communities and can complicate a bank loan. A completed home registers on a sale deed, and the khata is transferred to your name after that.

Assetz Soul & Soil is laid out as rows of two-floor houses across 7 acres, with the shared facilities in their own zone and gardens running between the rows. The developer has not published the share of land kept open or the width of the internal roads, but with 94 homes on this much ground the plot is not crowded. Because the project is built, you can compare the master plan with what is on the ground on your first visit.

A weekday might start with a loop of the jogging track and a session in the gymnasium before the school run. The swimming pool and the outdoor courts fill the evenings, and the games room with its table tennis is where the teenagers end up. Younger children have the kids' play area, and the landscaped gardens give everyone a reason to walk rather than drive inside the gate.

The clubhouse is the social anchor. It houses the spa and sauna, and the party area takes the birthdays and festival gatherings that a row house cannot. The retail spaces inside the community are meant for milk, bread and the small errands that otherwise mean a trip to the main road. Ask the owners' association how each facility is maintained, what the monthly charge per home is, and whether the pool and clubhouse are open every day.