Casagrand Estancia

Casagrand Estancia is entered from Kogilu Main Road, close to Srinivaspura Road, in the village of Kattigenahalli under Jala Hobli, pincode 560064. This is the Yelahanka side of north Bengaluru, a belt between the old town and the airport road that has filled up with apartment blocks over ten years. The lake at Kogilu is some 650 m off, so a morning walk beside water is realistic.

Yelahanka would carry most of your week. EuroSchool North Campus is roughly 1.7 km from the gate, the railway station at Yelahanka about 3.5 km, and the town's markets and hospitals handle the rest. Casagrand refers to a metro station being built about 2.8 km away; find out which station and its opening date, since a line still being built is a promise, not yet a service.

For the office, Manyata Embassy Business Park lies roughly 10.2 km by road and Kempegowda International Airport between 18 and 20 km, both from the developer's chart. Drive them yourself at the hour you would leave and the hour you would return. Local traffic on Kogilu Main Road is already heavy, and 429 new households will add to it, so study the approach lanes and where the gates open on a weekday morning.

Casagrand Estancia launched three plans, every one quoted on saleable area. The two-bedroom Superior, 1,323 to 1,382 sq ft, is sold. The three-bedroom Superior spans roughly 1,770 sq ft to 2,157 sq ft, while the four-bedroom Pinnacle runs 2,655 sq ft to 2,773 sq ft. Carpet area is not published; RERA entitles you to it, so demand it on the cost sheet. Superior and Pinnacle are marketing grades: find out what the grade buys beyond floor area, an extra bathroom, say, or a deeper balcony.

Finishes promised are vitrified tiles, granite worktops, Jaquar bathroom fittings, 8 ft windows opening as French doors onto the balconies, and a digital lock at the entrance. The frame is reinforced concrete engineered for seismic Zone 2.

Three-bedroom homes begin at Rs. 1.69 Crore and top out at Rs. 2.01 Crore; four-bedroom homes run between Rs. 2.46 Crore and Rs. 2.56 Crore. The rate card says Rs. 8,099 a sq ft, compared with Rs. 7,499 when sales opened, yet Rs. 1.69 Crore over 1,770 sq ft comes to about Rs. 9,500, so extras are clearly added. Under-construction homes carry GST; stamp duty and registration follow at the signing of the sale deed. Have the cost sheet split out:

• The base rate and the saleable area it multiplies
• Premiums for floor level and facing
• Parking, with the number of bays
• Club membership, maintenance deposit and corpus fund
• GST on its own line
• Stamp duty and registration

Casagrand Estancia carries Karnataka RERA number PRM/KA/RERA/1251/472/PR/110925/008086, and Casagrand states that it takes in the whole development. Pull up the entry on rera.karnataka.gov.in and study the sanctioned plan, the completion date the promoter committed to, and the quarterly progress filings. With no handover month printed by the developer, that portal date is your anchor.

Papers to collect before you book:

• RERA certificate for the project
• Plan sanction and commencement certificate
• Title deeds and an encumbrance certificate on the 7.32 acres
• Draft agreement for sale, stating your carpet area and the handover date
• A cost sheet with GST, registration, parking and deposits each on its own line

Two questions still lack a public answer: how many blocks there are, and the month of handover. Have both answered in writing before signing, and confirm which blocks fall inside the current RERA phase. On completion, take the occupancy certificate, register your sale deed, then transfer the khata and pay the first property tax in your name.

Casagrand Estancia puts the cars underground and leaves 5.5 of the 7.32 acres as gardens, courts and water, with the blocks rising thirteen storeys over a basement and a ground floor. How many blocks? Casagrand says several; listings guess at three or four. Request the sanctioned layout and the block numbers. Until you stand on the finished ground, every picture you see is a render from the developer's drawing board.

Life would revolve around a clubhouse of 22,500 sq ft and a pool of 11,500 sq ft, which comes with a jacuzzi, a pool for children and an aqua gym. Start the morning in the gym, the yoga and aerobics room or the open-air gym, then run the track. Younger children get a sandpit, play areas and a creche; older ones a wall to climb, a rink to skate on and a trampoline. In the evening there is a multipurpose court, nets for cricket, and courts for pickleball and basketball.

Weekends turn to the amphitheatre, a cinema on the roof and a banquet hall. A salon and spa, a laundry and a few shops handle errands, and a co-working and meeting space covers days spent working from home. Charging for electric cars is on the plan. Seventy-three facilities on this much land means some will be modest, so ask which ones will be open on the day you move in, and get that list into the agreement.