CasaGrand Lorenza

CasaGrand Lorenza stands at Markandhaiha Nagar in Agrahara Badavane, pincode 560064, in the Kogilu pocket of north Bengaluru. Kogilu is a residential area that has grown up alongside Yelahanka, and Yelahanka is where much of your daily life will point: markets, schools, hospitals and the railway line. Hebbal is a road journey from here, and so is the route out to Kempegowda International Airport.

Casagrand has not published distances or drive times to any of these, so treat them as things to measure rather than facts to accept. Drive from the project gate to your office at your normal hour, and back in the evening. Do the airport run once if you fly often. Walk to the nearest bus stop from the gate and time it, since a small project on a residential street may be a few minutes from the main road.

Because residents have been here since December 2020, the neighbourhood is established enough to ask about. Talk to a few of them about the approach road, monsoon drainage and how long the last stretch to the gate takes in traffic. Then look at the daily conveniences within walking distance, which for a community of 160 homes will matter more than any headline landmark.

CasaGrand Lorenza has four plans, all quoted as built-up area; carpet areas have not been published, so ask for them or measure the flat. The two-bedroom homes are about 1,010 or 1,135 sq ft. The three-bedroom homes are about 1,408 or 1,732 sq ft, and the jump between the two is large enough to change how the home lives, so compare the plans room by room.

Entry is Rs. 62 Lakhs for the 1,010 sq ft plan, roughly Rs. 6,100 per sq ft. The 1,135 sq ft plan starts at Rs. 68 Lakhs. The 1,408 sq ft three-bedroom starts at Rs. 91 Lakhs and the 1,732 sq ft plan at Rs. 1.15 Crore. Each is a starting figure; floor and facing will move the number, and in a finished project the remaining units may not include every plan or every floor.

Because the project is complete, a flat in a block with its occupancy certificate carries no GST. Stamp duty and registration fall due on the full sale value. Ask for a cost sheet that shows:

• The price of your specific unit, not the plan's starting price
• Any floor or facing premium
• Car park charge and the number of bays
• Clubhouse fee and the maintenance deposit or advance
• GST shown as nil, with the occupancy certificate attached
• Stamp duty and registration on the full consideration

CasaGrand Lorenza has no RERA registration number published by Casagrand. Ask the sales office for it and search the Karnataka RERA website, rera.karnataka.gov.in, by project name and by promoter. A project registered and later completed keeps its entry, with the declared completion date and any complaints, and that entry is your independent check on the December 2020 handover date.

Since the blocks are finished and occupied, every document you need should already exist. Ask for:

• The occupancy certificate for your block
• The sanctioned building plan with your flat marked on it
• Khata certificate and extract for the property, plus the latest property tax receipt
• Title documents and an encumbrance certificate covering the 2.42 acres
• A draft sale deed, because a completed home is conveyed on a sale deed rather than an agreement for sale

If you are buying an unsold unit from Casagrand, you register on the sale deed and apply for the khata transfer after. If you are buying from an earlier owner, add that owner's registered deed, an association no-dues letter and proof that any loan has been closed. Either way, keep the booking amount small until the papers match the story you have been told.

CasaGrand Lorenza has four low blocks on 2.42 acres, with the clubhouse and pool serving 160 households. Casagrand has not published the share of the plot kept open, so ask for the sanctioned site plan and then walk the grounds. Since the project has been occupied since December 2020, what you see is built and used, not a render, and you can judge how the gardens and the pool have been kept.

A morning here could start on the jogging track, take in the gymnasium or a swim, and finish on the yoga deck. Children have a play area and outdoor courts for the evening. The games room fills a wet afternoon, and the party area covers birthdays and festivals without borrowing a neighbour's flat. Retail spaces within the project mean a forgotten grocery need not involve the main road.

CCTV coverage runs across the property. With only four floors per block and 160 homes in all, this is a small community, so the character of daily life will depend on how well the owners' association runs things. Ask what the monthly maintenance charge is, what it covers, whether every facility on the list is open and staffed today, and when the pool and gym equipment were last serviced.