Casagrand Zanora

Casagrand Zanora stands in Kasturba Nagar, within Adyar in south Chennai. Adyar is a long-settled residential area, and for many buyers the neighbourhood is the main reason to pay for a home here. No street address, pincode or distances have been published, though, so ask the seller or the developer for the exact plot before you go any further.

Once you have it, test the journeys that will fill your week. Drive to your office at the hour you really leave home, and return in the evening traffic. If children will go to school from here, time that trip on a weekday. Find the nearest clinic, pharmacy and grocery shop on foot, since a central address is only useful if daily errands stay short.

A building of 15 homes on 4.9 grounds leaves little room inside the gate, so the street outside matters. Look at the width of the road, where guests will park, how the lane handles heavy rain and how close the neighbouring buildings are. Visit once in daylight and once after dark to judge noise and lighting.

Casagrand Zanora sold every home as the same 3 BHK Signature plan of about 1,747 sq ft built-up. All 15 have gone, so there is no developer price to quote. What you pay is the seller's asking price plus whatever the original buyer still owes the developer.

Because every unit shares one plan, floor and facing are what set one home apart from another. Ask the seller which floor the unit is on, which way it faces and what the neighbouring building will block. Since you cannot walk a finished flat yet, ask for the floor plan with room sizes and the carpet area stated.

Taking over a booking has its own costs. The developer may charge a transfer fee. You inherit the remaining instalments, and GST applies to them because the building is under construction. Stamp duty and registration are due when the sale deed is executed in your name.

• Seller's asking price, over and above what they have paid
• Amount already paid to the developer, with receipts
• Instalments still due, and the GST on them
• Transfer or administration fee charged by the developer
• Stamp duty and registration
• Maintenance deposit and connection charges at handover

Casagrand Zanora carries TNRERA registration TNRERA/29/BLG/0259/2025. Look the number up on the TNRERA website yourself. The entry names the promoter, lists the approvals and shows the completion date the developer has declared, which matters here because no possession date has been published.

Taking over a booking in a building still under construction needs more paper than a normal resale. Ask a property lawyer to go through these before you pay the seller anything:

• The original allotment letter and agreement for sale in the seller's name
• Receipts for every payment made to the developer
• A statement from the developer of the balance still due
• The developer's written consent to transfer the booking to you
• The approved building plan and the RERA certificate
• If the seller has a home loan, the bank's consent and closure letter

Once the transfer is done, a fresh agreement or an endorsed one should carry your name. At handover, ask for the completion or occupancy certificate before you take the keys. The sale deed is then registered in your name, and the property tax and electricity accounts move to you.

Casagrand Zanora will feel like a private building rather than a gated community. Fifteen households share one structure on a plot of 4.9 grounds, so neighbours will be few and decisions about the building will be made by a small group. There is no clubhouse, pool, gym or play area planned, so exercise and children's play will happen in the neighbourhood.

The developer's list covers the essentials. Automatic lifts serve the floors, and a diesel generator is planned to back up the full load. CCTV cameras and a security room watch the entrance. Water is stored centrally, with rainwater harvesting built in.

The emphasis is on finish. Homes are to be laid in Italian marble, and the common areas in granite. Since the building is still going up, ask the developer to name the grade of marble in writing and check it at handover.

With so few owners, running costs are shared by few people. A lift contract or a generator overhaul is split fifteen ways, so ask what monthly maintenance is expected and how the owners' association will be set up.