DRA D’Elite

DRA D’Elite has its address on Model School Road Extension in Sholinganallur, pincode 600119. The developer has not published distances to workplaces, stations, schools or hospitals, so none are quoted here. Anything you are told about travel times should be tested by you on the road.

Start with the drive you will make most often. Leave the gate at your usual office hour, drive to work, and note where the traffic bunches up. Repeat the trip in the evening, since the return is often the harder leg. If your family relies on buses or cabs, stand at the nearest stop and see how long you wait.

Because the building is occupied, the lane outside is not a drawing. You can see how wide it is, whether it is lit at night and how it copes after heavy rain. Walk to the nearest grocery store and pharmacy, and ask residents how long the school run takes. Talk to the security staff about water tankers and power cuts too, since those shape daily life more than any map.

DRA D’Elite offers four plans, all measured as built-up area. The 2 BHK is about 1,058 sq ft from Rs. 65 Lakhs, about Rs. 6,140 per sq ft. The 2.5 BHK is about 1,284 sq ft from Rs. 77 Lakhs, about Rs. 6,000 per sq ft. The 3 BHK is about 1,437 sq ft from Rs. 86 Lakhs, and the 3.5 BHK is about 1,579 sq ft from Rs. 96 Lakhs, both close to Rs. 6,000 to 6,100 per sq ft.

Carpet areas have not been published, so ask for them. As this is a completed home, GST does not apply once the certificate is in place, while stamp duty and registration do. Your cost sheet should list:

• Base price and the area it is charged on
• Floor-rise and facing charges, if any
• Covered car parking
• Maintenance deposit and the monthly rate
• Electricity, water and sewer connection charges
• Stamp duty and registration on the full value

If you buy from an existing owner instead, ask for proof that maintenance dues are cleared.

DRA D’Elite has no RERA registration number published yet. Ask DRA Homes for it and check it on the Tamil Nadu RERA (TNRERA) website. If you are told registration was not needed, ask for that in writing and have a property lawyer confirm it before you proceed.

You are buying a finished home, so the file should prove the building is complete and the title is clean. Ask for:

• Completion or occupancy certificate for the tower
• Approved building plan that shows your flat
• Parent title deeds and an encumbrance certificate for the 1.27 acres
• Latest property tax receipt
• A draft sale deed stating your undivided share of land

If you take a home loan, the bank's legal team will review the same papers, which gives you a second check. After registration, move the property tax assessment and the electricity connection into your name. Ask the residents' association for a written statement that no dues are pending on the flat.

DRA D’Elite is one 11-floor tower on 1.27 acres, so 111 households share one lobby, one set of lifts and one set of grounds. You do not choose a block here. You choose a floor and a side of the building, so ask which flats are corner units and which face the gardens rather than the road.

A typical morning might begin on the yoga platform or the jogging trail, followed by the gymnasium inside the clubhouse for those who want weights. Children have a play area outdoors and indoor games for the hot afternoons, which Chennai has plenty of.

Weekends are when the party area and the barbecue counter earn their place, letting you host a get-together downstairs instead of squeezing guests into the flat. The landscaped gardens give older residents a shaded place to rest in the evening. There is no pool on the list, so swimmers will need a club nearby. Since the building is finished, you can see every facility in use and ask the residents' association what the monthly maintenance charge is.