Kohinoor Sapphire 2

Kohinoor Sapphire 2 stands on survey 41/2 and 62/2 in Tathawade, Pune 411033, beside the BRTS road and a short walk from Silver Gym. The BRTS corridor is your main artery: head one way for Aundh and the older city, the other way for Ravet. Wakad lies on one side of Tathawade and Hinjewadi on the other, which is why so many people who work in the IT parks live here.

For a Hinjewadi commute, the drive is short on paper, but the corridor fills up at office hours. Try the run at 9 in the morning and again at 7 in the evening before you commit. Getting onto the Mumbai-Pune Expressway is also quick, useful if you travel to Mumbai often, though no distance to the entry point has been published.

If you would rather leave the car at home, listings place a metro station roughly 3.3 km off and a railway station roughly 2.8 km off. Students and staff at the JSPM Rajarshi Shahu engineering college have the shortest trip of all, around 1 km. The developer has not named nearby schools, hospitals or supermarkets, so map the ones your family will use on a weekday visit.

Kohinoor Sapphire 2 has one configuration: a two-bedroom flat. Carpet areas vary between 504 and 599 sq ft across the types, and one is quoted at 660 sq ft saleable. Each plan pairs a combined living and dining space with two bedrooms, a kitchen and its bathrooms; some add a balcony. Since the flats are built, stand in the one you are offered and check the room sizes yourself.

Listed prices fall between Rs. 75 Lakhs and Rs. 85.2 Lakhs. The entry figure divided by 660 sq ft saleable gives roughly Rs. 11,400 a sq ft. Kohinoor does not publish prices itself, so treat these numbers as a starting point for negotiation.

A finished home with an occupancy certificate attracts no GST. Stamp duty and registration are payable in Maharashtra on every purchase. Ask for a written cost sheet that separates:

• Base price and the carpet area it covers
• Floor and facing premiums, if any
• Car parking charge and the number of slots
• Society formation fees and legal charges
• Maintenance deposit and the first year's advance
• Stamp duty and registration on the agreement value

Kohinoor Sapphire 2 carries MahaRERA registration number P52100026685. Look it up on the MahaRERA portal, where you can read the sanctioned plans, carpet areas and the declared completion date of 28 December 2024. If a listing tells you handover began in September 2023, the portal is where you settle which date is right for your tower.

Because this is a completed project, your checks are about the finished building and the land beneath it. Before paying a booking amount, collect:

• Occupancy and completion certificates covering your tower
• Commencement certificate and the approved building plan
• A lawyer's title search on survey 41/2 and 62/2
• A draft sale agreement following the MahaRERA model
• Proof that the housing society has been registered, or a date for it
• Status of the land conveyance to the society

At handover, you should receive the registered agreement, a possession letter and the society's share certificate. Get the municipal property tax record moved to your name soon after. Under RERA, structural defects reported within five years of possession are the developer's to fix, so note the date on your possession letter.

Kohinoor Sapphire 2 spreads nine 12-storey towers across 6 acres, with the shared spaces laid out at ground level between them. Because the community is built and occupied, what you see on a visit is the real thing, not a render. Request the approved site plan anyway, so you know where each tower stands relative to the open areas and visitor parking.

An early start might mean laps in the swimming pool or a session in the gym, followed by a few rounds of the walking track. Younger children have a sand pit inside their play area, and older residents have their own seating corner outdoors. A pergola gives shade for an evening chat with neighbours.

On weekends, the indoor games room and card room keep teenagers and retirees busy, and the party hall takes care of birthdays and small functions. Behind the scenes, a sewage treatment plant, rainwater harvesting and a water softener plant run the utilities, and shared areas have backup power. Cameras and round-the-clock guards cover security, and car parking is provided.

With several hundred homes sharing one pool and one hall, ask how bookings work, whether any facility carries a usage fee, and what the monthly maintenance charge is.