Mana Verdant Terraces

Mana Verdant Terraces stands on Sai Balaji Road, Doddakannelli, off Sarjapur Main Road, pincode 560035. Doddakannelli is part of the Sarjapur Road stretch in east Bengaluru, where apartment towers have come up steadily next to office campuses and older village streets.

The developer has not published distances or travel times to offices, schools, hospitals or stations, so we do not quote any. What you can do is test the location yourself before you book. Drive to your workplace at the time you usually leave, and make the return trip during the evening rush. If you have school-age children, time the morning drop as well.

On a site visit, look at how wide Sai Balaji Road is at the gate and how it links to Sarjapur Main Road. Six hundred households will add a lot of cars to a side road, so ask how many entry and exit points are planned. Note where the nearest grocery, pharmacy and clinic are. Finally, ask how water will be supplied, because on this corridor it often shapes both comfort and the maintenance bill.

Mana Verdant Terraces has three bedrooms in every home. Sizes are quoted as built-up area:

• 1,910 sq ft: Rs. 2.52 Crore onwards
• 2,090 sq ft: Rs. 2.76 Crore onwards
• 2,112 sq ft: Rs. 2.78 Crore onwards
• 2,800 sq ft on the ground floor with an extra-large balcony: Rs. 3.61 Crore onwards

The smallest home works out to about Rs. 13,200 per sq ft at its entry price; the ground-floor home to about Rs. 12,900. Carpet areas are not published, so ask for them, especially for the ground-floor plan, where the balcony may make up a large share.

Since these homes are still being built, GST applies. Stamp duty and registration are extra. Ask for a cost sheet listing:

• Base rate and the area it is charged on
• Floor-rise and facing premiums
• Car parking charges
• Clubhouse fee and maintenance deposit
• GST as a separate line
• Stamp duty and registration
• Payment stages tied to construction

Mana Verdant Terraces has no RERA registration number published by Mana Projects. Ask for it in writing and search for it on the Karnataka RERA website, rera.karnataka.gov.in. Use the entry to confirm the number of towers, the land area and the completion date the developer has declared.

At this stage, collect the following before booking:

• RERA registration certificate
• Title deeds and an encumbrance certificate for the land
• Sanctioned building plan and commencement certificate
• The floor plan of your exact unit with carpet area
• A draft agreement for sale with the 2030 handover date and a delay penalty
• A construction-linked payment schedule

Keep every receipt, and before each instalment check that the stage it is tied to has been reached on site. When handover comes, ask for the occupancy certificate for your building. Then register the sale deed and get the khata transferred to your name.

Mana Verdant Terraces places 600 homes in buildings of up to 19 floors, but the tower count has not been published. Ask for the sanctioned site plan to see how many buildings there are, where the clubhouses and terrace deck are placed relative to your unit, and how much ground is left open. All images are renders as planned by the developer.

A working day could run from the gym in the morning to a desk in the co-working space, or a quieter working pod for calls. At lunch, the infinity-edge pool is a short walk from your desk rather than a drive. In the evening, the aerobics and yoga zone and the sports courts take over.

Children have a dedicated play area, and the indoor games area helps on wet days. The landscaped terrace deck is the place for a slow evening outdoors, and the spa and salon are on site for weekends. The multipurpose hall can host birthdays and residents' meetings. Clubhouses totalling 36,000 sq ft will serve 600 homes, so ask what the monthly maintenance will be and which facilities open with the first handover.