Mantri Courtyard Plots

Mantri Courtyard Plots is at Nagegowdanapalya, pincode 560109, on the Kanakapura Road side of south Bengaluru. The address on file carries no street name or landmark, so ask the sales team for the gate location and a map pin before your visit.

Kanakapura Road is a long-settled residential corridor, with homes, shops and schools spread along it. The developer has not published distances or travel times to offices, schools, hospitals or stations, so we do not quote any. Because the layout is already built, you can see the real approach road and the gate today.

A plot is a longer commitment than a flat, since you will also spend a year or more building on it. Drive to your office at your usual time and back in the evening rush before you decide. Look at how trucks carrying building material will reach your plot. Find the nearest hardware stores and check whether the local roads can take them. Ask how water will reach your house once built, whether through a municipal line, a borewell or the layout's own treatment plant.

Mantri Courtyard Plots sells land, not a built home, and there are two sizes:

• 30 x 40 feet, 1,200 sq ft: Rs. 89 Lakhs onwards
• 30 x 50 feet, 1,500 sq ft: Rs. 1.12 Crore onwards

At those prices the smaller plot costs about Rs. 7,400 per sq ft and the larger one about Rs. 7,500. The permitted floors and setbacks have not been published, so confirm them with the approving authority before you plan your house.

No GST applies to the sale of land. Stamp duty and registration do. Keep a separate budget for design fees, plan sanction and construction, which will carry GST if you use a contractor. Ask the developer for a cost sheet with:

• Plot price and plot-wise premiums for corner or park-facing plots
• Clubhouse membership fee
• Maintenance deposit and monthly charge
• Power and water connection charges
• Stamp duty and registration

Mantri Courtyard Plots has no RERA registration number published for this layout. Ask the developer whether it is registered and, if so, check it on the Karnataka RERA website, rera.karnataka.gov.in. Plots need more paper checks than a flat, because you will be building on the land yourself.

Ask for these before paying a token amount:

• Conversion order changing the land to residential use
• Approved layout plan from the planning authority
• Release order for your plot, confirming it can be sold
• Title documents and a current encumbrance certificate
• Khata for the plot and the latest tax receipt
• A draft sale deed

Have a property lawyer read the title chain and match the survey numbers in the conversion order with the layout plan. On completion, register the sale deed and move the khata into your name. When you build, get your house plan sanctioned and, once finished, take the completion papers for your house.

Mantri Courtyard Plots places 28 plots on 6 acres, laid out along an 18-metre landscaped main road with parks spread through the site. Ask for the approved layout plan to see where each plot is placed relative to the clubhouse, parks and gate, since that affects both value and noise. Walk the finished roads before you pick.

Once your house is up, a morning could start on the jogging track or in the gym, with a swim to finish. Children have a play area and an activity area, and the outdoor courts suit evening games. The games room helps on wet days, and there are herb gardens among the landscaped spaces.

Birthdays and get-togethers can use the party area in the clubhouse. Retail spaces within the project cover small daily needs. Street lighting has provision for solar, and power reaches each plot by underground cable. Since only 28 households share these facilities, ask what the monthly maintenance is and how it will be split between plots with houses and plots still empty.