Prestige Botanique

Prestige Botanique stands on Rashtriya Vidyalaya Road, First Cross, Upparahalli, Mavalli, pincode 560004. You are in one of the oldest settled parts of south Bangalore, with Lalbagh and Basavanagudi as close neighbours. A drive takes you to Jayanagar or to the city centre. The developer has not published distances, so none are quoted here.

Living in an old part of town changes the shape of your day. Schools, hospitals, temples and markets are already in place, so many errands need only a short auto ride or a walk. The trade-off is older, narrower streets, and traffic that builds up around the markets at busy hours.

Before you commit, drive from the building to your office at your usual time, then repeat the trip home in the evening. If you have school-going children, try the morning school run too. Walk the lane outside after dark and on a weekend morning. Check where visitors can park, since street parking in these older neighbourhoods is often tight. Since the building holds just 34 homes, gate traffic should stay light.

Prestige Botanique has one plan, repeated through the building. Every home is a three-bedroom flat of about 1,932 sq ft built-up. Carpet area has not been published, so ask for it. The layout has a maid's toilet, and the master bathroom gets a granite counter and a wall-hung EWC.

The opening price is Rs. 2.51 Crore, or about Rs. 13,000 per sq ft of built-up area. Expect the figure to rise with the floor and with a better facing. Because the building is complete, no GST applies once the occupancy certificate is in place. Stamp duty and registration are payable on every purchase. Ask the developer for a cost sheet that lists:

• Base price and the area it is charged on
• Carpet area of the flat
• Floor-rise and facing charges
• Car parking bays included
• Clubhouse fee and maintenance deposit
• Stamp duty and registration

If the developer has no stock left, the same flats may come up on resale. In that case, compare the owner's asking price with the developer's opening figure and check the maintenance dues.

Prestige Botanique is registered with Karnataka RERA under PRM/KA/RERA/1251/310/PR/180627/001936. Look the number up on rera.karnataka.gov.in to see the promoter details, the approved plan and the completion filings. The entry there should match what you are told on site.

For a completed building, ask for these before you pay beyond a token amount:

• The occupancy certificate for the tower
• The sanctioned building plan showing your flat
• Title documents and an encumbrance certificate for the 0.6-acre plot
• A draft sale deed with the flat number, area and parking
• Receipts for property tax paid on the building

A completed home registers directly on a sale deed, so check the draft carefully with a lawyer. After registration, apply for the khata in your name and move the electricity meter account to yourself; each flat has its own meter. If you are buying on resale, also ask for the seller's registered deed, their khata and a no-dues letter from the association.

Prestige Botanique is a simple plan: one eight-floor tower on 0.6 acres, holding 34 homes. The share of open space has not been published, so walk the grounds and see how the clubhouse, pool and courts fit around the tower. Any images you see are renders as planned by the developer, and the real spaces are there to check.

For a small building, the facilities list is long. A morning might start on the jogging track or in the gymnasium, then a swim before work. Children have a play area, a basketball court and other outdoor courts, and a games room with table tennis for rainy days.

After a long week, the spa and sauna offer a quiet hour, and the mini theatre can host a family film night. The landscaped gardens suit an evening stroll. Inside the flats, marble floors the foyer and living areas, geysers are fitted in the bathrooms, and points for split ACs are ready in every bedroom. With so few households, ask what the maintenance charge is, since a full clubhouse shared by 34 families costs more per home.