Prestige Somerville

Prestige Somerville is at Ramagondanahalli, pincode 560066, in the Whitefield area of east Bengaluru. This is a settled residential pocket, so shops, schools and clinics are already in use around it. The developer has not published distances to offices, stations, schools or hospitals, so we do not give any here.

Whitefield commutes depend a great deal on timing. Before you book, drive from the site to your office at the hour you normally leave, then drive back in the evening peak. Time the school run too, and try the route to your nearest hospital. A family with four bedrooms often means two or three cars on the road, so try the trips each driver will make.

With 306 homes on the site, ask how many gates there will be and which roads they open onto. Check the width of the approach road and how it copes at school hours. Ask how many covered parking bays come with a 4 BHK and where visitors park. When you pick a tower, ask which one faces the boundary road and which one looks inward.

Prestige Somerville fills both towers with one plan: a four-bedroom home of about 2,616 sq ft, quoted as built-up area. The carpet area has not been published, so ask for it in writing. Since every flat has the same layout, compare units on floor, facing, view and distance from the lifts.

The entry price is Rs. 3.80 Crore, or about Rs. 14,500 per sq ft. Only this starting figure is published, so ask for unit-wise prices across a few floors in each tower. In a 17-floor building the gap between a low floor and a high one can be large.

As the home is under construction, GST is added to the price, along with stamp duty and registration. Ask for a cost sheet that shows:

• Base rate per sq ft and the area it is charged on
• Floor-rise and facing premiums
• Car parking, with the number of bays included
• Clubhouse membership and the maintenance deposit
• Charges for power backup to the flat
• GST, stamp duty and registration, each on its own line
• The payment schedule, tied to construction stages

Prestige Somerville has no published RERA registration number. Ask Prestige Group for it before paying anything, then look it up on the Karnataka RERA website (rera.karnataka.gov.in). The entry shows the declared completion date, which you can hold against the December 2027 handover promise.

At this stage your paperwork protects money you are paying before the building exists. Ask for:

• The RERA certificate for the project
• The sanctioned building plan with your flat marked on it
• Title deeds and an encumbrance certificate for the 6.58 acres
• The draft agreement for sale, with the handover date and delay penalty
• A payment plan linked to construction stages
• Details of the escrow bank account for the project

Read how the agreement records the carpet area, the parking bays and the specifications. At handover, collect the occupancy certificate for your tower before you take the keys. Then register the sale deed in your name and apply for the khata. Keep the stamped receipts for every instalment you pay.

Prestige Somerville sets two 17-floor towers on 6.58 acres, with the shared spaces spread across the land around them. The open-space share has not been published, so ask for the sanctioned site plan and see where the clubhouse and gardens fall. Every image you are shown is a render, as planned by the developer, until the site is built.

Picture an early start on the jogging and cycling track, then a quiet half-hour in the meditation and activity area. The gymnasium and the health centre are there for a harder session, the pool for a swim. After school, children head to the play area while parents walk the landscaped gardens.

Weekends have more options. The amphitheatre can host a community show, and the multipurpose party area takes birthdays and family dinners out of the flat. The games area inside the clubhouse keeps teenagers busy on a wet afternoon. Retail spaces on site should cover small daily errands. With only two towers, the community will be small enough to know your neighbours. Ask which facilities open with the first handover and what the monthly maintenance charge is expected to be.