Rohan Abhilasha

Rohan Abhilasha stands at GAT No 1458 to 1465 in Lohegaon, on Wagholi Road, across from Nisargeshwar Temple. Wagholi is a busy housing belt at Pune's eastern edge, and Wagholi Road is the route most of your daily trips will begin on. The developer has not published distances to offices, stations, schools or hospitals, so none are quoted here.

Since the numbers are missing, test the journeys yourself. Drive from the gate to your workplace at the hour you would normally leave, and come back at the time you would normally return. A road that is clear at noon can take far longer at peak hour, and that is the version you will live with.

The campus itself is large at 30 acres, so your tower's place in it changes your day. A tower close to the main gate means a short walk to an auto or a cab. One deep inside is likely to be quieter but farther from the road. Walk from the entrance to the tower you are offered and time it.

Also check where the everyday shopping inside the campus is, and which markets, clinics and schools outside you would use each week.

Rohan Abhilasha offers three plans. The 2 BHK G is about 730 sq ft and priced at Rs. 56.9 Lakhs upward. The 2 BHK B3 is about 797 sq ft at Rs. 61.6 Lakhs upward. The 3 BHK B2 is about 948 sq ft, quoted between Rs. 72 Lakhs and Rs. 84 Lakhs. These areas are listed as built-up; ask for the carpet area of each plan too.

Per sq ft, the smaller 2 BHK comes to about Rs. 7,800 and the larger one to about Rs. 7,700. The 3 BHK ranges from about Rs. 7,600 to about Rs. 8,900, depending on which end of its price band you land. Get the unit number, floor and tower written against every quote you receive.

A completed home with an occupancy certificate carries no GST. Stamp duty and registration are due on every purchase. Ask for a cost sheet that shows:

• Base price and the area it covers
• Any floor or facing premium on your unit
• Car parking and whether it is covered
• Society formation and legal charges
• Maintenance deposit and any advance maintenance
• Stamp duty and registration on the agreement value

Rohan Abhilasha has no RERA registration number published yet. Ask Rohan Builders for it and look it up on the MahaRERA website before you pay a booking amount. A registered entry shows the promoter, the approved plans and the completion date declared for each phase.

With the towers complete, you are checking a finished home, not a promise. Ask for:

• The occupancy certificate that names your tower
• The sanctioned building plan, to compare with the flat you are shown
• Title documents and a recent search report on the GAT numbers
• The society registration and your share certificate process
• The latest property tax receipt and a maintenance no-dues letter

If the seller is an earlier owner rather than the developer, add the full chain of past agreements and a society no-objection letter. Check with your bank early, since its lawyer will want to see the same file.

At handover, make sure the registered sale document is in your name, the property tax record has been moved to you, and you are enrolled as a member of the society. Hold back your final payment until each of these is done or dated in writing.

Rohan Abhilasha is laid out as 24 mid-rise towers of 13 floors spread across 30 acres, with 648 homes in total. That is a spacious ratio of land to homes, so ask for the sanctioned site plan and see how much of the ground is open and how much is road. The developer has not published an open-space percentage.

A summer day could begin with laps in the swimming pool while younger children splash in the separate kids' pool. Racquet players have a choice of two courts, badminton and squash, which keeps evening games going even in the rains. On weekends, the cricket pitch is where neighbours' children are likely to gather.

For daily errands, convenience shopping inside the campus saves a drive for milk and bread. When relatives come to stay, guest rooms mean you do not have to give up a bedroom in a compact flat. Since the project is finished, you can see each of these facilities in use rather than as a render.

Ask the resident body what the monthly maintenance charge is, whether the guest rooms carry a booking fee, and how the pool timings are shared across so many households.