TATA Crescent Enclave

TATA Crescent Enclave is at 17/2 Vandalur, Serappananchery Village, just off SH 57 at Oragadam, in pincode 603109. SH 57 is the road your trips will start on, whether you are heading to work or into the city. Oragadam lies on the southern edge of Chennai and is known as an industrial belt.

Tata Housing has not published distances to railway stations, the airport, schools, hospitals or the factories nearby. So any travel time you hear from a seller is an estimate, not a published figure. Treat it that way until you have driven the route yourself.

Before you commit, make the trips that will shape your week. Drive to your workplace at the morning peak and back in the evening. If you have children, find the nearest school you would actually use and time that run. Note where you would buy groceries and see a doctor.

Remember that a plot is a long hold for many buyers. If you plan to build later, ask the association how many owners already live in the layout. A street with occupied houses feels very different from one lined with empty land.

TATA Crescent Enclave was a plotted layout, so there were never finished homes or floor plans. Tata Housing sold 246 plots of open land, and every one is now gone from the developer. Plot sizes were not published, and there is no developer price list to go by today.

A resale price here is whatever the owner asks. Get the measured plot area from the seller and the layout plan, then work out the rate per sq ft so you can compare two plots fairly. A corner plot or one facing a park often asks more.

Land is not charged GST. You pay stamp duty and registration on the sale value. The house you build later is a separate cost, and GST applies to that construction work.

• Measured plot area and dimensions
• Price per sq ft agreed with the seller
• Stamp duty and registration charges
• Any unpaid maintenance or association dues on the plot
• Estimated cost of plan approval before you build

TATA Crescent Enclave has no RERA registration number on record for this layout. Ask the seller whether one exists, and check it on the Tamil Nadu RERA portal, TNRERA, before you pay a token amount.

A resale plot rests on its papers, so collect these before you agree a price:

• Land conversion order for the layout
• Approved layout plan showing your plot number and size
• Release order for the plots from the approving authority
• Encumbrance certificate covering the plot
• Every earlier sale deed, back to the first sale by Tata Housing
• Latest property tax or land record in the seller's name
• No-dues letter from the residents' association

Have a lawyer read the title chain and confirm no loan is still charged on the land. At registration, the sale deed moves to your name. After that, update the land and tax records so they show you as owner, since you will need them to get a building plan approved.

TATA Crescent Enclave has 246 plots on 15 acres, set along a network of roads 10 m, 9 m and 7.2 m wide, with footpaths and avenue trees. Because the layout is finished, you are not buying a drawing. You can stand on your plot and see what is around it.

A morning could start with a few rounds of the jogging track before work. Children have a play area and landscaped gardens to use after school. The outdoor courts give older children and adults a game in the evening. A party area lets you host a family event inside the gates.

Behind the scenes, the layout was built with underground sewer lines to each plot, stormwater drains and underground water pipes fed from an overhead tank. An entrance porch with a security kiosk, a compound wall and CCTV guard the site.

Where your plot lies matters. A plot facing a park may be quieter and greener, and one near the entrance easier to reach. All of these shared spaces are kept up by the owners together, so ask the association how they are maintained today.