Upcoming Godrej Bannerghatta Road

Upcoming Godrej Bannerghatta Road is reached from Bannerghatta Road by way of Dinnepalya Road, pincode 560083. No distances to offices, metro stations, schools or hospitals have been published, so none appear here. Bannerghatta Road is a long corridor, so where along it you work will shape your day more than the address does.

Drive from the site to your office on a weekday morning, then back in the evening peak. Time the link between Dinnepalya Road and the main road carefully, since short connecting roads often decide how long the full trip takes. If you have children, do the school run at the hour you would actually leave.

A 33-acre site with 15 towers will add a great deal of traffic once people move in. Ask how many gates the project will have, which roads they open onto and whether any widening is planned. Look for the nearest schools, clinics and grocery stores, and note which errands you will still need a car for.

Upcoming Godrej Bannerghatta Road lists five layouts, all quoted as built-up area. The two-bedroom is about 1,200 sq ft. The three-bedroom comes in about 1,444 sq ft with two bathrooms or about 1,900 sq ft with three. The 3.5-bedroom is about 2,100 sq ft and the four-bedroom about 2,700 sq ft. Carpet areas have not been published.

The two-bedroom is quoted at Rs. 1.58 Crore to Rs. 1.71 Crore, or about Rs. 13,200 per sq ft at the lower figure. The smaller three-bedroom runs from Rs. 1.90 Crore to Rs. 2.21 Crore and the larger from Rs. 2.50 Crore to Rs. 2.61 Crore. The 3.5-bedroom starts at Rs. 2.77 Crore, while the four-bedroom at Rs. 3.56 Crore.

GST is charged on a home still being built, and you pay stamp duty and registration on top. Ask for a cost sheet that shows:

• The base rate and the area it is charged on
• Floor-rise and facing premiums
• Car parking and clubhouse membership
• Maintenance deposit
• GST as a separate line
• Stamp duty and registration on the full value

Upcoming Godrej Bannerghatta Road has no RERA registration number published. Under RERA a project must be registered before it is advertised or booked, so ask the developer for the number and check it on the Karnataka RERA website (rera.karnataka.gov.in). The entry should show the land, the approved plan, the home count and the declared completion date.

For a home in a newly launched project, ask for:

• The RERA registration certificate for the phase you are buying in
• Title documents and an encumbrance certificate for the land
• The conversion order for residential use
• The sanctioned building plan for your tower
• A draft agreement for sale with a handover date and a payment plan linked to construction

Pay by bank transfer only, into the account named in the RERA filing. At handover, take the occupancy certificate, register the sale deed and have the khata issued in your name.

Upcoming Godrej Bannerghatta Road spreads 15 towers, each 32 floors high, across about 33 acres. The open-space share has not been published, though the amenity list mentions landscaped gardens of 8 acres or more. It also names both a clubhouse of 70,000 sq ft and another of 35,000 sq ft, so ask which applies. All of this is as planned by the developer.

A weekday could begin on the jogging and skating track or on the yoga deck, then a swim in one of the pools or a session at the health club. If you work from home, the co-working spaces give you a desk away from the flat. Toddlers could spend the morning at the creche, and older children have play areas and several sports courts.

Evenings might mean a film in the mini theatre, a show at the amphitheatre or a walk with the dog to the pet park. The spa and salon, the indoor games zones and the party areas cover weekends. Guest rooms help when family visits, and retail stores inside the gates handle quick errands.