Step 6 of 8: Check the project and the unit
Judging the project and the unit
How to read masterplans, tower plans and unit plans, and what to check on a site visit.
This step shows how to judge the project and your own flat before you book. It starts with the apartment master plan, the sanctioned plan on the Karnataka RERA page, and the gaps between towers. The tower plan guide shows how to count flats per floor and per lift, and how to find the fire exits. The floor plan guide explains room dimensions, carpet area under the RERA Act, and how to check that your furniture fits. The Vastu guide separates household preferences from things you can measure, such as light and heat. The amenities guide shows how to check the amenities that the builder filed with K-RERA, and who maintains them. The site visit guide gives a checklist for an under-construction project, from the site boundary to the work on each floor. Each guide names the document to ask for and the rule behind it. Use this step after you have shortlisted a project.
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- 6.1 Reading a masterplan: density, open space, tower spacing
How to read a project masterplan for density, open space and tower spacing.
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- 6.2 Reading a tower plan: units per floor, lift ratio, corridors
How to read a tower plan for units per floor, lifts and corridors.
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- 6.3 Reading a unit plan: room sizes, wasted area, ventilation
How to read a unit floor plan for room sizes, wasted area and ventilation.
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- 6.4 Facing, floor choice, and vastu (what is fact, what is preference)
What facing, floor and vastu change in practice, and what is preference.
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- 6.5 Amenities: what you will use vs what you pay for
How to judge amenities by what you will use and what they cost to run.
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- 6.6 Site visit checklist for an under-construction project
What to check on a site visit to an under-construction project.
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- 6.7 Stilt, podium and basement parking: what you get
The parking types in a new project, how car parks are allotted, and what RERA says about selling them.
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