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Long waiting time for amenities after flat completion Sumana - 19-OCT-2013
In Bangalore, so far it is often seen that builder has delivered the flat but not the amenities like Club house, Commercial etc. Money is taken for them and those are mentioned in advertisement and sale deed. People have started residing in the flats but no sign of getting those essentials which are one of the key factors in the selling point and buying decisions. |
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srinidhi - 8-APR-2013
Mumbai has been in news recently for the deadly residential building collapse which has killed about 75 people and left many young babies/kids homeless! |
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Anomalies in stamp duty valuation murali772 - 4-AUG-2011
Whenever a property transaction takes place, there exists a fair and just methodology for determining the stamp duty leviable, taking care of buyer's, seller's, developer's, as well as government's revenue interests, in the form of the 'guideline market value', published by the government, in accordance with the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957. |
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Lacunae in Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act murali772 - 4-AUG-2011
Right from beginning, there have existed glaring lacunae in the state Acts pertaining to transfer of ownership of common areas and assets of multi-storied apartment complexes. And, the lackadaisical approach of the officialdom to the rectifications of these are putting the rapidly growing community of flat owners to various kinds of hardships. |
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Housing Society Scam - Yeddy, Once Bitten Twice Not Shy Rithesh - 21-DEC-2010
Tehelka has done a excellent article (Once bitten, twice not shy) on how Yeddi is continuing his corrupt practices. It reports: |
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Ravi_D - 24-JUL-2010
Just came back from another week long Singapore trip. Every time you look at those high rise apartments, can't help wonder how Bangalore would benefit if it had its share. It would have been impossible for Singapore to be that green without them. |
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Global warming - building cracks? hemaraj - 6-JUN-2010
I had been to Tirupathi 20 -25 days back, before the fall of sri kalahasthi kopuram. on my way , I visited sri kalahasthi templeand saw the crack in the gopuram and was thinking about all through my journey. on my way back I visited my cousin living in Chittoor, they live in an 60 -70 year old house, every time i visited i felt so happy as the building was in good condition even after all these years. but this time i noticed big cracks in the ceiling, then I recollected the cracks in sri kalalhasthi. When I visted ,at that point of time the weather was at 44 degrees or more so. then my thought was that do most building crack fast as the temperature keeps on increasing. what is the fate of humanbeings, without shelter. I was deeply concerned about the future generation . today iread the cracking in the srirangapatna temples gopuram. Has the journey for the extinct of human beings started. god made good things we destroyed.we wanted more and more comforts and invented and polluted . we should follow the principle of roti kapada and then house and then luxury. |
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Houses for slum dwellers by Dec 2010 murali772 - 5-FEB-2010
Speaking after laying the foundation stone for construction of 1,500 houses in the Ragigudda slum at JP Nagar 2nd phase, the Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said, “All 570 slums in the City will be rehabilitated under the JNNURM-BSUP scheme by Dec 2010 to make Bangalore a slum-free City". |
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Should a multi-storied apartment complex association register itself under Societies Act? murali772 - 30-JUL-2009
A reading of the Karnataka Apartment Ownership Act 1972 (KAOA, otherwise called Act no 17 of 1973 - click here) very clearly brings out the fact that that is what is relevant to multi-storied apartment complexes. |
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Smart Growth Principles Book Review psaram42 - 6-MAR-2009
Getting to Smart Growth II book provides 10 policy options to achieve each of the 10 Smart Growth Principles. These policies are supported with ''Practice Tips'' which offer additional resources or brief case studies of communities that have applied the approach to achieve smart growth. |