Can Rs.60,000 tilt the deal of Rs.60,00,000 ?
Yes and our experience has proven it right. Sounds strange but its true.
Housing and infrastructure development has seen new concepts come
up substantially in the recent past. Gone are the times, when apartments used
to be simple dwelling places with minimal amenities like housekeeping, water,
and common lighting. Lifts joined the list when the housing grew vertically
with high rise buildings. With the shortage of continuous supply of power,
generators graced the list. Meetings of such societies were mostly conducted in
their terraces or in their society’s office. All associated charges were
strictly restricted and keenly monitored owing to the small size of the
society. Of late, we see AGM’s of housing societies being held in hotels or
banquet halls and the member count running in hundreds.
Today we experience a new lifestyle with swimming pool, gym, club
house, party hall, library, Jacuzzi, sauna, landscaped gardens, tennis courts,
cricket pitches, golf courses etc. all within the gated community. We entice
our customers with never ending list of lifestyle facilities. Let us understand
the worth behind this.
Maintenance charges are one of the most common future burdens that
home buyers feel while buying a house. Buyer feels that when he buys an
apartment with so many amenities, and as he starts living there, the so called
paradise seems to turn into a mirage. Everything seems to fall apart in a few
years due to poor maintenance.
There is an urgent need to look into the maintenance cost as
builders, as many of these complexes the charge comes to Rs. 6000/- per month
or even more for a 1800 sqft apartment approx., depending on the density of
population in the complex and the number of amenities it offers. Hence, today
in most deals maintenance – quality and cost is an important justification that
needs to be provided to a prospective customer who needs to make his judicious
decision in favour of or against his buying decision on the property.
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