Sarjapur Road
2 BHK or 3 BHK for Your First Home? How to Decide
The extra bedroom is a big decision. Use this simple money-and-life test to choose between a 2 BHK and a 3 BHK.
· 7 min read
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Guides for your first home
Plain answers on loans, paperwork, RERA, layouts and life on Sarjapur–Attibele Road, written for first-time buyers in Bengaluru.
Sarjapur Road
3 BHK Floor Plan Mistakes First-Time Buyers Miss
A floor plan can hide wasted space and dark rooms. Learn to read one like a builder before you book your first 3 BHK.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Buying Your First 3 BHK on Sarjapur Road
Families often skip the 2 BHK and go straight to a 3 BHK. Here is how to plan that first purchase calmly.
· 7 min read
Sarjapur Road
Buying a New Launch on Sarjapur Road as a First Home
New launches often cost less upfront but ask you to wait. Here is how a first-time buyer can book one safely.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
The First-Home Buyer's Checklist for Sarjapur Road
Print this out and take it on every site visit. Every step a first-time buyer needs, in order.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Is a 2 BHK the Right First Home on Sarjapur Road?
A 2 BHK is the most common first home in Bengaluru. Here is a simple way to tell whether it fits your life for the next ten years.
· 7 min read
Sarjapur Road
Low-Rise or High-Rise: Which Suits Your First Home?
Tall towers and small low-density buildings feel very different to live in. Here is how to choose as a first-time buyer.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Ready-to-Move or Under-Construction: Your First Home
Ready homes end your rent sooner; new homes give you time to pay. Here is a plain comparison for first-time buyers.
· 7 min read
Sarjapur Road
Sarjapur Road Infrastructure: What Buyers Should Know
Every brochure mentions a metro and a ring road. Here is how to tell what is real today from what is still on paper.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Where to Buy on Sarjapur Road: A First-Home Map
Sarjapur Road is long, and each stretch feels different. Here is a simple map for first-time buyers.
· 5 min read
Sarjapur Road
Why Young Families Are Moving to Sarjapur Road
Jobs, schools and room to grow are pulling first-time buyers to Sarjapur Road. Here is the honest picture, including the drawbacks.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Buying Near Attibele: A Paperwork Guide
Attibele is close to the state line, so buyers sometimes mix up two systems. This short guide keeps your first purchase on the right track.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
City, Planning Authority or Panchayat: Who Approves a Bengaluru Home
On the city's edge, the body that approves a building is not always the one that collects property tax. A plain guide for first-home buyers.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Bought a Plot? The Approvals You Need Before You Build Your First Home
You own the land. Now you need permission to build on it. A first-timer's guide to plan sanction, setbacks and the costs nobody mentions.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
Reading a Property Brochure: Which Claims to Check Before You Believe
Brochures are written to excite. This guide helps first-home buyers sort the checkable promises from the decoration.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Buying Your First Flat on Sarjapur Road, Step by Step
From the first budget sum to the day you get the keys, here is the whole journey in simple steps for a first-time buyer on Sarjapur Road.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Carpet Area vs Super Built-Up: A First-Home Guide
The area on a brochure is often not the area you live in. Here is how to read a 2 or 3 BHK plan with simple maths.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Carpet, Built-Up or Super Built-Up: Which Area Should You Compare?
When two projects quote area differently, comparing them is guesswork. Here is how to turn every number into carpet area, the one RERA uses.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Survey Numbers: A Simple Way to Check the Project Matches Its RERA Registration
A project's name can change. Its survey numbers do not. Here is how a first-time buyer can use them to check that the land matches the registration.
· 7 min read
Sarjapur Road
Which Bengaluru Corridor for Your First Home?
Every corridor has fans. A first-home buyer needs a fair way to compare them. Here is a simple scoring method you can run yourself.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Common Areas Explained: What You Really Own When You Buy a Flat
You pay for more than the rooms inside your door. Here is what common areas are, who owns them, and what share of the land comes with your flat.
· 7 min read
Sarjapur Road
Dommasandra: Checks to Run Before You Buy Nearby
Dommasandra is a name you will see in many ads. Here is what it is on paper, and a short checklist for any home near it.
· 5 min read
Legal & Compliance
What 'DTCP Approved' Really Means When You Buy Your First Plot
"DTCP approved" is the most used phrase in Tamil Nadu plot ads. It is valuable, but it is not the whole story. Here is what it covers.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
DTCP, Local Planning Authority or Panchayat: Whose Layout Approval Counts?
A seller says the layout is "approved". By whom? In Tamil Nadu, the answer depends on where the land sits. Here is how to tell.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Buying Your First Home From a Newer Builder: How to Judge Them Fairly
A long history is comforting, but it is not proof. Here is how to judge any builder, new or old, using papers you can check yourself.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
FMB Sketch Explained: Checking Plot Boundaries in Tamil Nadu
A compound wall is not a boundary. In Tamil Nadu, the FMB sketch shows where the survey lines really run. Here is how to read it.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Is My Flat Inside City Limits? How to Find Out
The question “is it in city limits?” has no single answer for a long road. Here is a method any first-time buyer can use for one home.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Near the State Border? What Changes When You Buy
Drive towards Hosur and you cross a state line without noticing. Your paperwork notices. Here is what switches, in plain words.
· 7 min read
Sarjapur Road
New Launch Apartments: A First-Home Buyer's Checklist
A new launch can be a good way into your first home. Here is a step-by-step checklist so you buy with confidence.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
OC and CC in Plain English: The Certificates Before You Move In
Your keys are not the last step. Two certificates decide whether the building is complete and fit to live in. Here is what each one means.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
Patta and Chitta Explained: Tamil Nadu Land Records for First-Time Buyers
If you are buying a plot across the Tamil Nadu border, you will hear "patta" in every conversation. Here is what it is and what it is not.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
What a PIN Code Can and Cannot Tell a Home Buyer
Many buyers treat a PIN code as proof of location. It is only a postal sorting code. Here is what to check instead.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Pre-Launch Offers: Why You Should Wait for RERA
Early-bird and expression-of-interest offers appear on every growing corridor. For a first-home buyer, the safest move is simple: wait for the registration.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
The Name on the Ad vs the Name on RERA: Why They Can Differ
Many buyers search RERA for the brand they saw in the ad and find a different company name. Here is why, and how to check the link.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
20 Questions to Ask a Builder in Writing Before You Book Your First Home
A friendly sales chat is not a record. These twenty questions, sent by email, give a first-home buyer answers they can hold the builder to.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
"RERA Approved"? What RERA Registration Really Means for Your First Home
RERA registers projects; it does not approve or endorse them. Here is what the registration number tells a first-time buyer, and what it does not.
· 5 min read
Sarjapur Road
One Project, Three Area Names: Why Portals Disagree
Listing sites often file the same building under different area names. It is rarely a trick. Here is how to cut through it as a first-time buyer.
· 6 min read
Sarjapur Road
Your Sarjapur Address, Explained Layer by Layer
The address on an ad helps you find the site. The address on your documents is a stack of layers. Here is how to read it before your first purchase.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Your First Site Visit: A Checklist That Looks Past the Show Flat
A site visit is easy to enjoy and hard to use well. Here is a step-by-step plan for first-time buyers, from before you leave home to the week after.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
Is This the Builder's Real Website? Six Checks Before You Share Your Number
Search a project's name and you will often find several sites. Here is how a first-time buyer can tell which one belongs to the builder.
· 5 min read
Legal & Compliance
Agreement for Sale vs Sale Deed: What Each Does
One is a promise to sell, the other is the sale. When you become the owner, what the agreement protects, and the clauses to read slowly.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Near Attibele? Which State's Property Records Apply
Sarjapur–Attibele Road runs close to Tamil Nadu. How to tell which state's records cover a home, and why khata and patta are not the same thing.
· 7 min read
Infrastructure
The Bengaluru Business Corridor, Explained for Home Buyers
The old Peripheral Ring Road is now the Bengaluru Business Corridor. Why two lengths are quoted, how landowners are compensated, and how to think about it.
· 6 min read
Infrastructure
Bengaluru's 75.6 km Flyover Plan: A Home Buyer's Reading
The state Cabinet has approved a big flyover network for Bengaluru. What was decided, what has not been decided yet, and what it means if you are buying your first home.
· 6 min read
Infrastructure
Bengaluru's Second Airport: Where It Stands, and What to Ignore
A second airport for Bengaluru is being planned. The shortlisted sites, the legal clause that shapes the timeline, and what it means for a first-home buyer.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Booking Amount Limit: The RERA 10% Rule Explained
A builder cannot take more than ten per cent of the cost before a registered agreement for sale. What that means on a first-home budget.
· 7 min read
NRI Home Buying
Buying a Resale Flat From an NRI Seller: The TDS Steps You Own
If the person selling you a home lives abroad, the tax you must hold back works differently. Here is what changes for you as the buyer, in plain steps.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
Carpet, Built-up and Super Built-up Area Explained
Three area numbers for one flat. What each measures, which one the law defines, and how to compare two homes fairly.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Encumbrance Certificate: What a Clean EC Can't Show
An EC lists registered documents against a property. What Form 15 and Form 16 mean, how to read the entries, and the four things it never shows.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
Snag Inspection Checklist for Your First Flat
A room-by-room checklist for inspecting your new flat before you accept the keys, and how to record each defect so it counts later.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
Buying Your First Home: The Steps, in Order
Most first-home mistakes are steps done too early. A simple order from rent-vs-buy to keys, with what each step lets you walk away from.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
First Home Possession: What Starts on Key Day
Possession is a short chain of steps, not one day. What begins at each step, from the occupancy certificate to maintenance bills and the five-year defect window.
· 6 min read
NRI Home Buying
Working in the Gulf? Buying Your Family's Home in Bengaluru
Many Gulf NRIs plan to return to India one day. Buying the family home first is common. How to do it well from Dubai, Riyadh or Doha.
· 5 min read
Legal & Compliance
Guntha, Acre and Square Feet: A Flat Buyer's Guide
How to convert guntha and acres, read an RTC extent without errors, and use land area to judge how dense a project is.
· 6 min read
Infrastructure
The Hosur Airport Proposal: Why It Has Not Gone Ahead
An airport near Hosur was widely sold as a sure thing. The Union government has declined it. What that means if you are looking at a home or plot nearby.
· 6 min read
NRI Home Buying
How an NRI Buys a First Home in India, Step by Step
Eight steps from "we should buy a home back home" to holding the keys, explained simply for NRIs doing it for the first time.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Joint Home Loan with Your Spouse: Eligibility and Tax Wins
Borrowing together can raise your loan, double the tax relief and settle who owns what. Here is how a joint home loan works for your first home.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Getting the Khata in Your Name After Buying a Flat
After registration comes khata transfer, and it is your job. Which office handles it, the papers you need, and how it works for new apartments.
· 6 min read
Infrastructure
Living Near Work in Bengaluru: Is Buying Cheaper Than Commuting?
Hours in traffic, fuel and cab bills add up. A simple way to work out what your commute really costs, and whether a home closer to work changes the maths.
· 6 min read
NRI Home Buying
Buying a Home for Your Parents in India: An NRI's Guide
Your parents want to stay in India. You want them safe and comfortable. How NRIs buy a home for parents, from whose name to put it in, to what to check.
· 6 min read
NRI Home Buying
An NRI's Guide to a Family Home on Sarjapur Road
Choosing a home for your parents, or for your own return, from thousands of kilometres away. What to look at on Sarjapur Road and how to check it without being there.
· 7 min read
NRI Home Buying
NRI First-Home Checklist for Bengaluru: Booking to Keys
You have picked a home. Now the paperwork starts. A plain checklist for NRIs, stage by stage, so nothing gets missed from abroad.
· 6 min read
NRI Home Buying
7 Myths That Stop NRIs Buying a Home in India
Old stories travel fast in family WhatsApp groups. Seven beliefs that keep NRIs from buying a home for their family, checked against the actual rules.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Possession Letter: What to Check Before You Sign
The possession letter looks like a formality but can affect your rights. What it records, what to ask for with it, and which lines to watch for.
· 7 min read
Infrastructure
When a Big Road Project Is Delayed: Lessons From the BBC
Land compensation disputes on the Bengaluru Business Corridor show how big roads get delayed. What that teaches you as a first-home buyer.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Sale Deed Registration Day in Karnataka: A Guide
How registration day works at the sub-registrar's office, what to prepare, what the officer checks, and the usual reasons documents are sent back.
· 6 min read
Infrastructure
The Proposed Sarjapur Metro: What It Means for Home Buyers
You will hear "metro coming" on every Sarjapur hoarding. Here is what is actually on record, and how a first-home buyer should weigh it.
· 6 min read
Infrastructure
STRR Near Attibele: What It Means for Your First Home
The Satellite Town Ring Road in plain words: which parts are open, what is still stuck, and how much it should matter when you buy near Attibele.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Title, Khata and Mutation: Three Records, Explained
Three records, three offices, three jobs. What each one proves, what to do when they disagree, and the order they change after a sale.
· 6 min read
NRI Home Buying
Under-Construction First Home: What to Check Before Booking
An under-construction home lets you pay in stages, but you wait to move in. Seven checks that tell you whether the trade is right for you.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
'No Record Found'? Check the Village Spelling
Karnataka property portals match spellings exactly. Why one village has many English spellings, and how to search by place to find the record.
· 6 min read
Infrastructure
Yellow Line Metro and Your Attibele–Chandapura First Home
The Yellow Line now runs to Bommasandra. What it really changes for first-home buyers around Attibele, Chandapura and Hosur Road, and what it does not.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
The 11E Sketch: A Simple Guide for Karnataka Home Buyers
When only part of a survey number is sold, the 11E sketch shows exactly which part. What it is, who applies for it, what to check on it and what it cannot prove.
· 7 min read
Lifestyle & Design
2 BHK or 3 BHK for your first home in Bengaluru?
More Bengaluru families are choosing 3 BHK homes. But for a first home, the right answer depends on your plans and your monthly budget. Here is how to decide.
· 7 min read
Home Finance
Apartment Maintenance Charges: What First-Home Buyers Should Know
Your EMI is not the only monthly bill. Here is how apartment maintenance is worked out, so it does not surprise you after you move in.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
The sewage treatment plant in your apartment, explained simply
Most apartment buyers never ask about the STP. It quietly shapes your water supply, your maintenance bill and even how your building smells.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Bengaluru weather and your first home: what to check before buying
Bengaluru's mild weather is a reason many people settle here. But a home's design decides how much of that comfort you actually feel indoors.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
How to check a green home claim before you book
You do not need to be an expert to test a green claim. Four simple checks, and a few red flags, are enough to tell a real label from a slogan.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Construction-Linked Payment Plans, Explained for First-Home Buyers
You pay as the building rises, not all at once. Here is how a construction-linked plan works and what to check before you sign.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Corpus Fund and Sinking Fund: The Two Apartment Savings Pots
Two lines on your cost sheet that many first-time buyers skip. Here is what the corpus fund and sinking fund are for, and why they matter.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Cross ventilation: a five-minute check for your show-flat visit
Almost every brochure says cross ventilation. Here is a simple way to test it yourself in a show flat, in about five minutes.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
DC Conversion in Karnataka: What a Home Buyer Must Check
Land around Bengaluru mostly started as farm land. A DC conversion order is what lets it be used for homes. How to read one and the mistakes buyers make.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Down Payment for Your First Home: What You Really Need in Hand
The loan covers most of the price, but not everything. Here is the full list of what you pay yourself, and when.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
E-Khata, B-Khata and Property Deeds: A First-Buyer's Guide
Khata records a property for tax; deeds record who owns it. A plain guide to e-khata and B-khata in Bengaluru, and to the six property deeds you are most likely to meet.
· 7 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Engineered or solid wood? Doors and frames in your new flat
Many new homes now use engineered materials instead of solid timber for doors and frames. Here is what that means for your flat, in plain words.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Planning an electric car? EV charging questions for your first flat
You may not own an electric car yet. Your next car might be one. Here is what 'EV charging provision' really means, and what to ask the builder.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
FAR, FSI and Setbacks: What They Mean for Your First Flat
Three planning rules decide how big a building can be, how much ground it covers and how far it stands from its edges. Here is why a flat buyer should care.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Fixed or Floating Rate? Choosing for Your First Home Loan
Your first loan will ask you to pick a rate type. Here is what fixed and floating really mean, and how a rate change touches your EMI.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
Form 26QB for Joint Home Buyers: How Many Forms and Why
Bought your first home with your spouse or a parent? Form 26QB is filed once per buyer-seller pair, for every instalment. What to keep ready, and the five common mistakes.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Green home labels: what each word on a brochure really promises
Three green-building words turn up on almost every brochure, and they do not mean the same thing. Here is what each one promises, in plain words.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
GST on an Under-Construction Flat: Why It Applies and When
Why a flat bought before completion attracts GST and a ready one usually does not, why the completion certificate decides it, and how GST differs from stamp duty.
· 7 min read
Market & Pricing
Guidance Value Changes: What They Mean for a First-Home Buyer
A news headline about guidance values can make you pause. Here is what the term means and how it actually affects your purchase.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Home Loan Insurance: What You Need and What You Can Skip
At loan signing, you may be offered three kinds of insurance. Here is what each protects, and which ones are actually required.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Part-Payment and Foreclosure: How Paying Early Actually Works
Paying a little extra and closing the loan fully are two different steps. Here is how each one works, and what to collect when you finish.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Home Loan Sanction vs Disbursement: What Each Step Means
Your loan is approved, but no money has moved yet. Here is what happens between sanction and disbursement.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
How Much Home Loan Can I Get? How Banks Work It Out
Your loan amount is set by four limits, and the lowest one wins. Here is how each works, for a salaried first-home buyer.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Carpet Area vs Super Built-Up: The Loading Maths for a First Home
Two area figures, only one defined by law. Here is how to work out loading yourself, and why the per-square-foot rate depends on which figure it is quoted on.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
How to Check a RERA Certificate Before You Book a Flat
A RERA certificate has about eight fields, and most listings show only the number. How to read every field, what the dates really mean, and how to verify it online.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
How to Check a Plot's Area on the Documents, Not the Brochure
Multiplying length by breadth is the easy part. The real check is matching that number against the sale deed, the land record, the survey sketch and the approved layout.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
How to File a K-RERA Complaint: A Plain Guide for Home Buyers
Who can complain, which forum hears what, what to attach, and where an appeal goes. A calm, step-by-step guide to the Karnataka RERA complaint route.
· 7 min read
Lifestyle & Design
How to read a floor plan before you buy your first home
A floor plan is the most useful page in any brochure, once you know how to read it. Here is a simple order to read it in, for a 2 or 3 BHK.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
How to Read a Karnataka Survey Number, Village and Hobli
Every property in Karnataka has a postal address and a revenue address. Only the second unlocks land records. Here is how the survey number, hissa, village, hobli and taluk fit together.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
How to Save for Your First Home: A Step-by-Step Plan
The hardest part of a first home is often the first cheque. Here is a calm, step-by-step plan to save for it.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
"IGBC-aligned": what it means when no one has checked
"Aligned" sounds like a certificate, but it is not one. Here is what the word really tells you, and how to check the features behind it yourself.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
IGBC, LEED, GRIHA, EDGE: four green labels, compared simply
Four green labels, four different owners. Here is a plain comparison of IGBC, LEED, GRIHA and EDGE, and what each means for a flat you might buy.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
IGBC Silver, Gold, Platinum: what the levels mean for your home
A brochure says IGBC Gold. What does that actually mean for the flat you are buying? Here is how the levels work, without the jargon.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Mother Deed and Title Chain: Checking Who Really Owns the Land
No single paper proves ownership in India. A clean title is shown through an unbroken chain of registered deeds, starting with the mother deed. Here is how to read one.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
NRI Buying a First or Family Home in India: The FEMA Basics
Working abroad and buying a home for yourself or your parents in Bengaluru? What FEMA allows, how to route payments, what repatriation looks like later and what paperwork to keep.
· 7 min read
Home Finance
NRI Home Loans: Buying a First or Family Home in Bengaluru
Buying a home back home while you work abroad is very doable. Here is how an NRI home loan works and what to prepare.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Form 9 and Form 11: Panchayat Khata Explained Simply
Outside city limits, the property register belongs to the gram panchayat. Form 9 and Form 11 are its two key extracts. What each shows and what neither proves.
· 7 min read
Home Finance
How to Pay Off Your Home Loan Faster: Simple Maths That Works
A 25-year loan does not have to last 25 years. Here is the arithmetic of finishing early, with honest examples.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Plot Loan or Home Loan? A Plain Guide for First-Time Buyers
Buying land and building later sounds simple. Banks see it very differently from buying a ready flat. Here is what changes for you.
· 7 min read
Home Finance
PMAY-Urban 2.0 for Your First Home: Who Qualifies, How Much
The government's interest subsidy can put up to ₹1.80 lakh into your home loan. Here is who qualifies, why Bengaluru's prices make it tight, and how to apply.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Bought a pre-certified green home? What happens next
Pre-certification is a good start, not the finish line. Here is what happens between design and handover, and what to ask along the way.
· 5 min read
Home Finance
Pre-EMI or Full EMI? A Guide for Buyers Still Paying Rent
Paying rent and a loan at the same time is the hardest part of buying under construction. Here is how pre-EMI and full EMI change that.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Rainwater harvesting in Bengaluru flats: what buyers should know
Rainwater harvesting is on every Bengaluru brochure. Here is what it actually involves, why some systems fail, and what to check before you buy.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Recycled water for apartment gardens: what it means for residents
In many apartment communities, the garden is watered with treated water from the building's own STP. Here is what that means for you and your family.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
RERA's 70% Account Rule: How Your Payments Are Protected
Seventy per cent of what buyers pay must go into a separate project account and leave it only as building progresses. What the rule covers, who certifies withdrawals and its limits.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
Your RERA Rights as a First-Home Buyer, Section by Section
RERA protects buyers, but only if you know which section to point to. The eight sections that matter, in the order you will need them during a purchase.
· 7 min read
Legal & Compliance
Buying a Flat on Sarjapur Road: A First-Home Legal Checklist
Sarjapur Road crosses several jurisdictions and a lot of once-agricultural land. A calm, step-by-step legal checklist for first-home buyers, from RERA to the occupancy certificate.
· 6 min read
Market & Pricing
Your First Site Visit: A Simple Checklist Before You Book
A site visit is your best chance to see beyond the brochure. Here is what to look at, ask and collect before you book.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Solar panels in apartments: what they can and cannot power
Rooftop solar sounds like free power for your flat. Usually it is not. Here is what apartment solar realistically does, and how it can still help you.
· 6 min read
Legal & Compliance
TDS on Buying a Flat: Section 194-IA for First-Time Buyers
When you buy a home, you, not the seller, may have to deduct tax and pay it to the government. Who it applies to, when it happens and what goes wrong if you miss it.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
Top-Up Home Loan or Loan Against Property? A Simple Comparison
Once you own a home, you can borrow against it. Here is how a top-up loan and a loan against property compare.
· 6 min read
Home Finance
The Tripartite Agreement: Builder, Bank and You
One extra document you will sign if you buy under construction with a loan. Here is what it says and why it matters.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Vaastu and your first home: a practical, no-pressure guide
Vaastu matters to many Indian families. Here is a calm look at which ideas match climate sense, which are belief, and how to choose a flat together.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
Warm or cool lights for your new home? A simple room-by-room guide
Moving into your first home means buying a lot of bulbs. Here is what the kelvin number on the box means, and which colour suits each room.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
"Water positive" homes: what the claim would need to be true
"Water positive" sounds great on a hoarding. Here is what any honest version of the claim would need, and the questions to ask before trusting it.
· 6 min read
Market & Pricing
What Decides an Apartment's Price in Bengaluru? A First-Buyer's Guide
Prices are not random. Here are the things you can check yourself to judge whether an apartment offers fair value.
· 6 min read
Lifestyle & Design
What is IGBC? A simple guide for home buyers
IGBC shows up on many Bengaluru brochures. Here is who runs it, what its ratings look at, and how much weight a first-home buyer should give it.
· 6 min read
Market & Pricing
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About these guides
Who writes the Reeva guides?
The Reeva Properties team, for people buying their first home in Bengaluru. Each guide sticks to one question and explains it in plain words.
Are these guides financial or legal advice?
No. They explain how things usually work so you can ask better questions. For your own case, speak to your bank, a lawyer or a tax adviser.
How often are the guides updated?
We revisit a guide when a rule, rate or process changes. Each post shows the date it was last updated.
Where can I find the meaning of a term like khata or EC?
The <a href="/glossary">property glossary</a> explains 30 common terms, and each one links to the guides that go deeper.
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