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Safety of the building and residents plays a crucial aspect of a high rise building in these days, where earth quakes and cyclones are quite common. To withstand these natural calamities developers must abide to safety precautions as per the modern standards. Fire safety measures:  Fire alarms, fire sprinklers system, fire extinguishers and all fire protection systems are essential points to consider when buying in a high-rise apartment. Also, the complex should have at minimum two access ways as well as an alternative staircase available to all floors; Earthquake and cyclone resistant:   High-rises need to have back-up generators so that critical systems will operate even when cut off from the main power grid. The project should also be equipped with safety measures to mitigate disasters like earthquakes and cyclones.

Vertical expansion in the form of multi-storeyed apartment complexes seemed to be the only option to create housing within dense urban cities before the pandemic. However, with homebuyers preferring larger apartments in less crowded spaces on the city’s peripheries, and some even opting for plotted developments, there has been a visible dent in the previously soaring popularity of high-rise apartments. There is a clear shift in homebuyer preferences towards independent floors in key metropolitan cities. The trend in southern cities of Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai is towards plotted developments. The supply share of high-rise projects has been on a year-on-year decline since 2019. The new demand realities of low-saturation housing projects aside, both the completion timelines and capital requirements for smaller projects are much lower.” Hence, there is no doubt that smaller-sized projects are increasingly being preferred by both, homebuyers as well as developers. ...

If you’re looking to sell your home — and get the highest possible price for it — staging the property can help. Anyone want to sell their property like house or flat then one must prepare to stage their home as it will fetch a good price. Know more about what is home staging? Staging emphasises the home’s best features and makes the space within one’s home look fresh and presentable for sale. It can be done with quick, minimal changes in furnishings, accessories and lighting.  Making subtle changes to the decor and the usage of space within the home can change the stagnant energy of the space to a more positive, inviting one, and also enhance the overall ‘look and feel’ of an apartment.  Besides, there are multiple benefits to home staging. “Potential buyers can visualise themselves living in the home if it is staged and furnished well. A home that has been staged will also look more ‘move-in-ready’. Consequently, staged homes usually sell faster.  First impres...

Before buying a home the one have to know the jargon of the area defined by a builder, Carpet area, Built-up area, Super built-up area and RERA Carpet area. The  carpet area , as the name suggests, in its simplest form is the area in the house where you can lay  wall to wall carpet . That is the entire floor of the house. “Just take the floor area of all the rooms, the kitchen, living area and the bathrooms and exclude the thickness of all walls and utility ducts. Ideally, you should ask the developer for the carpet area and make the dealings based on this. The fact that you can measure this area easily allows you to verify if you are getting the square footage promised.  The Built-up area, is measured from the external perimeter wall surfaces, includes the carpet area and the wall thickness (both, internal and external), and contains other apartment areas such as the dry balcony, terrace, flower beds, etc. The Super built-up , involves everything that built-up includes ...

RERA carpet area refers to anything inside the outer walls of an apartment, but excluding the balconies,  verandah  or open terrace and shafts. It is similar to regular carpet area but, in RERA carpet area the thickness of the internal walls is included. Thus, if you compare the regular carpet area and the RERA carpet area, the actual usable space — wall to wall carpet — would be a little less in the RERA carpet area. Before buying a home the one have to know the jargon of the area defined as Carpet area, Built-up area, Super built-up area and RERA Carpet area. The  carpet area , as the name suggests, in its simplest form is the area in the house where you can lay  wall to wall carpet . That is the entire floor of the house. “Just take the floor area of all the rooms, the kitchen, living area and the bathrooms and exclude the thickness of all walls and utility ducts. Ideally, you should ask the developer for the carpet area and make the dealings based on this. The fact that yo...