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Pushpalok Villa

Friday, December 17th, 2010

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Pushpalok Villa is located just 2 km from Infosys Campus at Sarjapur Bangalore. Pushpalok Villa Bangalore is a floral retreat of prettiness with 67 signature villas for the most discerning connoisseurs of fine living, encompassing a world class Flower farm, Spa and Wellness Center, with world class facilities for a living that will be in perfect sync with nature.The project is located just 2 km from Infosys Campus and connects Hosur and international Airport at Devanahalli on NH 207. It is also near to Wipro corporate office and other IT giants. Pushpalok offers 67 signature villas with Landscape for every villa with fruit and floral plant.

Pushpalok presents you a paradise on earth with heavenly feelings, each villas in the midst of the fragrance, the aroma, the charms and the sensuality of flowers. Pushpalok is brought to you by Pushpam Realty. Pushpam Realty is an Associate of Pushpam Flora Base Pvt Ltd., a two decade old pioneering company in Indian floriculture with operations spread over India, Middle East, Europe, U.K. and Africa.

Feature

  • Floral Spa with facilities for Ayurvedic detox,Rejuvenation and Wellness Therapy
  • Fitness centre with Gym, Sauna and Steam bath
  • Community bus service to city centre
  • Flower farms in 5 Acres
  • Wifi,Intercom and Supermarket.
  • Landscape for every villa with fruit and floral plant.

Amenities at Pushpalok Villa

  • Fitness centre with Gym, Sauna and Steam bath
  • Power backup for the entire common areas with 24 hour running water.
  • Children’s play area,Jogging and cycling track
  • Party/conference hall with Audio video systems
  • Wifi,Intercom and Supermarket.
  • Landscape for every villa with fruit and floral plant.
  • Landscape areas consisting of Kids play and skating area, Jogging track, Party lawn with barbecue, fully and partly covered sit-outs.
  • Property Management and Maintenance service for the Villas

Pricing Starts from 60 lakhs to 80 L  as per size and construction area.

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Orchid Floor Plan

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BBMP decided to re-launch its drive against building violations

Wednesday, November 10th, 2010

The BBMP has decided to re-launch its drive against building violations and reissued a circular to the engineers concerned of its Town Planning Department to crack the whip against such violations.
The circular reiterates that the officials should take action against buildings which have been constructed in violation of the approved plan.The Mahanagara Palike has asked ward-level engineers to carry out regular inspections and those at Town Planning Division to send the approved plans to sub-divisions within seven days.

In a release, the Palike has asserted that they would continue the drive and have directed officials concerned in the Department of Town Planning and other departments to pursue the same.

The filtering process should not result in loss of rainwater

Monday, May 24th, 2010

Filter plays vital role in Rainwater Harvesting. Primary job is to keep organic particles and silt out of the rainwater to be harvested. The filtering process should not result in loss of rainwater to be collected or should not also result in choking and consequent flooding.

For individual homes, a simple drum with a cloth covered inlet is good enough. Passing the rainwater through a sand bed is simple and easy. For a 100 square metre roof area, one 60-litre drum filter is usually enough. There filiter available are many in the market and most of them do the basic job of keeping organic particles out. Go for the simpler and easy to maintain and to clean.They should also be cheap and easy to replace.




A bye-pass system helps in the filtration process because it is only the first 5 mm of rain which usually needs to be cleaned. The filter, if made of ferro-cement, can last longer and is much tougher than plastic. Ferro-cement does not crack in the sun and is much more eco-friendly than PVC. Before buying and installing a filter, ask what it does, the difference between input and output water quality and how easy is it to maintain.

Since a filter has to handle a heavy downpour at times it cannot function at micro-filtering the rain. It can only keep the larger particles free.The filtering process should not result in loss of rainwater to be collected. The entire rainwater harvesting system consists of a catchment, which is usually the roof, the conveyance, which are rainwater gutters and downpipes, the filters and finally the storage or recharge, which is a sump or a well.

Reduction in stamp duty is a boon

Friday, March 12th, 2010

In recent Karnataka budget 2010-11, the decrease in stamp duty is expected to cause some optimism among home buyers. Real estate sector is gradually becoming active and reduction in stamp duty in recent budget is boon for for those homebuyers or investing in real estate.

Stamp duty on Deposition of Title Deed (DTD) would be would be reduced to 0.10 per cent from previous 0.25 per cent subject to a maximum ceiling of Rs.50,000. For amalgamation and de-merger of companies, present rate of 5 per cent would be brought down to 3 per cent. One per cent duty would be imposed on papers of Transfer of Development Rights (TDR).

An appropriate amendments would be brought in to stop stamp duty evasion in transfer of apartments/flats. Stamp duty on Agreement to Sale to be modified from 0.25 per cent to 0.10 per cent subject to a maximum of Rs.20,000. After further simplifying of duty structure in respect of lease and license, Stamp Duty at the rate of 0.50 per cent will be imposed for a period up to 1 year subject to a maximum of Rs.500 for residential buildings. Stamp Duty would be imposed one, two and three per cent respectively for a period of one year to 10 years, 10 to 20 years, 20 to 30 years, based on average of one-year. rentals and advance

Stamp Duty and Registration Fee exemption

In the recent budget 2010-11, it is decide to exempt Stamp Duty and Registration Fee fully in respect of loan documents of rainwater harvesting units, houses built under Indira Avas Scheme and non-conventional sources of energy – like solar and bio-gas energy units. Stamp Duty and Registration Fee exemption will be granted in respect of documents transferring properties for public purposes, free of cost to local bodies and urban development authorities. Duty in respect of annulment of all kinds of documents will be simplified.

BBMP to Issue notice to defaulting property owners for 2008-09 and 2009-10

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

According to an estimate, nearly 2.5 lakh property owners have not paid their property tax for 2008-09 and 2009-10. Now, the civic authority plans to do a door-to-door survey to issue notices to the defaulting property owners and make them pay the dues.The demand notice will give them 15 days time to make the payments with two per cent penalty.

“Our officials have been visiting all these buildings and issuing notices to the occupants, irrespective of whether they are the owners or not,” said an official. BBMP expects to meet the shortfall of Rs 400 crore in the two months time.

Despite issue of notices,many of property owners has not paid property tax 2008-09 & 2009-10 under SAS.If the property tax for 2008-09 has been paid, property owners can avail the facility of online paying for year 2009-10 by using Visa/Mastercard on BBMP’s website.

The property owners without Occupancy Certificate can pay property tax under Self Assessment Scheme (SAS) with their title deed (sale deed).The property will be registered in BBMP’s B-Register until regularization of property.The property owners cannot file self assessment declaration once assessment order is issued. BBMP requests property owners co-operation during inspection and assessement by BBMP officials.

Last chance for defaulters

  • For payment made after 30th November 2009, an interest of 2% per month will be levied.
  • Property owners paid property tax for 2008-09 can avail the facility of online paying for the year 2009-10 by using Visa/Mastercard on BBMP’s website.
  • The property owners without Occupancy Certificate can pay property tax under Self Assessment Scheme (SAS) with their title deed (sale deed).
  • The demand notice will give property owners 15 days time to make the payments with two per cent penalty.
  • Further action will be taken against them as per the provisions, if defaulters do not pay their dues even after receiving demand notices.
  • Log on www.bbmp.gov.in or your nearest Help center for more details.

Rainwater Harvesting opened a new window of employment to plumbers

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) appears to have opened a new window of employment to plumbers, who are in huge demand.There are approximately 60,000 houses which need to implement the system in Bangalore by May 2010, and 8,000 of them have already implemented it, according to BWSSB.

Each project can cost from Rs 4,000 to about Rs 40,000, which includes the material and labour cost. BWSSB is also trying to get the 12.5% VAT exempted from materials required for rainwater harvesting.The mandatory clause will be applicable for all new structures on a sital area measuring 1,200 sqft (30×40) and above, in the case of existing structures, it will be applicable for those built on a sital area of 2,400 sqft (40×60) and above.

When the order was issued, there were hardly any plumbers to do the skilled job, now there are around 400 plumbers trained by BWSSB, Karnataka State Council for Science and Technologies (KSCST) and IISc, and are available to implement the system wherever required. NGOs like Samvada are also training youth. “Around 10 youth trained by Samvada are busy meeting the demands of several calls. Their charges are site-specific and they specialize in rooftop rainwater harvesting for houses, hospitals, factories or any commercial establishments”-said program associate, Samvada, Satish K S.

The training process for rainwater harvesting will continue for the next three years. From April, another 500 will be trained and certified. Anyone can take up this training, and no formal qualification is required. As of now, BWSSB’s registered plumbers are being trained.

The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has proposed relaxation of Value Added Tax (VAT) for filters intended to motivate the public to opt for RWH before the May 27 deadline. To motivate plumbers to carry out Rain Water Harvesting (RWH), BWSSB has announced cash incentives if they attain specific targets.

Source: Times of India

Akrama-Sakrama Regularization Scheme May Take another Six Months

Monday, January 18th, 2010

with the Governor, H.R.Bhardwaj, suggesting a thorough discussion on the issue on the floor of the Legislature, the hopes and aspirations of a large number of Bangaloreans to utilize the Akrama-Sakrama scheme and thus legalize their dwelling unit continues to remain a distant dream.

The much-touted scheme of the ruling BJP aimed at pleasing Bangaloreans has thus hit a roadblock right away with the Opposition parties keen on a full-fledged discussion on the subject which is likely only in the budget session of the State Legislature in March. Sources in the two main Opposition parties in the two Houses of the Karnataka Legislature, the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular), told The Hindu that they are happy with the decision of the Governor to refrain from promulgating an ordinance.

“In 2004, the Governor T N Chaturvedi returned the ordinance with this message and then the government took three years to rectify and following objections the law was passed. It was also challenged in the Karnataka High Court which had stayed it. So how do you expect me to bypass both the legislature and judiciary?” asked Governor, H.R.Bhardwaj.

“It is an important subject which involves the lives of several lakhs of people. There has to be a full-fledged discussion on the Karnataka Town Planning (amendment) Bill.”

The two main Opposition parties in the two Houses were not per se against the Akrama-Sakrama scheme but were keen on a detailed discussion. It should be ensured that the scheme is only for the benefit of the common people and not for safeguard the interests of the real estate developers or commercial builders who have indulged in gross violations of building bye-laws.

The number of unauthorized constructions in the State has swelled with every passing year and what was four lakh when the regularization scheme was first proposed in 2004 has now touched nearly 13 lakh of which 10 lakh is in Bangalore alone.

Given the nature of the reply given by the Governor to the proposal of the State Cabinet to promulgate an ordinance, the regularization scheme is expected to be implemented well after the elections to the council of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike scheduled to be gone through on February 21. People will, however, have a year’s time to apply for regularization from the date of commencement of the process, although the cut-off date for regularisation has been fixed — December 3, 2009 — the date on which the State Cabinet approved the scheme.

Link to Refer:
The Hindu

Ready-to-occupy homes will find favour with new homebuyers

Monday, January 4th, 2010

According to a Knight Frank report on affordable housing, affordable housing units are springing up in areas where there is a larger concentration of middle income end-user segment. Most builders in the city are concentrating on constructing one and two BHK apartments as affordable homes, with sizes varying from 500-900 sqft and cost varying from Rs 1200-2500 per sqft. The cost of an affordable unit would vary from Rs 15-30 lakh depending on the location.

With large land parcels on the outskirts of the city being cheaper, several developers have launched their affordable housing projects in the suburbs of Yelahanka, Doddaballapur, BTM Layout, Whitefield, Jigani, Sarjapur, and Kanakapura Road. Areas around Bellary Road leading to the airport have seen a spurt in the launch of residential units in the last one year alone with the road connectivity being a singular factor driving the demand here. Sarjapur Road continues to hold demand and the areas leading to Sarjapur Village and in the vicinity of the police station are seeing a spurt in an assortment of affordable housing units including compact villas.

According to the Knight Frank survey, the sentiments in the real estate industry are that although there is not much reduction in price, the absolute reduction in unit cost would be sufficient to drive affordable housing demand.Affordable housing projects are coming up along Doddaballapur Main Road, Hesaraghatta Road, Jakkur, Allasandra and Hennur ORR. Planned plotted layouts leading from Doddaballapur Main Road towards Nelamangala are finding takers in investors who prefer buying land to an apartment.BTM Layout, Kanakapura Road, Electronic City and Sarjapur ORR are where homes in the affordable range have been planned.  Several affordable projects have been announced around Whitefield in Hoodi and Kadugodi.

Will the 1BHK concept satisfy the urge for a comfortable home?

Monday, December 21st, 2009

The home buyer is normally a person who wants to set up a family or one who looks around for investment options. With the tax exemptions allowed by the government for repayment of loans and interest paid on loans for purchase of house property/construction of houses, investment in property received a shot in the arm.

As for the one who wants to set up a family, his needs depend normally on the number of members in the family, price quoted for the house and available surplus for repayment of loan. Location and distance from work place, possibility of future expansion and the like come next.

In India, promotion of housing initially came from the government. For the middle and upper middle class, affordability is the key. The increase in income of people during the last 10-15 years due to higher industrial growth, proliferation of software firms etc enabled property buyers to go in for larger and luxurious houses. The global meltdown turned the table upside down and investment in house property has been hit badly. This has led to shift in demand from large or fairly large accommodation to lesser floor space. Another reason might have been the wait for locating accommodation in the city center area.

Improvement in transportation facilities, construction of ring road and peripheral ring road, metro rail etc also factored in. The development of townships in and around the peripheries of cities also shifted the demand from one location to the other. There was a time when small apartments went a begging in Yelahanka, Kengeri, Whitefield and Bannerghatta Road. After the economic slowdown, salaries took a downslide and people thought of various methods to beat the recession.

One major approach has been to go in for lower floor area houses. The city is becoming larger and people need to either move out from the central area or go in for smaller accommodation. In this background, the one-bedroom tenement is perhaps the solution.

Reference:

The Hindu

A huge rush at the BBMP property tax collection centres

Monday, November 30th, 2009

BBMP property tax kiosks had a busy day on Sunday, the last date for paying the second installment of property tax for 2009-10 without penalty. There was a huge rush at the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) property tax collection centers. “Our online property tax collections have touched Rs18crore. The online collection on Sunday alone stood at Rs35 lakh,” a senior BBMP official said.

Devendrappa, assistant revenue officer at the Mayo Hall BBMP office, said, “About Rs75 lakh was collected at our office on Sunday alone. In the three wards of Neelasandra, Shantinagar and Richmond Town that come under our jurisdiction, there are 20,000 property holders and 75% of them have paid the property tax. “Notices are being issued to 6,000 defaulting property holders. The defaulters will now have to pay the property tax along with a 2% monthly penalty,” he said.

There was huge rush at the property tax collection centers on Sunday, raising the levy collection for the year to Rs500 crore.The online collection on Sunday alone stood at Rs35 lakh.The defaulters will now have to pay the property tax along with a 2% monthly penalty.

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