Monday, November 28, 2011

Eden Heights - NOV 2011 UPDATE

Phew what a long time since my last update. November is a special month for me because it was in November 2007 when I booked my apartment in GPL eden heights....!!!! I know you are all doing math right now.

Anyway, apologies for the long sabbatical since I was pretty caught up and busy with travels. Thanks to several other end users who have started a Facebook group of endusers - it's amazing to see such a strong community even before the community is formed!!! thanks to all for your participation

I visited the GPL SITE on 26th NOV 2011 and here are some observation

1. The Southern Periphery road is in a bad shape. some may say that work has started but till its not complete it's not complete and going thru badshahpur is pain.

2. There is way too much construction going on around the site - which is good and bad. Good because the property and area is showing signs of development. Bad because..there is no infrastructure and governance and civic amenities to meet the needs of the area...so the place doesn't look very inhabitable

3. The work on the eden height site is going on well (you've done the math by now). if the current date of possession is Dec 2012..its 5 years and given that MINT tower work is not started..even if you live in eden heights, you can expect constrution work to continue till 2014 -- :((( thats not cool!

4. All is not bad. The quality of constrution looks pretty good -
-----the basement looks solid
-----there seems to be sewage/drains in the basement for water not to accumulate (this shows attention to detail)
----- there is fire fighting provisions in every apartment
----- the club house is now moving to where the sample flat is - which gives a lot of greens to the users.
----- the massavie balconies look awesoem. Enough for my son to play cricket!!
----- the market rate for 2150 is Rs4550psft. And GPL folks still have a few units available...(duh! still after 5 years!! why). 2190 is not available and nor are the 4 BHK.
----- A broker recently called me and was offering 4200 for the 2190 in resale. I obviously didn't sell.
---- the grills on the balcony are different than what was provided in teh sample flat - i like the one on the sample flat.
----- if you have a 2190 apartment - your kitchen is only 3 feet away from your neighbors balcony..not very impressive design work!! This was the quesion I had asked on this blog 3 years ago and also posted to the architects...!!!
----- there is a nice space before the common bathroom near the living room in the 2190 apartment.
----- the lift lobby area looks a little dark..not sure what is the provision of covering the windows, is it glass or steel grills..I would prefer glass.
----- I didn't see a provision for a garbage shute!!!
----- GPL is providing some nano tech - feature that none of the residents will have to install DISH or telephone/broadband wires..all will be fed thru a centralized unit in the basement. I like it. It's subscription based..some initial payment and then i think rs 150/per month or more..not sure
---- MINT tower papers (clearance/licence) is almost there and work will start soon.

While there is a delay, i hope the builders will use this time to deliver a high quality product. That said, there are benefits of delay too
---- saves us some installments, therefore less EMI
---- saves us registration fees and maintenance fees

unfortunately we still have to fund the RENT, EMI etc.

Hope all of you are well. feel free to add your comments.
Cheers

8 comments:

Karmik Khanna said...

Sorry folks I dont want to dissapoint you but Eden heights is too far from possession. Dec 2012 is not possible at all due to some facts -

1.Contracts and buying for the following is pending-

Sanitary stuff
Modular kitchen
wooden flooring
Electric fitting
White wash

2. Most of the land in that area is with Unitech. HUDA has given responsibility to Unitech to build internal roads. Looking at the condition of Unitech , they will take lot of time to build the roads.


3. Investors who are expecting rate to increase by end of Dec 2012 will have to think twice , economy is going in deep recession and soon GPL will launch this with subvention scheme to kill the secondary market and sell their remaining units.

Cheers
Karmik

Divyansh said...

I am also one of your neighbours guys but I am being harrased by GPL team........I has already made more than 50% payment but my last payment was slightly delayed so that have sent me termination letter and now they are not ready to take the payment as they can sell this flat at higher value. I am going to consumer court

Santra said...

GPL has sent me a notice to pay additionally for the EDC demanded by HUDA. The amount is almost 2 lakh Rs. Have you people paid that amount. When I contacted GPL for the basis for the extra amounbt, they have shown reluctance in sharing any papers.
Also what is the progress on D Block? Which last installment has been paid uptill now.

Anonymous said...

Karmik - I agree with what you mentioned , i had a look on constructed towers yesterday & seems that Tower A , B, C , H & I will have to sacrifice the sun light as the towers have been put up in a way that sun light will be issue. Also high tension wire around tower F makes it little problematic . Even they are planning to have nursery school in front of High Tension Wire . We have been offered 4100 price as on date ...i am surprised whats future as unitech is in deep problem who is responsible for infra development arround. Seems 2015 it will be in right shape.

wefirstmeridian said...

Vik...we like your updates...be more active like ealrier !!

Santra said...

GPL has sent me a notice to pay additionally for the EDC demanded by HUDA. The amount is 1.70 lakh Rs. Have you people paid that amount. When I contacted GPL for the basis for the extra amounbt, they have shown reluctance in sharing any papers.
DID ANYBODY PAY?

Swats said...

Hi ,
I am interested in buying an apartment in GPL Eden Heights and came across this website.
But there have been no recent updates on the project. Can anyone please provide any updates as a flat owner so I can make a decision of buying or not.

Please help.
I also tried accessing the facebook page mentioned in lot of other comments, but it shows page expired for me. Can anyone tell me if the group is active or not.

Thanks a lot in advance.

-Swati

Unknown said...

is this site still up and running, I also want to join