Guides

Parking on a builder floor: what is yours, what is shared, and what is a promise

Stilt parking is the most commonly misrepresented thing in a builder-floor sale. How allocation actually works, and the one line that turns a verbal assurance into a right.

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Terrace and roof rights: what a top floor is really buying

The terrace is the single biggest swing in value between floors in the same building. Exclusive use, ownership, and the right to build on it are three different things.

2 min read · FlatsFloors Research

Stamp duty and registration: what you actually pay, state by state

Rates differ by state and by who is buying. What Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad charge, how the circle rate can override your price, and what registration day looks like.

2 min read · FlatsFloors Research

The site visit: twenty minutes that save you twenty lakh

What to look at, in what order, and the questions worth asking the neighbours rather than the agent.

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Selling an independent floor: what actually moves it

Why floors sit unsold, what buyers are really comparing, and the four things that shorten a sale more than any amount of advertising.

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Renting out an independent floor: yields, tenants and what it costs to hold

What builder floors actually yield in Delhi NCR, why they let differently from society flats, and the running costs that do not appear in the headline number.

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Which floor should you buy? Ground, middle or top

Every level in a builder-floor building trades something for something else. What each one actually costs, what it gives you, and who it genuinely suits.

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Undivided land share: the clause that decides what you actually own

On an independent floor you buy a share of the land as well as the flat. What that share is, how it is calculated, and why a deed that stays silent about it is a problem you inherit.

3 min read · FlatsFloors Research

Buying a builder floor in Defence Colony

One of the highest rates in the South Delhi builder-floor market. What the address is actually buying, how the blocks vary, and the specific things to check.

3 min read · FlatsFloors Research

Buying a builder floor in Vasant Vihar

Large plots, wide roads and the highest rates in our inventory. What the diplomatic-belt address buys, and why the rental market here behaves differently from the rest of South Delhi.

2 min read · FlatsFloors Research

Buying a builder floor in Panchsheel Enclave

The most inventory of any locality we cover, at a rate meaningfully below the top South Delhi colonies. What that trade actually is.

2 min read · FlatsFloors Research

Buying a builder floor in Safdarjung Enclave

Central South Delhi at a mid-market rate, with the best hospital and university access in the city. Who that actually matters to.

2 min read · FlatsFloors Research

Buying a builder floor in Dwarka Sector 12

Planned infrastructure, wide roads and easy parking at roughly half the South Delhi rate. The genuine trade-offs of a sub-city address.

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Getting a home loan on an independent floor

Lenders are more conservative on builder floors than on society flats, and the reasons are specific. What gets a file declined, and what to fix before you apply.

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Freehold, leasehold and power of attorney: the three tenures and what each costs you

Tenure decides whether you can sell easily, borrow against the property, and pass it on without argument. The practical differences, and the discount that should make you cautious.

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The sanctioned plan and the completion certificate, and why they decide your loan

Two documents that most buyers skip and every lender reads. What they are, what a deviation means for you, and how to check the building against the paper.

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Buying a builder floor in Delhi: the fourteen checks that actually matter

Title, sanctioned plan, land share, parking, terrace, tenure and the eight other things that decide whether an independent floor is a home or a dispute.

3 min read · FlatsFloors Research

Builder floor or society flat? An honest comparison

Two genuinely different products with different costs, different risks and different buyers. Written by a platform that sells one of them, and will say plainly when the other is the answer.

2 min read · FlatsFloors Research

Buying a builder floor in Greater Kailash 1

The reference market for South Delhi builder floors. How the blocks differ, what the premium is actually paying for, and what to check in a colony that has already been redeveloped twice.

3 min read · FlatsFloors Research