Freehold vs Leasehold: The Truth for Your ₹1.55 Cr Flat 🏠

10 Reasons FREEHOLD is Better (Green = Safe) ✅

1. ✅ Buy flat and land 1 to 4% with free hold - You own land AND building flat forever

   • Like buying a house AND the ground beneath it. No one can say "move out" because you own the land itself. Complete control, complete peace.

2. ✅ No renewal charges ever in your lifetime

   • Leasehold buyers pay ₹7.75–150 Cr in renewals over lifetime. Freehold = one-time ₹1.55 Cr payment. Saved all renewal money for your family.

3. ✅ Sell anytime without anyone's permission

   • Leasehold needs government approval (3–6 months delay). Freehold = sell tomorrow in 30 days. No waiting, no rejections, no stress for your family.

4. ✅ Banks give 85–90% loan easily

   • Leasehold <80 years = bank rejects loan completely. Freehold = bank approves 85–90% loan instantly. Easy money, no stress, no delays for buyers.

5. ✅ Get ₹17–31 lakh more when selling

   • Freehold flat sells for 10–20% more than leasehold. Your ₹1.55 Cr becomes ₹1.72–1.86 Cr. Leasehold = 10–20% cheaper. You lose ₹17–31 lakh.

6. ✅ No ground rent = save ₹11.63 lakh in 50 years

   • Leasehold pays ₹23,250/year (₹1,937/month) forever. In 50 years = ₹11.63 lakh wasted. Freehold = ₹0 rent. Keep that money for your kids.

7. ✅ Pass to children without authority approval

   • Leasehold = family must get lessor permission (delays, fees). Freehold = you decide who gets it. No government calls, no delays, family peace.

8. ✅ No court freezes = property never stuck

   • Leasehold title disputes = court freezes property 5–10 years. Kids can't sell, can't move. Freehold = clear title, no freeze, no wasting time.

9. ✅ No eviction risk = always secure ownership

   • Lease expires = government takes land + building. You get ZERO. Freehold = nobody can evict you. Your ₹1.55 Cr is 100% safe forever.

10. ✅ Lifetime cost = ₹1.55 Cr vs ₹13.5–150 Cr

    • Freehold = pay ₹1.55 Cr once. Leasehold = pay ₹7.75–15.5 Cr at renewal (5–10× higher), then ₹20–50 Cr again, total ₹13.5–150 Cr. You pay 9–100× more!

🚨 REAL EXAMPLES: People Lost Flats After Lease Ended

Mumbai Pali Hill (2025) - 162 families evicted after 99-year lease expired (1959 lease)

• 33-year court battle before eviction order

• ZERO compensation given

• NO new flat offered

• Families became homeless with no recovery of ₹1.55 Cr investment

Noida Authority Cases - Thousands of leasehold properties facing renewal at 5–10× market rates

• Bought at ₹10 lakh in 1990 → Renewal charged at ₹50–100 lakh in 2025

• Future renewals = ₹2–5 crore as rates increase

• Many stuck paying forever, cannot convert to freehold

CIDCO Navi Mumbai - Residents waited 30+ years for freehold conversion

• Demand started 1990s, finally approved in 2024 (3 decades!)

• Many states never approve conversion

• If your state never converts = pay renewal fees forever

• Conversion charges = ₹77.5 lakh–4.65 Cr (5–30% premium)

• Source:

The Bottom Line Story: 🎯

Leasehold = Buying a house on RENTED land

"You're not buying property — you're buying time only. When 99 years end, land + ₹1.55 Cr house go back to owner. You get ZERO. Renewal = paying ₹7.75–150 Cr forever. Court = 5–33 years frozen. Eviction = lose everything, Mumbai Pali Hill proved this. 162 families homeless."

Freehold = Buying the house AND land FOREVER

"One payment of ₹1.55 Cr, 100% ownership forever. No renewal fees, no rent, no permission needed. Sell in 30 days, pass to kids, banks love it. Value grows ₹17–31 lakh more than leasehold. Pali Hill nightmare = ZERO risk for you. Complete peace."

Ask yourself: "Would I rent land forever, paying ₹7.75–150 Cr in renewals, risking eviction + court freezes, or buy land once for ₹1.55 Cr?"

Freehold = Buy land once. Leasehold = Rent forever, pay ₹13.5–150 Cr total, risk losing ₹1.55 Cr completely.

Your choice: Peace forever OR litigation + ₹13.5–150 Cr renewal + eviction risk? 🏡

Ownership Verification: No Double Deed ✅ | No Double Sale / Fraud ❌

• ✅ Registered title matches seller’s name in land/registry records

• ✅ Best: Owner fully verified with clear documents ( best if owner live in same property) , buying from owner Is much safer than contractors / builders, 

• ✅ Immediate possession : best If owner allow to stay In flat from the next day as sale deed, paper work completes and whole payment clears, It removes risk of double sale.

• ✅ Clear chain of title with no overlapping or unresolved transfers

• ✅ Original sale deed + Encumbrance Certificate EC

• ✅ Property tax receipts & utility electricity bills in seller’s name

• ✅ NOCs (No-Objection Certificates) from relevant authorities like home loan NOC etc.

• ✅ Seller’s Aadhaar/PAN cross-checked with registry entries

• ✅ Independent legal title search + due-diligence report by qualified lawyer

• ✅ A Khata and B khata both are equally vaild and legal : B khata can be converted to A khata by paying betterment charges , conversion charges, B khata is cheaper so good to buy only.

• ❌ Multiple ownership claims or duplicate deed indicating possible double sale

Seps to validate genuine Ownership for Bengaluru / Bangalore flat / land / house:

Step 1 : Ask Owner to perform below steps Infront of you ( don't take video or ask any otp - that owner will not allow)

a. Ask owner to provide EC and sale deed copy. 

b. Ask owner to download tax paid receipt from https://bbmptax.karnataka.gov.in In front of you - as only origin owner can download It.

b. Ask owner to download Aadhar In front of you - as only original owner can download their Aadhar.

https://uidai.gov.in/en/media-resources/resources/videos/12108-download-aadhaar.html

Step 2: Do advocate validation for EC, sale deed, tax receipt with Aadhar, take a written confirmation from advocate that ownership Is legal till date ( most advocate don't provide written confirmation, you pay extra to get It so you have proff for court If anything goes wrong In future, you will able to prove that you was right at your place and ownership will stay with you.)

You can check land validation yourself: ✅ 

• ✅ Do a advocate check for It , It will help as It is a bit tough task to do.

• ✅ Don't buy within 150 feet distance from lake, Rajakaluve : highly risky

• ✅ DC converted land / flats best : best DC converted land / flats on dc converted land don't suffer high voltage electric poles In future from top of building, no highways or roads or Rajakaluva can be crated through / near / or overhead of your land/flat/house.

• ✅ Use  Dishaank and Maulya app to check survey number, Is there any Rajakaluve or lake near you land 

• https://apps.apple.com/in/app/dishaank-ksrsac/id6741137784

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ksrsac.sslr&hl=en_IN

• https://apps.karnataka.gov.in/app/34/en

• ✅ Use opencity 2031 map to validate is there any Rajakaluve or lake near you land  

• https://data.opencity.in/dataset/bda-revised-master-plan-2031/resource/d320c594-9b97-4a0c-afef-d1af97afa517

Immediate Possession:

• Best: Shift next day after full payment and paper work done, sale deed created by BBMP ( here owner / contactor can’t sell flat to multiple people) ✅ 

• Avg: 7-15 days delay possible ❌

• Bad: High risk of multi-sale fraud ❌

Best if owner allow to stay on rent in flat for 1-2 months before buying flat, then buy - you will know every single benefit of flat ✅ If you stay In flat - ensure you are staying to ensure ownership validation - other things like developing area, sound, building In development phase etc will settle but main thing Is free hold ownership and no double sale.

1. Electricity Connection

• Best: permanent residential connection + Govt subsidy + zero electricity bills

• Avg: Regular connection only

• Bad: No subsidy benefit and temp electricity connection

2. Water Source

• Best: Own borewell best, reliable Kaveri pipeline in layout supply

• Avg: Only borewell - is must in Bengaluru

• Bad: No own borewell, water crisis risk

3. Municipal Water

• Best: Kaveri lines active in layout or pipelines added , yet water flow is not switched on - that will happen eventually

• Avg: Kaveri lines planned soon

• Bad: No Kaveri water connection

4. Road Access

• Best: Developed road inside + outside layout

• Avg: Road only outside layout - but outside road is must

• Bad: No proper road to layout

5. Lift Facility (even In development - take written confirmation In how many months lift will be added while buying flat).

• Best: Good lift with 6 passenger support

• Avg: Basic lift available - 2 or 4 passenger

• Bad: No lift (tough for old age)

6. Parking Space

• Best: Ample covered parking inside + outside of building , corner plot always best , lifetime no shortage of car parking

• Avg: Limited parking inside building

• Bad: Insufficient parking - it will hit harder

• Having Vastu is Best, actually It's not optional, it's mandatory ✅

• Vastu Compliant flat has 10 - 25% higher prices and easy to resale ✅

• even if today you don't believe it, as you get old you will start believeing In It and even ✅

• many Vastu compliance Is backed by scientific facts which Improves sleep quality and ventilation In flat ✅

  • • • . East or north facing flat main door ✅

      • . Wc sheet direction south ✅

      • . Bed Head sleeping direction east or south ✅

      • . Kitchen on East adn south corner, Aagni kund and jal kund in kitchen ✅

      • . Windows for Air flow from east to west and north to south mandatory ✅

Most of developers sell low quality flats, they take money of apple and sell tomatos, will you allow it to happen with you?:

1. Linter at 7 feet height - to ensure building strength.

• Best: 7 feet linter make buildings double powerful and keep structure intect, it will be mandatory to keep building safe long run. ✅, 

• Avg: Most developers don't add 7 feet linter for cost cut, it's poor

• Bad: Most developers don't add 7 feet linter for cost cut, it's poor

2. Building Steel Quality

• Best: JSW/TATA steel with proof ( check applied steel from an open area or unfinished area) ✅

• Avg: Mixed branded + local steel - bad actually

• Bad: Only local cheap steel - most developer do it .

3. Cement Quality

• Best: Ultratech/BirlaSuper with bills ✅

• Avg: Average branded cement

• Bad: Local unbranded cement

4. 4+ Almirha and lanterns in flat

• Best: Almira top should have cemented storage above 7 feet to ensure sufficient storage , it will be mandatory in long run. ✅, 

• Avg: 2 Almirha added

• Bad: just one wooden Almirha added

5. Flooring Material

• Best: Granite (strongest stone on earth ✅) only great build quality flats can hold weight of granite, so If granite applied build quality Is supreme ✅ , in granite no danger of colour fades away after few years, even after 100 years you can apply epoxy and re-polish It , It will be new and with very little cost - best option 

• Avg: Marble (medium strength)

• Bad: Basic tiles (poor strength), tiles etc are weak options considering after 10-15 years, you have to remove tiles and reapply, heavy maintenance

6. Flooring Finish

• Best: Smooth joints, perfect finish, proper polish and finish done or not , rub ur feet on flooring joints check is it smooth ? ✅

• Avg: Average joints

• Bad: Rough joints, uneven feel

7. Kitchen Stone

• Best: Luxurious high-quality granite like golden premium granite 1000+ rs Persqft, export material ✅

• Avg: Standard granite

• Bad: Basic/simple stone

8. Bathroom Fittings

• Best: Pure SS 304 steel, Asian paint or jaguar fittings , 5-15 yr warranty, carry a magnet and check all items during flat visit ✅

• Avg: Good brand fittings

• Bad: Cheap non-SS fittings

9. Bathroom sheet wc Surface

• Best: Latest 6D flow to easy clean, one sheet , one piece luxurious look ✅

• Avg: Normal surface

• Bad: normal wc sheet Needs cleaning every 3 days

10. Bathroom Tiles

• Best: Luxurious texture matching of Kajariya or similar brand ✅

• Avg: Standard tiles

• Bad: Poor joints, basic finish

11. Locks & Hinges

• Best: branded Europa , Godrej, handles of 304 steel, magnet test passes ✅

• Avg: low Branded good quality

• Bad: Fake iron, rust risk

12. Steel Items Quality

• Best: Real rust-free steel, branded ✅

• Avg: Steel + iron mix (branded)

• Bad: Cheap iron that rusts

13. Main Door

• Best: Solid teak wood (Vastu compliant) ✅

• Avg: Good quality wood

• Bad: Cheap wood or poor finish

14. Other Doors

• Best: Pine wood or premium ply with designs ✅

• Avg: Standard doors

• Bad: Low-quality painted doors

15. Waterproofing doors

• Best: Fully waterproof bathroom & balcony doors with wooden look ✅

• Avg: Average waterproofing

• Bad: Leakage risk in gates

16. Windows Quantity

• Best: 2 windows per room (luxurious) ✅

• Avg: 1 window per room (OK)

• Bad: No windows or facing buildings

17. Balcony View

• Best: Opens to open space , not opening in other property ✅

• Avg: Partial open view

• Bad: Faces other buildings only

18. Windows Type

• Best: UPVC 5” thick, triple track , sound proof / sound resistant + mosquito net ✅

• Avg: Standard UPVC

• Bad: PVC/Aluminium/Iron (poor)

19. Windows Brand

• Best: VEKA or equivalent premium ✅

• Avg: Good brand windows

• Bad: Local unbranded

20. Windows Warranty

• Best: 5-15 yrs, covers sun cracks ✅

• Avg: Basic warranty

• Bad: No warranty

21. Fan Exhaust

• Best: With mosquito protection ✅

• Avg: Standard exhaust

• Bad: No exhaust or protection

22. Electrical Items

• Best: Crompton/Havells/Polycab wires ✅

• Avg: Average branded electricals

• Bad: Local cheap switches/wires

23. Lights & Fans

• Best: Premium brands included ✅

• Avg: Basic brands (extra cost possible)

• Bad: Not applied, extra ₹50k-1L

24. Furniture Cost

• Best: Fully furnished included ✅

• Avg: Ready for extra ₹15-20L

• Bad: High additional furniture cost

25. Furnished Quality

• Best: Godrej hinges/locks + Century/Greenply ✅

• Avg: Standard fittings

• Bad: Cheap hinges & locks

26. Kitchen Sink

• Best: SS 304 Jaguar/Asian, 15-yr warranty ✅

• Avg: Good steel sink

• Bad: Basic sink that rusts

27. Taps & Fittings

• Best: Jaguar/Asian, 2-15 yr warranty ✅

• Avg: Standard brand taps

• Bad: Cheap taps, no warranty

28. Balconies Requirement

• Best: At least 2 balconies mandatory ( 3 balconies luxury) - balconies should open In open road / garden not In other building ✅

• Avg: 1 balcony (OK for drying)

• Bad: 0 balconies (feels trapped)

29. Balconies Count

• Best: 3 balconies (luxurious) ✅

• Avg: 2 balconies (nice)

• Bad: 1 or 0 balconies (poor)

30. Kitchen Style

• Best: Open kitchen (trending) ✅

• Avg: Semi-open kitchen

• Bad: Closed dark kitchen

31. Kitchen Storage

• Best: Bottom + middle + top cabinets ✅

• Avg: Partial storage

• Bad: Missing most storage

32. Kitchen Window

• Best: Big window for light & ventilation ✅

• Avg: Medium window

• Bad: Small or no window

33. Bathroom Ventilation

• Best: Windows + exhaust in all bathrooms ✅

• Avg: Exhaust only

• Bad: No windows or exhaust

34. Wood Quality

• Best: Teak or Australian honey (strongest) ✅

• Avg: Good hardwood

• Bad: Red Sal (poorest wood)

35. Curtains

• Best: Velvet with full sun protection ✅

• Avg: Standard curtains

• Bad: Basic or no curtains

36. Curtain Hooks

• Best: Luxurious quality hooks ✅

• Avg: Normal hooks

• Bad: Cheap simple hooks

37. Wall Paint

• Best: Luxurious plastic/texture paint ✅

• Avg: Good quality paint

• Bad: Simple white paint only

38. Wall Decoration

• Best: Premium tiles on walls/balcony ✅

• Avg: Partial decoration

• Bad: Plain walls, no tiles

39. Overall Construction

• Best: No cracks, perfect finish ✅

• Avg: Minor finishing issues

• Bad: Visible cracks or seepage

40. Warranties & Proofs

• Best: All items with 5-15 yr warranties ✅

• Avg: Some warranties available

• Bad: No warranties or proofs

• Many incidences of fraud / Thagi / theft / murder is Increasing day by day, If you go and meet these land mafiyas directly ❌, buddy care about your family 🫣 

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A-khata or B-khata both excellent. (B can be converted to A by paying betterment charges so B will be cheaper to most of the times, both equally legal property.)

Verify everything on-site with advocate & proofs. Each point shows Best • Avg • Bad for quick decision.

Top 50 Checkpoints (Most Important First):

1. Owner Verification

• Best: Owner fully verified with clear documents ( best if owner live in same property) , better to buy from owner rather than contractors.

• Avg: Partial documents available

• Bad: No clear proof, high fraud risk

2. Advocate Title Check

• Best: Full 30+ years title search + EC done

• Avg: Basic legal opinion only

• Bad: No advocate verification

3. Immediate Possession

• Best: Shift next day after full payment and paper work done, sale deed created by BBMP ( here owner / contactor can’t sell flat to multiple people)

• Avg: 7-15 days delay possible

• Bad: High risk of multi-sale fraud

4. Sale Type & Land Share

• Best: Real sale forever + accordingly min 1% to max 4 % ownership in land as well - ensures no future conflicts.

• Avg: 99-year lease with good UDS - lease is bad option

• Bad: Short lease (45/60 years) with low/no land share - very poor

5. Building Steel Quality

• Best: JSW/TATA steel with proof ( check applied steel from an open area or unfinished area)

• Avg: Mixed branded + local steel - bad actually

• Bad: Only local cheap steel - most developer do it .

6. Cement Quality

• Best: Ultratech/BirlaSuper with bills

• Avg: Average branded cement

• Bad: Local unbranded cement

7. Water Source

• Best: Own borewell best, reliable Kaveri pipeline in layout supply

• Avg: Only borewell - is must in Bengaluru

• Bad: No own borewell, water crisis risk

8. Municipal Water

• Best: Kaveri lines active in layout or pipelines added , yet water flow is not switched on - that will happen eventually

• Avg: Kaveri lines planned soon

• Bad: No Kaveri water connection

9. Road Access

• Best: Developed road inside + outside layout

• Avg: Road only outside layout - but outside road is must

• Bad: No proper road to layout

10. Lift Facility

• Best: Good lift with 6 passenger support

• Avg: Basic lift available - 2 or 4 passenger

• Bad: No lift (tough for old age)

11. Parking Space

• Best: Ample covered parking inside + outside of building , corner plot always best , lifetime no shortage of car parking

• Avg: Limited parking inside building

• Bad: Insufficient parking - it will hit harder

12. Electricity Connection

• Best: permanent residential connection + Govt subsidy + zero electricity bills

• Avg: Regular connection only

• Bad: No subsidy benefit and temp electricity connection

13. 10+ Almirha and lanterns in Building

• Best: Almira top should have cemented storage above 7 feet to ensure sufficient storage , it will be mandatory in long run.

• Avg: 2 Almirha added

• Bad: just one wooden Almirha added

14. Flooring Material

• Best: Granite (strongest stone in earth)

• Avg: Marble (medium strength)

• Bad: Basic tiles (poor strength)

15. Flooring Finish

• Best: Smooth joints, perfect finish, proper polish and finish done or not , rub ur feet on flooring joints check is it smooth ?

• Avg: Average joints

• Bad: Rough joints, uneven feel

16. Kitchen Stone

• Best: Luxurious high-quality granite like golden premium granite 1000+ rs Persqft, export material

• Avg: Standard granite

• Bad: Basic/simple stone

17. Bathroom Fittings

• Best: Pure SS 304 steel, Asian paint or jaguar fittings , 5-15 yr warranty, carry a magnet and check all items during flat visit

• Avg: Good brand fittings

• Bad: Cheap non-SS fittings

18. Bathroom sheet wc Surface

• Best: Latest 6D flow to easy clean, one sheet , luxurious look

• Avg: Normal surface

• Bad: Needs cleaning every 3 days

19. Bathroom Tiles

• Best: Luxurious texture matching of Kajariya or similar brand

• Avg: Standard tiles

• Bad: Poor joints, basic finish

20. Locks & Hinges

• Best: branded Europa , Godrej, handles of 304 steel, magnet test passes

• Avg: low Branded good quality

• Bad: Fake iron, rust risk

21. Steel Items Quality

• Best: Real rust-free steel, branded

• Avg: Steel + iron mix (branded)

• Bad: Cheap iron that rusts

22. Main Door

• Best: Solid teak wood (Vastu compliant)

• Avg: Good quality wood

• Bad: Cheap wood or poor finish

23. Other Doors

• Best: Pine wood or premium ply with designs

• Avg: Standard doors

• Bad: Low-quality painted doors

24. Waterproofing doors

• Best: Fully waterproof bathroom & balcony doors with wooden look

• Avg: Average waterproofing

• Bad: Leakage risk in gates

25. Windows Quantity

• Best: 2 windows per room (luxurious)

• Avg: 1 window per room (OK)

• Bad: No windows or facing buildings

26. Balcony View

• Best: Opens to open space , not opening in other property

• Avg: Partial open view

• Bad: Faces other buildings only

27. Windows Type

• Best: UPVC 5” thick, triple track + mosquito net

• Avg: Standard UPVC

• Bad: PVC/Aluminium/Iron (poor)

28. Windows Brand

• Best: VEKA or equivalent premium

• Avg: Good brand windows

• Bad: Local unbranded

29. Windows Warranty

• Best: 5-15 yrs, covers sun cracks

• Avg: Basic warranty

• Bad: No warranty

30. Fan Exhaust

• Best: With mosquito protection

• Avg: Standard exhaust

• Bad: No exhaust or protection

31. Electrical Items

• Best: Crompton/Havells/Polycab wires

• Avg: Average branded electricals

• Bad: Local cheap switches/wires

32. Lights & Fans

• Best: Premium brands included

• Avg: Basic brands (extra cost possible)

• Bad: Not applied, extra ₹50k-1L

33. Furniture Cost

• Best: Fully furnished included

• Avg: Ready for extra ₹15-20L

• Bad: High additional furniture cost

34. Furnished Quality

• Best: Godrej hinges/locks + Century/Greenply

• Avg: Standard fittings

• Bad: Cheap hinges & locks

35. Kitchen Sink

• Best: SS 304 Jaguar/Asian, 15-yr warranty

• Avg: Good steel sink

• Bad: Basic sink that rusts

36. Taps & Fittings

• Best: Jaguar/Asian, 2-15 yr warranty

• Avg: Standard brand taps

• Bad: Cheap taps, no warranty

37. Balconies Requirement

• Best: At least 2 balconies mandatory ( 3 balconies luxury) - balconies should open In open road / garden not In other building 

• Avg: 1 balcony (OK for drying)

• Bad: 0 balconies (feels trapped)

38. Balconies Count

• Best: 3 balconies (luxurious)

• Avg: 2 balconies (nice)

• Bad: 1 or 0 balconies (poor)

39. Kitchen Style

• Best: Open kitchen (trending)

• Avg: Semi-open kitchen

• Bad: Closed dark kitchen

40. Kitchen Storage

• Best: Bottom + middle + top cabinets

• Avg: Partial storage

• Bad: Missing most storage

41. Kitchen Window

• Best: Big window for light & ventilation

• Avg: Medium window

• Bad: Small or no window

42. Bathroom Ventilation

• Best: Windows + exhaust in all bathrooms

• Avg: Exhaust only

• Bad: No windows or exhaust

43. Wood Quality

• Best: Teak or Australian honey (strongest)

• Avg: Good hardwood

• Bad: Red Sal (poorest wood)

44. Curtains

• Best: Velvet with full sun protection

• Avg: Standard curtains

• Bad: Basic or no curtains

45. Curtain Hooks

• Best: Luxurious quality hooks

• Avg: Normal hooks

• Bad: Cheap simple hooks

46. Wall Paint

• Best: Luxurious plastic/texture paint

• Avg: Good quality paint

• Bad: Simple white paint only

47. Wall Decoration

• Best: Premium tiles on walls/balcony

• Avg: Partial decoration

• Bad: Plain walls, no tiles

48. Overall Construction

• Best: No cracks, perfect finish

• Avg: Minor finishing issues

• Bad: Visible cracks or seepage

49. Warranties & Proofs

• Best: All items with 5-15 yr warranties

• Avg: Some warranties available

• Bad: No warranties or proofs

50. Final Inspection

• Best: Hire civil engineer + full check

• Avg: Self + advocate check

• Bad: No proper inspection

51. Vastu

. Best

. East or north facing flat

. Wc sheet direction south

. Bed Head sleeping direction east or south

. Aagni kund and jal kund in kitchen

. Air flow from east to west and north to south mandatory

Follow this numbered checklist during every site visit. Involve a trusted advocate. A-khata or B-khata both excellent. This helps you make a safe and smart flat purchase in Bengaluru. Good luck!