Today property is one of the secured investments where you will get profit or good deal on your investment in short period. Increasing demand for property, cut down in interest rate and easy registration process has attracted more property buyers to invest on their dream home. Checklist for taking possession helps you to ensure that the property or apartment are build according to plan and there are no cracks or major repair works required after taking possession of your new flat.
Important checklist for possession of flat or home
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- List of amenities: Some builders or developers offers or promise list of amenities for apartment you are buying such as playground, lift, swimming pool etc. After completion of construction, buyers or investors find that builder has not provided all amenities as per promised or agreed. Check your agreement to see the list of amenities and make sure each one is provided as per specification.
- Doors and windows: Ensure your apartment is provided with required doors and windows for proper ventilation in all rooms, including bathroom and kitchen. Improper ventilation can cause numerous problems in future. Ensure all the sliding door/windows work smoothly.
- Wall Painting: Wall painting need to be checked before taking possession of home or flat from the builder or developer. Some builders or developers provide single coat wall painting in some rooms instead of double coat. Check if all walls have double coat. Exterior painting should be complete along with window and balcony grills.
- Cracks on the wall: Look for cracks in the foundation, ceilings and walls, which indicate movement of the structure caused by settling, soil expansion. Check for cracks on the walls, especially between electrical sockets.
- Drainage outlets: This one of important thing you need to check before taking the possession of flat or home. Clogged outlets are a menace if not done before you move in. Water collects in bathrooms, kitchen and balconies and creates a mess. Check if all Drainage outlets such as balcony, bathroom, kitchen, utility, etc. are working and not clogged.
- Check for Leakages: Check for all bathroom fittings are as per specification. Check the working of taps and bathroom fittings. Ensure there is no leakage when opening or switch on taps. Make sure granite platform in kitchen is not leaking. Pour bucket of water on granite platform and observe for any leakage below it. Check hot and cold mixer. Also check for water flow from kitchen, bedrooms, and hall. Slope should be towards bathrooms or terrace. Make sure water is completely draining out and not accumulating at one place. Observe if any leakages are seen in your bathroom. These leakages can cause major headaches later.
- Check switches and plug-points: Make sure that all the sockets, plugs, bulb holder are connected to mail supply. Also check if main fuse in the house is controlling complete current supply. If you have an inverter, ensure the supply shift to the inverter if the main switch is switched off. Check if all switches and plug-points are working. Check if the extra electrical sockets/switches you had asked for are provided as per requirement.
- Measure size of room: Some builder or developer divert from sanction planned resulting reduction in size of room and bathroom. Ensure that all rooms are provided enough space by Measure hall, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom sizes.
- Safety measures: Ensure that your building is constructed according to safety rules provided by fire department and National building code. Check if your gas leak detector is working by burning a piece of paper and allowing the smoke to fill the kitchen.
- Possession letter: If your building or apartment is provided with all amenities, size of rooms as per approved and you have checked all things in your apartment, it is time for taking possession of your flat or home. While taking possession of flat or home, ensure that you have receive all documents from the builder. Possession letter, Blue print, No Objection Certificate, Development agreement, power of attorney, Commencement Certificate, Search Report of the Builder’s Advocate, Receipts of payments made to the builder, Letter of allotment etc are some of important documents required from builder or developer during possession of apartment.
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That’s a nice checklist. Recommended for every new owner.
Good checklist veryuseful for Purva Venezia owners especially Phase 1 owners who will be taking possession well before other amenities. Worthwhile getting legal openion on our agreements.
Thank you. This is very useful.
Very good checklist. I am yet to take possession so this article would be very helpful to me. Although I am not sure if Parkstreet Builder is giving all the documents mentioned in the checklist above. Does anyone now how many documents we received from Parkstreet Management when we take possession ..?
Its a good check list and will be useful.
was not aware of all these, very useful, Must read.
Apt topic for new owners. Check List should also include car parking marked for your apartment, Security of apartment / Area, general cleanliness and servicing.
this is a very useful mail for every one ready for taking possession of a new flat.
Thank you for your excellent checklist for all new owners.
This is a good check list. A useful mail
An Important Chech List….
A Must read and a Must keep for every new Flat Owner…
Remember that even a single point missed can cause grave problems later……..
Pre possession qulaity checks for apartment’s is also done by professional agency ‘ENVIVA Engineering Consultants’ contact number..9740222800
Good Checklist.
Useful guidelines.
Thanks Very useful mail & a good check list for taking possession of new flat.
Very useful, please add more points to be check. like proper
electric wiring with earthing.
This checklist is very useful. Thanks for posting. I am from Nelamangala Clifton Park. Anybody could email me and expect return email.
how about the builders? any issues so far? any ligigation?
Thas cool…quiet informative :):)
The brochure mentioned generator back up for lifts and AC gym. The same is not mentioned in the agreement. However, all to ensure that the same are provided before possession.
Thank you for the info…!
Excellent info, will be very helpful for a beginner looking to buy a new flat.
This checklist is very useful. Thanks for posting.
What will we do if the measurement of the room is less than the offered size ?
Thank you for giving us such a useful information. Everyone must go through it.
NK Puri
Hey, great article. I have a question though. This article talks about checking the list of amenities against agreement papers. However I have seen that most of the builders (infact for every appt. I have cheked so far), they don’t mention all the amenities in sale agreement papers. They say that if it is in brochure then they have to provide it. Is that true? Can there be ay legal action taken if builder does not provide what was mentioned in the brochure?
Thanks for the checklist. Its really useful to ensure that we get what was promised for the money that we are paying.
Good stuff!!!!
YES
Builder has to supply all those shown in brochure or mockup/dummy flat … bcos on basis of this he attcated you to buy.
It is same like you can sue a rest/hotel if they do not serve you same what they show in their menu/publicity pictures
YES
Builder has to supply all those shown in brochure or mockup/dummy flat … bcos on basis of this it attracted you to buy.
It is same like you can sue a rest/hotel if they do not serve you same what they show in their menu/publicity pictures
Hey. It’s a really a good checklist and will help alot for the new owner.Very soon I will take possesion in my flat(location: Crossing Republic, Ghaziabad). If any one ca provide me any other help specific to my location will hely me a lot.
I have a question. If my flat is ready for possession… but the amenities for the township eg. Swimming pool, gardens, clubhouse etc, are still to be made, can the builder threaten me to take possession asap. This is because my builder has sent me a letter for cancellation of my flat (I still owe him a small amount through finance as the complex is not ready completely). How do I assert that if the whole project is not yet ready, it really is not resideable for us it is on the outskirts of Pune.
Any help on this will be useful.
Hi Sunit,
I am also facing similar issue at my flat in Ghaziabad.
The amenities like parking, approach road, park, club, even electrity connection from govt. is not ready. Even builders has not secured completion certificate from the govt /muncipal authorities but they have forced us to pay the final amount (by sending a letter and mentioning failure to pay will attract penalties).
We paid up and even builder handed over keys of flat to us with temp electricity connection (per unit chargeable @ 7 rs.) but now are stuck as we cannot register our flat with authorities due to absence of completion certificate and also living without the amenities promised to us.
Its very discouraging and we feel helpless now…. just have to wait…