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Bangalore home buying, explained.

Reads is a free library of in-depth explainers for anyone buying a flat in Bangalore: 46 of them, one topic each, from what you can afford and how to check a builder to khata, RERA, home loans, tax, registration and handover.

Each one works through real numbers and quotes the Act, regulator or court behind every rule, so you can check it yourself. They are written for buyers, not to sell any project.

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Choosing a flat

How to judge a builder, a site, a floor and a unit, and what the numbers on a brochure really mean.

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How to check a builder

The company behind a project: brand versus legal entity, MCA21, courts, insolvency, credit ratings and the escrow rule.

14 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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The site-visit checklist

What to bring, what to check on site, and the questions worth asking the sales team, in a printable order.

13 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Carpet area vs super built-up

How much of the advertised size you actually get, measured on real Bangalore flats.

9 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Choosing floor, facing and unit

What fire, lift and setback rules mean for a floor, plus the sun's real path over Bengaluru, worked out month by month.

15 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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What a possession date means

Why a date years out with little built is a different purchase from one months away and nearly finished.

7 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Water in a Bengaluru flat

Where an apartment's water actually comes from, and the law behind BWSSB, borewells, tankers and STPs.

12 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Car parking, explained

What RERA calls a garage versus open parking, Karnataka's model agreement, and how many car parks a building must provide.

14 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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How to read a floor plan

Symbols, dimensions, minimum room sizes and what carpet area leaves out, wall by wall.

14 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Master plan and road widening

How to check a plot's zone officially, what a widening line can take from your setback, and the TDR rules.

13 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read

The paperwork

Every document behind a flat: who approved what, what each paper proves, and what to check before you sign.

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Reading a Karnataka RERA filing

The seven things to check on a filing, in the order they matter, with a real example of each failure.

7 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Documents to check before you buy

Every document behind a Bangalore flat, what it proves, where to check it yourself, and the red flags.

21 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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A-khata, B-khata and e-khata

What a khata proves, the B-to-A conversion scheme, and how to apply for or check an e-khata.

18 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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The encumbrance certificate

What an EC proves, how to get one on Kaveri 2.0, how far back you can search, and what it can never show you.

14 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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OC and CC, explained

What each certificate legally proves, who issues it, and what a missing OC costs you in Bengaluru.

13 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Land records: RTC and mutation

The RTC and mutation register: their legal basis, how to read one on Bhoomi, and what changes when farmland becomes a flat.

11 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Converted land and risky land

Land-use conversion, and the eight land types Karnataka law treats as too risky to buy, with how to spot each.

17 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Undivided share of land (UDS)

What UDS is, where it appears in your papers, how it is worked out, and why the figure matters.

14 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Power of attorney in property

GPA against SPA, stamp duty, when a POA stops working, and how to verify one before you buy through it.

13 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Deviations and Akrama-Sakrama

What a building deviation is, what the GBG Act does about it, and Akrama-Sakrama's legal basis and status.

12 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Who approved the building?

Which authority approves a flat's plan and layout, from GBA and BDA to BMRDA's local authorities, BIAAPA and gram panchayats.

11 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Buying in a joint development

Who owns the land, who signs your agreement, and what the GPA and stamp duty mean when your flat is a joint development.

14 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Agreement for sale vs sale deed

The legal difference, a clause-by-clause map of Karnataka's model agreement, and what changes when it becomes your sale deed.

14 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Guidance value vs market value

What guidance value is, how to look it up on Kaveri, and why stamp duty and tax follow whichever figure is higher.

14 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read

Money

The full cost, the loan, the tax and the payment plan, and the charges that carry on after you move in.

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The full cost of a flat in Bangalore

Every charge between the brochure price and the keys: GST, stamp duty, registration, builder charges and loan costs.

18 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Home loans on a flat being built

How the bank pays the builder stage by stage, what pre-EMI costs you, and the RBI rules that protect you.

16 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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How home-loan rates work

The repo rate, MCLR and HFC rates behind your EMI, plus what a balance transfer actually costs and saves.

15 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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TDS when you buy a flat

What 1% TDS under section 393 means for a ₹50 lakh-plus flat: the threshold, GST, Form 141, deadlines and an NRI seller.

12 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Payment plans, compared

Construction-linked, down-payment, subvention and 80:20 plans compared, with the discount math and the rules behind each.

14 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Booking, cancelling, refunds

What you can lose and get back if you cancel a flat, at each stage of paying for it.

13 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Home loan tax benefits

What a home loan takes off your income tax under the 2025 Act, in each regime, worked through year by year.

19 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Prepaying your home loan

Whether to cut the EMI or the tenure, when a prepayment saves most, and the RBI rules that make it free.

12 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Maintenance and the corpus fund

Who pays for upkeep before and after the association takes over, what the corpus fund is for, and when GST applies.

18 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read
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Insuring your flat

What Bharat Griha Raksha covers, what your association covers instead, and how a claim actually runs, with the timelines.

12 MIN READ · UPDATED 11 SEP 2026Read

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