Which is better Carpet or Super-Built
Carpet area is the actual usable area of your apartment. The super-built area is carpet area plus the dimensions of common areas like corridors, lobbies and wall thickness. Strictly speaking, carpet area does not include bathrooms and balconies.
Faced with these two alternative ways of pricing an apartment, buyers are doubtful about what they are really paying for and are confused about which benefits them more.
The answer, interestingly enough, is that you pay the same amount, whether the apartment is presented to you in terms of carpet area or super-built area. When carpet area is the basis of cost, a higher rate would naturally be quoted since the cost of common areas would have to be factored into the cost. Correspondingly, when an apartment is priced on the basis of its super-built area, a lower rate becomes applicable for the same reason. The final cost is the same, but the way it's arrived at is different.
By making the common areas like corridors and lobbies narrower and smaller, a larger proportion could be shown as carpet area. In the process, circulation spaces, so essential a part of an apartment complex, could get compromised.
The property development industry in Bangalore is planning to adopt either carpet area or built-up area (carpet area plus wall thickness) as the norm for transactions, since the average buyer can readily understand the concept. KOAPA (Karnataka Ownership Apartments Association) is working out a systematic change-over in the near future. When this happens, the buyer will be keen to know the dimensions of corridors, lobbies and common facilities. To their benefit.
Tandem: One-stop Property Management Services
Tandem Property Management Services Pvt. Ltd, an associate of Brigade Group, is a one-stop Property Management Services provider. Tandem undertakes facilities management for software industries, commercial buildings, serviced apartments, residential buildings, bungalows and guest houses. Today, Tandem manages one million square feet of real estate in Bangalore.
The services provided by Tandem’s Facilities Management Division include: engineering (electrical, plumbing, air-conditioning, carpentry); housekeeping; pest and rodent control; security; landscaping; janitorial; catering; personal (paying of bills, travel arrangements) and event management.
Tandem’s Realty Division takes care of residential or commercial property needs, be it on outright purchase, lease or rental basis. Tandem’s Home Loan Division has tied up with ICICI Bank for Home Loans and its Insurance Division with Metlife India Insurance, with the main focus on Mortgage Protector.
Contact: Phone: 080-511 7108 / 09 / 12 Fax: 080-223 5002
e-mail: tanpms@vsnl.net
Sree Sivananda Stores Circle is one of the most famous landmarks of Bangalore. Within a radius of a kilometre from here are three palatial mansions, which were the private residences of three Dewans of Mysore. These three Dewans held office one after another, in quick succession. And they have left their imprint on the city in the form of their private residences, which are fine examples of colonial architecture, and in the form of streets and localities named in their honour. Of course, they have contributed to the development of our state, but that’s beyond the scope of this piece.
The first mansion is Kumara Krupa, the private residence of the legendary Sir Seshadri Iyer, who was Dewan of Mysore from 1883 to 1900. The building was named after his family deity Kumaraswamy. The road on which it is located is Kumara Krupa Road. In the front is the golf course, and next-door neighbour is Hotel Ashok. The locality behind Kumara Krupa is called Kumara Park, and beyond it is Seshadripuram. The tree-lined avenue, which connects Ananda Rao Circle to Cubbon Park, is Seshadri Road. This road goes a little further into Cubbon Park, and passes in front of the State Library, which is housed in Sir Seshadri Memorial Hall (and featured in Brigade Group's 2003 calendar whose theme is "Some Heritage Sites of Bangalore"). Kumara Krupa is today the state guest house.
The second is just down Kumara Krupa Road, less than a kilometre away from Kumara Krupa. It was the private residence of Sir P. N. Krishna Murthy, Dewan of Mysore from 1901 to 1906. He named the mansion Poorna Prasad, in memory of his historical grandfather Poornaiah, who was a minister to Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, and Dewan of Mysore from 1799 to 1811. Poorna Prasad is situated off Kumara Krupa Road and parallel to Race Course Loop Road. Till recently it housed the offices of Posts and Telegraphs. Down the road from the main gate of Race Course is the family temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna.
Across two streets from Poorna Prasad is Patan Bhavan, which was the private residence of V. P. Madhava Rao, Dewan of Mysore, from 1906 to 1909. Patan Bhavan is situated, predictably, in Madhavanagar. Patan Bhavan was commandeered by the British government during the Second World War, and after Independence, housed the minerals division of the Atomic Energy Commission. Today, it is the residence of a leader of the film industry. A guardroom, a small but impressive stone structure on a vacant plot, which can be seen from Kumara Krupa Road, stands witness to Patan Bhavan’s days of grandeur.
Interestingly, there is a fourth Dewan, who succeeded Madhava Rao. We do not know if he left a mansion in the locality we are writing about. But the city's most famous junction, Ananda Rao Circle, is named after Sir T. Ananda Rao, who was Dewan of Mysore from 1909 to 1912. (The great Sir M. Visvesvaraya succeeded him.) One of city's newest and grandest landmarks, Brigade Plaza, is situated at Ananda Rao Circle.
Carpet area is the actual usable area of your apartment. The super-built area is carpet area plus the dimensions of common areas like corridors, lobbies and wall thickness. Strictly speaking, carpet area does not include bathrooms and balconies.
Faced with these two alternative ways of pricing an apartment, buyers are doubtful about what they are really paying for and are confused about which benefits them more.
The answer, interestingly enough, is that you pay the same amount, whether the apartment is presented to you in terms of carpet area or super-built area. When carpet area is the basis of cost, a higher rate would naturally be quoted since the cost of common areas would have to be factored into the cost. Correspondingly, when an apartment is priced on the basis of its super-built area, a lower rate becomes applicable for the same reason. The final cost is the same, but the way it's arrived at is different.
By making the common areas like corridors and lobbies narrower and smaller, a larger proportion could be shown as carpet area. In the process, circulation spaces, so essential a part of an apartment complex, could get compromised.
The property development industry in Bangalore is planning to adopt either carpet area or built-up area (carpet area plus wall thickness) as the norm for transactions, since the average buyer can readily understand the concept. KOAPA (Karnataka Ownership Apartments Association) is working out a systematic change-over in the near future. When this happens, the buyer will be keen to know the dimensions of corridors, lobbies and common facilities. To their benefit.
Tandem: One-stop Property Management Services
Tandem Property Management Services Pvt. Ltd, an associate of Brigade Group, is a one-stop Property Management Services provider. Tandem undertakes facilities management for software industries, commercial buildings, serviced apartments, residential buildings, bungalows and guest houses. Today, Tandem manages one million square feet of real estate in Bangalore.The services provided by Tandem’s Facilities Management Division include: engineering (electrical, plumbing, air-conditioning, carpentry); housekeeping; pest and rodent control; security; landscaping; janitorial; catering; personal (paying of bills, travel arrangements) and event management.
Tandem’s Realty Division takes care of residential or commercial property needs, be it on outright purchase, lease or rental basis. Tandem’s Home Loan Division has tied up with ICICI Bank for Home Loans and its Insurance Division with Metlife India Insurance, with the main focus on Mortgage Protector.
Contact: Phone: 080-511 7108 / 09 / 12 Fax: 080-223 5002
e-mail: tanpms@vsnl.net
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THE STORY OF BANGALORE
THREE DEWANS AND THEIR MANSIONS
THE STORY OF BANGALORE
THREE DEWANS AND THEIR MANSIONS
Sree Sivananda Stores Circle is one of the most famous landmarks of Bangalore. Within a radius of a kilometre from here are three palatial mansions, which were the private residences of three Dewans of Mysore. These three Dewans held office one after another, in quick succession. And they have left their imprint on the city in the form of their private residences, which are fine examples of colonial architecture, and in the form of streets and localities named in their honour. Of course, they have contributed to the development of our state, but that’s beyond the scope of this piece.
The first mansion is Kumara Krupa, the private residence of the legendary Sir Seshadri Iyer, who was Dewan of Mysore from 1883 to 1900. The building was named after his family deity Kumaraswamy. The road on which it is located is Kumara Krupa Road. In the front is the golf course, and next-door neighbour is Hotel Ashok. The locality behind Kumara Krupa is called Kumara Park, and beyond it is Seshadripuram. The tree-lined avenue, which connects Ananda Rao Circle to Cubbon Park, is Seshadri Road. This road goes a little further into Cubbon Park, and passes in front of the State Library, which is housed in Sir Seshadri Memorial Hall (and featured in Brigade Group's 2003 calendar whose theme is "Some Heritage Sites of Bangalore"). Kumara Krupa is today the state guest house.The second is just down Kumara Krupa Road, less than a kilometre away from Kumara Krupa. It was the private residence of Sir P. N. Krishna Murthy, Dewan of Mysore from 1901 to 1906. He named the mansion Poorna Prasad, in memory of his historical grandfather Poornaiah, who was a minister to Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan, and Dewan of Mysore from 1799 to 1811. Poorna Prasad is situated off Kumara Krupa Road and parallel to Race Course Loop Road. Till recently it housed the offices of Posts and Telegraphs. Down the road from the main gate of Race Course is the family temple, dedicated to Lord Krishna.Across two streets from Poorna Prasad is Patan Bhavan, which was the private residence of V. P. Madhava Rao, Dewan of Mysore, from 1906 to 1909. Patan Bhavan is situated, predictably, in Madhavanagar. Patan Bhavan was commandeered by the British government during the Second World War, and after Independence, housed the minerals division of the Atomic Energy Commission. Today, it is the residence of a leader of the film industry. A guardroom, a small but impressive stone structure on a vacant plot, which can be seen from Kumara Krupa Road, stands witness to Patan Bhavan’s days of grandeur. Interestingly, there is a fourth Dewan, who succeeded Madhava Rao. We do not know if he left a mansion in the locality we are writing about. But the city's most famous junction, Ananda Rao Circle, is named after Sir T. Ananda Rao, who was Dewan of Mysore from 1909 to 1912. (The great Sir M. Visvesvaraya succeeded him.) One of city's newest and grandest landmarks, Brigade Plaza, is situated at Ananda Rao Circle.