Been living here since July 2018. And have already changed 2 houses. Keeping my fingers crossed that this third house proves to be a good experience for us.
The first one was a penthouse, way too big for our requirement. But, it had a nice view so we enjoyed living there for almost a year and had a good experience.
But, yes it’s not friendly to interact with most of the Army families. Before asking your name most of them ask you if you are from defense or a civilian.
Never trust any brokers here. All are cheaters, once you pay them their commission they will wash their hands off you. Better to move in through a friend or owner directly. Went through a nightmare when we moved to a 4BHK in B5-1204 in November 2020 from the penthouse. All the 3 toilets were damaged, they repaired it temporarily and assured us that they will get it repaired soon. The owner, a serving officer & broker, the ex-army guy cheated on us and we had vacated the house within 4 months only. Somehow they managed to convince us that they are not getting laborers to do the desired task for a month. After one month owner started asking us to pay for bathroom repair by saying "since you have been living in this house for quite some time now". In Feb 2021, the WC of the common bathroom broke down and we escalated the issue to the MC. There was no support from the MC in this matter and they said very clearly that this is between the owner and the tenant and they don’t involve in personal matters. on the same night owner instead of repairing the bathroom asked us to vacate the flat. When we told him that financially and because of the pandemic we would not be able to shift, he assured us that he will bear our shifting charges. We thought he is a gentleman. So in the morning, we called him to request that he should not deduct the one-month rent which was a part of the agreement and we will take care of our other shifting charges. He refused our request and said that neither he will pay shifting charges and will also deduct one month’s rent & all the damages. He had the audacity to say this when we had submitted all the pictures & list of damages to him before we moved into his house. Many times it happened that he would do all the sweet talks in the night and in the morning he would refuse. In the meantime, we had pressure from the broker that we should quietly vacate the house as he is a serving officer and is much more powerful than us. Finally, to recover our 1 lac of security deposit money, we stopped paying him rent and asked him to adjust it from the deposit. The common bathroom was not in a usable condition and it was causing inconvenience to my parents who are in their mid-70s of age. Under these circumstances, we decided to move into another house. We came across one gentleman who gave this Colonel good piece of mind and somehow he agreed to return our security deposit after deducting 15 days rent instead of one month. We also agreed to it and vacated the house. Though everyone including the MC knew that the damage in the bathroom existed before we moved into his house, this owner deducted Rs. 6500 for the WC repair from the security deposit. This money is not going to make him rich or us poor, but he showed his character. Not only this I was in touch with his previous tenant also, she told me that he had deducted some 9000 Rs from her security deposit also for the same reasons.
We are working people, moreover, due to the pandemic we didn’t get much opportunity to interact with other residents, but later we came to know that there are many such owners like him and many tenants have faced this issue.
Anyone looking out to buy or rent out this particular flat B5-1204 please take it at your own risk.
Talking about the amenities and maintenance of the society, it is very well maintained by the MC. There is a small market complex within the apartment where we get all the groceries, medical services, salon, boutique, optical shop, etc.
As long as you follow the rules and regulations(like access card of the amenities is issued to any 4 members of the family only), even though you don’t understand them it is a nice place to live.