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A rural suburb turns a 'flat' zone
Once a pastoral village, Mogappair has turned a vertically-enabled residential neighbourhood. PRINCE FREDERICK tracks the changes over the years.


BRICK & MORTAR
Customising your apartments
APARTMENTS are an ideal solution to today's land scarcity and sky-high prices in urban areas. But do they cater to special individual needs? Apartment design has witnessed a change from having been typical contractor or `builder'-friendly ...
LEGAL CHAT
A primer on joint-development
A Power of Attorney is certainly not a document that you should casually sign. Go through the various clauses carefully and think through the implications of each clause.
The metal mania
It's new, it's novel and it's metallic! Wood may continue to have its share of buyers, but in comes a metal trend that is currently a rage.
REALTYSPEAK
Buy your car, but wait for parking!
`Be on the move' seems to be today's mantra, whether in thinking or on the road! For, when living spaces are diminishing, we aren't shocked about parking spaces being on the wane. In fact, are we into some no-space-for-parking phobia?
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Tax holiday
Question: I have a small flat in Mumbai. I purchased it in 1993 (when I was a RI) and I would like to sell and re-invest the entire sale proceeds into buying a new flat in Chennai within a year. Do I still have to pay any capital gains ...
Ensuring undisputed property
I intend to purchase a property and had applied for EC w.e.f 1987, but not sure how I can identify the genuineness of the owner in case of multiple registrations, if any. How do I ensure that the land/house is not disputed? Sastry, by ...
Permissible FSI
Question: I am having a 1230-sqft area of plot with dimension 33.25 ft x 37 ft. This plot comes under `Gramanathan' category. How much is the area permissible for construction of a house on this plot? J.Rajan, East Tambaram Our ...
Maintenance fee
Question: I live in my own flat in a complex that has 36 apartments. We have a registered association of the owners. However, one owner who is in self-occupation, has not been paying his monthly maintenance fees for the last 18 months and ...

GREEN VISTAS
Of gleaming rays and green terraces
Choice of grass, finishing material and lighting play an important part in giving the maximum effect to your terrace garden.
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