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A new three-storey commercial building on a tree-lined road, empty shops with open roller shutters on the ground floor and glass-fronted offices above, two-wheelers parked along its paved front. Buying guides8 min read दुकान ख़रीदें? पहले ज़ोन देखिए।

Buying a shop or office: zoning, tax, loans and rent

A shop is not a home with a shutter. Check the zone first, then the tax, the tariff, the loan, the GST and the rent sum, before any token.

3 Oct 2026
An empty stilt parking level under a mid-rise apartment block, painted bays between square concrete columns, a cream boundary wall and a large tree in afternoon light. Money8 min read रेट एक, क़ीमत कई। पूरी शीट पढ़िए।

The price sheet: reading a builder's cost sheet line by line

The rate you were quoted is one line of a builder's cost sheet. What the other lines are, which are already in the price, and what to ask before a token.

3 Oct 2026
A smiling couple sit at a marble dining table in a bright flat, the woman pointing at a printed sheet while the man holds a pen beside an open laptop. Money8 min read फ़्लैट पर GST — कब लगेगा, कब नहीं?

GST on a flat: under construction versus ready

Booked while being built, a flat carries 5% GST, or 1% if it is affordable. Paid for wholly after the completion certificate, none. How the rule works.

3 Oct 2026
A weathered single-storey house with potted plants at its gate sits on a street corner under a large neem tree, with four-storey apartment buildings on either side. Money8 min read ज़मीन आपकी, बिल्डिंग उनकी — हिस्सा पक्का कीजिए।

Joint development: giving your land to a builder for a share of flats

Giving your plot or old house to a builder for flats? How to fix the share, the six clauses the agreement must carry, and when the capital gains tax is due.

3 Oct 2026
An unfinished concrete apartment tower with open upper floors and an idle tower crane stands behind a corrugated metal fence at the end of a quiet residential lane in morning haze. Papers & law7 min read शिकायत का भी तरीका होता है।

How to file a RERA complaint in Madhya Pradesh

Form M or Form N, ₹1,000, and a folder in date order. How a complaint to MP RERA works, what to ask for, and what it cannot do for you.

3 Oct 2026
A road roller and a yellow excavator work on a new lane beside a busy four-lane highway, orange and white barriers between them, flat farmland beyond. Indore7 min read सिंहस्थ की सड़क — किस सड़क की बात हो रही है?

The Indore-Ujjain road and Simhastha 2028: testing a corridor pitch

"On the Simhastha road" can mean a widening, a new greenfield road, a metro still on paper, or a rumour. How to tell which, and what to ask.

3 Oct 2026
Three workers in hard hats tie steel reinforcement bars on an upper-floor slab of a building under construction, the city spread out below them. Buying guides7 min read बन रहा है, या बन चुका है?

Under construction or ready to move: two different products

An under-construction flat is not a discounted ready one. It is a different purchase with a different risk. What to settle before you book either.

3 Oct 2026
A steel measuring tape lies extended across a dusty, unfinished concrete floor in a shaft of sunlight, the bare walls of a room behind it. Buying guides7 min read आप किस एरिया का पैसा दे रहे हैं?

Carpet area, built-up area, super built-up area: only one is defined by law

Three areas, one flat, and you are usually quoted the biggest. What carpet area means in law, and how to work out your real price per usable square foot.

3 Oct 2026
A man's hand holds a bunch of brass keys above a woman's open palm, her wrist full of coloured bangles, in the doorway of an empty, newly finished flat. Papers & law8 min read CC और OC — बिना इनके क़ब्ज़ा मत लीजिए।

Occupancy certificate and completion certificate: two papers, two jobs

A completion certificate says the building matches its plan. An occupancy certificate says you may live in it. Ask for both before you take the keys.

3 Oct 2026
Three workers patch a pothole on a residential street with fresh asphalt and a hand roller, a cart of hot tar steaming beside them and houses with potted plants behind. Buying guides7 min read कॉलोनी की देखभाल कौन करेगा?

Who maintains the colony: roads, water and the handover

Roads, drains and street lights do not stay with the developer forever. Find out who keeps them working after the sale, before you buy into it.

3 Oct 2026
Two men in checked shirts stand talking over glasses of tea at a roadside stall in the early morning haze, one of them gesturing with an open hand. Indore8 min read सुना है

Six things everyone in Indore says about land that are not true

Registry done, RERA number, notary, boundary wall, divert later, the neighbour built — six things said in good faith, and what the record says instead.

8 Sep 2026
Two tall concrete gate pillars and a fresh boundary wall enclose an empty plotted field at sunrise, a few staked saplings inside and the city faint on the horizon. Buying guides7 min read ज़मीन ख़रीदने से पहले

Five checks before you buy land in Indore, each with its red flag

Five two-minute checks on any plot in Indore — registration, khasra, zone, proposed roads, sanctioned plan — and the red flag hiding inside each one.

8 Sep 2026
A man in a blue shirt walks along the footpath of an established colony at dusk, street lamps lit above him and a small park behind Papers & law9 min read ज़मीन देख ली — बनाने वाले को देखा?

How to verify a developer in Indore

A clean plot from a developer who does not finish is still a problem. An afternoon in a colony they completed, five things to look at, what they must prove.

8 Sep 2026
A bare concrete frame of a five-storey building, half clad in brick and wrapped in bamboo scaffolding, stands over a wet street of auto-rickshaws under a grey sky. Papers & law7 min read रजिस्टर्ड है — पर किसका?

What RERA does, and what it does not

Who must register with MP RERA, what an agent's number means, and the four checks a registration does not replace: title, ownership, coverage and sanction.

8 Sep 2026
An agent in a pale blue shirt shows something on his phone to an older couple standing on an empty plotted site Buying guides7 min read अच्छा एजेंट सवालों से नहीं डरता

Five questions to ask your real estate agent

Five questions to put to a real estate agent before you pay a token, what a good answer sounds like, and why an agent with good stock enjoys them.

8 Sep 2026
A low block-wall foundation with steel bars rising from it, a stack of red bricks and a mixer beside it, at the edge of a colony at dusk Buying guides8 min read दो रास्ते, एक फ़ैसला

Plot or flat: two products, two checklists

A plot and a flat are different products, not two prices for one thing. What each asks of you, and the five checks that belong to each.

8 Sep 2026

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