Detect Issues
Excess gap noted between wall and railing.
Describe Issues
Gap noted between wall and railing is around 8.5 inches which will be safety hazard for residents especially kids. Usually Space between railing should not exceed more than 4 inches. If left unnoticed, it can be unsafe for occupants as there are chances of accidents in this area.
Direct Solutions
We recommend fitting another piece of vertical bar to cover the gap to be safe limit.
Detecting Damp / Leakage / Seepage Source at a Banquet cum Convention Hall, Using IR Technology.
Lucknow
Soon, citizens, builders and developers would be able to avail several facilities offered by Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UPRERA) through a single window system.
Citizens and developers would be able to get maps approved, lodge complaints and, secure progress reports and no-objection certificates for projects.
UPRERA chairperson Rajiv Kumar said “All information about the facility will be made available online. Citizens will also be able to file complaints in case they are duped by a developers or the builder is delaying possession of a unit and also seek information about promoters,” he added.
Detect Issues
Single water control valve is provided for the water supply at kitchen and bathroom.
Describe Issues
This seems to be not a problem usually, but during maintenance or repair work of any particular area the water supply of both the areas will be stopped. If left unnoticed then, it will create hassles for residents in future.
Direct Solutions
We recommend providing separate water supply valve for both areas.
Pune
The Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) has placed 16 registered projects under the scanner for non-completion by developers who claimed to have gone bankrupt.
Complaints against these projects have been received mainly from Pune, Mumbai, and Thane, said the authorities. A hearing will be given to these developers, following which they will have to revert within a month or their registration will be revoked under section 7 of the MahaRERA Act, officials said.
In all, 70 complaints have been received from members of the homebuyers’ association against these 16 projects.
The regulatory body had said that homebuyers should form associations and lodge complaints against promoters under section 7 of the MahaRERA Act.
The MahaRERA authorities told TOI that several complaints have been received against these projects and the standard operating procedures (SOP) were put in place for revoking their RERA registration.
Under SOP, homebuyers can form association and lodge a complaint under section 7 of the MahaRERA Act, demanding that the registration be revoked and a new developer be appointed with the help of MahaRERA officials.
“The complaints have been received mainly from Mumbai, Pune and Thane against these projects. The MahaRERA will decide on the projects that have been shelved due to bankruptcy. For each of the registered complaint, hearing has been given to banks and homebuyers’ association and they have been asked to check on the projects’ feasibility,’’ stated officials.’ As per the SOP, the developers will get a month’s notice to arrange for money to complete the projects. If they fail to do so, the homebuyers’ association can appoint another developer or they can complete it themselves.
Citizens who have been issued MahaRERA orders but are awaiting implementation stated that the SOP would help to take the projects ahead if the association members work together. “There is very slow implementation of MahaRERA orders and the SOP should help,’’ said an affected citizen.
Developers, however, feel that the one-month window is too short a time and they should be given more time, especially, when a developer has gone bankrupt, they said.
Detect Issues
WC vent pipe terminated inside false ceiling.
Describe Issues
As WC vent pipe is terminated inside false ceiling, it will spread fowl smell inside the unit & surrounding area. If not rectified, it will create unhealthy & unhygienic condition for residents.
Direct Solutions
We recommend extending the pipe above roof level in open to air environment.
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Pune
The Union minister of housing and urban affairs on Sunday said he would tell the state government’s housing department to look into bringing the unregistered projects under the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority’s ambit.
Hardeep Singh Puri, the Union minister of housing and urban affairs, said he would be writing to Maharashtra chief minister and the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) within the next fortnight to do the needful.
He made the commitment after hearing Shirish Deshpande, the chairman of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat — the Maharashtra consumers’ forum — in a meeting of the ministry of housing and urban affairs in Delhi.
The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Union finance minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, to discuss various issues concerning the real estate sector and the steps to be taken to strengthen it.
Deshpande told TOI that Section 4 (2)[c] of Real Estate Regulatory Authority Act requiring builders to produce sanctioned building plan and commencement certificate for registration was not mandatory in nature. This was also put forth by Madhya Pradesh RERA chief and RERA chiefs of other states too echoed it, he said.
Against this backdrop, Deshpande expressed hope that there was no need to amend Section 4 (2) [c] and projects could be registered with RERA without those certificates. “This will bring a huge number of unregistered projects under the ambit of MahaRERA,” he said.
Another participating member said the act clearly stated that if any project had not received completion certificate in 2017, when the act came into force, it would come under RERA irrespective of registration. “If any such projects are not registered, they would have to be registered and if it is not it is the duty of the authority to ensure registration,” said an activist.
Consumers have been approaching MahaRERA for registered projects so far.
The state consumers’ forum also put forth the delay in bringing redevelopment projects under MahaRERA. The state real estate regulatory authority has proposed an amendment to the existing rules to bring the rehabilitation and sale components of redevelopment projects under the ambit of the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act. MahaRERA has sent a letter to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis for his approval to the amendment proposal.
Shirish Deshpande, the chairman of Mumbai Grahak Panchayat, said rules would have to be amended to consider any redevelopment project as “a whole project.”
The components related to the rehabilitation for the owners and sale are now accounted separately.
The developers now register only the sale component.
It will bring all redevelopment projects, with the rehabilitation components, under RERA.
Detect Issues
Rubber gasket is incomplete at window panel.
Describe Issues
Gasket are used for covering the area between the window panel and frame to seal against wind, rain and other adverse weather conditions that may affect the function of the window. If not rectified, can create a path for unwanted water seepage. This will cause moisture related problems in the unit & also add extra cost and time factor for repairs.
Direct Solutions
We recommend replacing with full size gasket.
