Keppel-Puruvankara's Elita Homes

The agreement reminds me of a dialogue from Bombay Boys movie " HEAD I WIN TAIL YOU LOSE"

Prospective home buyers are hereby requested to read the fineprints on the contract before signing it. The home owners of Elita Promenade, the first venture of KPDL in in India are facing a lot of issues as mentioned on http://www.elitapromenade.com Better be safe than sorry later.

Keppel Corporation of Singapore fame came to India to launch their maiden project Elita Promenade with Puravankara as a dummy partner. This project has been a sham right from the beginning though it promises "World class living spaces". Dont be mislead by their Singapore pedigree. Read on for just a few major glitches: 1. Delays: The Flagship India Project Elita Promenade - Construction has been delayed by over 9 months, no explanation, no communication and so far no word on penalty compensation that even the heavily one sided contract prescribes. Project was to have been delivered in Dec 2007, until Aug 2008 the construction is not completed for even the first few blocks, so far there is no electricity, no water and on top of it no information to the buyers what so ever. 2. Deviations: Karnataka government guidelines prescribes 6m x 3m of covered car park, Elita has openly violated these norms 3. Customer Hostile: Couldnt care less attitude towards customers. Be ready to hea... Read more

This review is based on the Keppel interaction with the group of apartment owners of their Promenade project at Bangalore. The good things are: 1. They are mostly courteous and ask u to send them an email 2. Wherever the specs are clear they have been upto the mark 3. They have contracted India's best contractor to build the project 4. They have promised compensation for delay to owners where the payments are on time by the owner and till date are steadfast (only 15 out of the 1500 apts are ready for possession as on date Jul 2008). 5. The aesthetics of the apartment/buildings and project are good. 6. They sometimes listen where it is no cost to them - e.g.Colour of the apartments - residents did not want a coat of gray over White and they agreed, some doors initially were painted blue and they relented with white doors when the residents protested. Not so good things are: 1. Their poor attitude - Mostly Don't listen, respond. 2. Flexibility to adapt to local condition where it suits ... Read more