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Top 10 Most Expensive Houses in the World

November 25, 2011 at 8:13 am · Filed under Real esate

House maybe one of the most expensive things people buy during their lifetime. Building expensive, big and beautiful house is everyone’s dream. The richest persons in the world do the same thing. They buy the most expensive house in the world or build it. House is not just for a place to live. But more than that it’s an investment. Most expensive house can be resold for more prices when the owner needs some money. So let’s take a look at these most expensive houses in the world that simply can make you get lost inside because of their size.

1. Antilla, Mumbai, India: $1 billion

This modern gigantic structure is called as Antilla. It’s new house of Mukesh Ambani or Reliance Industries. It’s a 27 floors building with 40,000 square feet in total land space. The building is 570 feet tall with a total of 400,000 square feet of interior space. The building has a dedicated 6 stories for car parking alone to park 168 cars collection of Ambani. Inside the house you will find nine elevators with lot of lounge and personal gym in each floor. This house is served by 600 servants. You can imagine how luxurious this house. This house will be the world’s most expensive house for a while as It’s far more expensive than the second and still there’s no news there’s a person build more expensive house than Antilla.

Antilla, Mumbai

2. Villa Leopolda, Cote D’Azur, France: $506 million

This luxury famous villa has a total area of 29,000 square feet. It’s located in French Riviera. It’s famous for the open manicured garden and the beautiful swimming pool. The villa has 11 bedrooms and 14 bathrooms. This villa has great scenery of beachfront in the south of France. It’s built by King Leopold from Belgia and later purchased by Edmund Safra. After the death of Edmund Safra, the house becomes the house of his wife, Lily Safra. This villa rumored several time to be sold to Bill Gates, Gianni Agnelli as well as undisclosed Russian tycoon.

Villa Leopolda, Cote D’Azur, France

3. The Penthouse, London, UK: $200 million

This Hyde Park located apartment is the most expensive flat and apartment in the world with a price of £6,000 per sq/ft. The first main feature of this apartment is Security. You can find panic rooms, bulletproof window, Iris scanner, a tunnel to nearby of Mandarin hotel and of course it’s served 24 hours. The facilities you can find here are communal spas, squash courts and you can also find a wine tasting room here.

The Penthouse, London, UK

4. Fairfield Pond, The Hamptons, US : $170 million

This marvelous house is the house of Ira Rennert. It’s built in 63 acres area and has become the largest residential in the US. The house has 29 bedrooms, 39 bathrooms, large dining room of 91 feet long. You can find a bowling alley for your entertainment as well. You can find a $150,000 hot tub in this house as well. This beachfront home is completely for private house usage only. You can imagine this building is not a hotel, spa, resort or retreat place.

Fairfield Pond, The Hamptons, US

5. Hearst Mansion, Beverly Hills, US: $165 million

The house was built by the US newspaper tycoon, William Randolph Hearst, and became his prestigious home. This house was purchased by Leonard Ross, a lawyer and investor in 1976. This house has 6 separate residences, 3 swimming pools, 8 fireplaces, tennis court, night club and 29 bedrooms. This facility is built in 6 hectares of area in the platinum triangle neighborhood in Beverly Hills. You can be the neighbor of Jeff Bezos of Amazon, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and David and Victoria Beckham if you live in this house.

Hearst Mansion, Beverly Hills, US

6. Franchuk Villa, Kensington, UK: $161 million

This expensive house is located in Belgravia, Central London. It’s six floors property with 20 foot ceilings, lavish equipment and more than 21,000 square ft of rooms to live. This house currently owned by developer from Lebanon, Musa Salem, and It’s now on sale and become the most expensive house on the market now. The house was bought by Mr. Salem from the Grosvenor Estate. The home has a Victorian style with many luxury amenities such as swimming pool in the basement, gym, private home theater, and large garage space and news room.

Franchuk Villa, Kensington, UK

7. The Pinnacle, Montana, US: $155 million

This ski Lodge is the largest property in the exclusive private ski and golf community “Yellowstone Club”. You can get conclusions that this becomes the owner’s home. Yes, it’s true. It’s the home of Tim and Edra Blixseth. It’s not that big compared to other house in this list with only 10 bedrooms. What’s the facility can be found here? You can find the heated flooring system that stretched throughout the house, fireplace in all bathrooms, a huge wine cellar, indoor and outdoor pool as well as gym and massage room.

The Pinnacle, Montana, US

8. The Manor, Los Angeles, US: $150 million

This house was built in 1991 with French Chateau style. This house has 5248 square meters of room area with more than 4.6 hectares total house area. It’s also the biggest house with the private ownership in the Los Angeles County. The main house is located at the end of long road and well protected with security system. You can find bowling alley, humidity controlled silver warehouse, tennis courts, 2 swimming pools, and luxurious woman beauty care such as beauty salon in the attic and a spa. You can find several gardens as well like 18th century style gardens, roof gardens and orange gardens. This house has a parking lot that large enough to park up to 100 cars. You can also find private cinemas on this luxury house.

The Manor, Los Angeles, US

9. Updown Court, Windlesham, Surrey, UK: $139 million

This amazing house built on 58 acre land in the Windlesham neighborhood. This huge structure offers 103 rooms with all facility you can imagine as a rich person. There’s a private cinemas in the north part of the house as well as bowling alley for recreation of the owner. You can find horse barn, squash and tennis courts in case you want to get some refreshing with sport. You can find a marble drive away as well that wait you every morning with a parking lot that large enough to park up to 8 limousines.

Updown Court, Windlesham, Surrey, UK

10. Dracula’s Castle, Romania: $ 135 million

Dracula’s Castle seems like a bad name but it’s actually a Romanian castle. The castle became a museum during 1980s. The owner of the castle, Archduke Dominic put up the castle for sale. He request for 80 million dollars. No one wants to take the deal for that amount. Again, he want to sale 2 years ago for undisclosed price. But there’s no news that it have sold till now. This amazing house, though named as a castle has 57 rooms, 17 bedrooms and unique and beautiful antique furniture.

Dracula’s Castle, Romania

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Unusual Architecture

November 16, 2011 at 8:49 am · Filed under Real esate ·Tagged : Air Force Academy Chapel, “Druzhba Holiday Center, Bahá'í House, Basket Building, Beijing National Stadium, Calakmul building, Chapel in the Rock, Civic Center, Container City, Crazy House, Cubic Houses, Dancing Building, Dome House, Erwin Wurm, Fashion Show Mall, Ferdinand Cheval Palace, Forest Spiral, Fuji television building, Gherkin Building, Grand Lisboa, Guggenheim Museum, Habitat 67, Hang Nga Guesthouse, House Attack, Hundertwasser Building, Ideal Palace, Kansas City Public Library, Kettle House, La Lavadora, Lloyd’s building, Lotus Temple, Luxor Hotel & Casino, Mammy's Cupboard, Manchester Civil Justice Centre, Mind House, Nakagin Capsule Tower, Nord LB building, Pickle Barrel House, Ripley's Building, Robot Building, Ryugyong Hotel, Shoe House, Solar Furnace, Stone House, The Bank of Asia, The Crooked House, The Egg, The Hole House, The National Library, The Torre Galatea Figueras, The Ufo House, The Washing Mashine, UCSD Geisel Library, Wall House, Weird House in Alps, Wonderworks, Wooden Gagster House, Zenith Europe

This article presents a list of unusual homes and buildings from around the world that are unbelievably cool to totally weird.

1. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

Construction of the building started in in January 2003 and in December 2003 it was finished. House architecture is based on Jan Marcin Szancer (famous Polish artist and child books illustrator) and Per Dahlberg (Swedish painter living in Sopot) pictures and paintings.

2. The Basket Building (Ohio, United States)

The Longaberger Basket Company building in Newark, Ohio might just be a strangest office building in the world. The 180,000-square-foot building, a replica of the company’s famous market basket, cost $30 million and took two years to complete. Many experts tried to persuade Dave Longaberger to alter his plans, but he wanted an exact replica of the real thing.

3. Kansas City Public Library (Missouri, United States)

This project, located in the heart of Kansas City, represents one of the pioneer projects behind the revitalization of downtown.

The people of Kansas City were asked to help pick highly influential books that represent Kansas City. Those titles were included as ‘book bindings’ in the innovative design of the parking garage exterior, to inspire people to utilize the downtown Central Library.

4. Wonderworks (Pigeon Forge, TN, United States)

5. Cubic Houses (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

The original idea of these cubic houses came about in the 1970s. Piet Blom has developed a couple of these cubic houses that were built in Helmond.

The city of Rotterdam asked him to design housing on top of a pedestrian bridge and he decided to use the cubic houses idea. The concept behind these houses is that he tries to create a forest by each cube representing an abstract tree; therefore the whole village becomes a forest.

6. Kettle House (Texas, United States)

7. Nakagin Capsule Tower (Tokyo, Japan)

8. The Hole House (Texas, United States)

9. Shoe House (Pennsylvania, United States)

10. Wall House (Groningen, Netherlands)

11. Container City (London, UK)

12. Erwin Wurm: House Attack (Viena, Austria)

13. Wooden Gagster House (Archangelsk, Russia)

14. Pickle Barrel House (Grand Marais, Michigan, United States)

15. Nord LB building (Hannover, Germany)

16. Lloyd’s building (London, UK)

17. Druzhba Holiday Center Hall (Yalta, Ukraine)

18. UCSD Geisel Library (San Diego, California, United States)

19. Ripley’s Building (Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada)

20. Kerala House Boats (Alappuzha, Alleppey, Kerala, India)

21. Cob House (Vancouver, Canada)

22. The Mushroom House aka Tree House (Cincinnati, Ohio, USA)

23. Ewok House (Location unknown)

24. Free Spirit Spheres (Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada

25. Great Mosque of Djenné (Djenne, Mali)

Source: Strange Buildings of the World

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Quick Guide to Home Insurance India

November 10, 2011 at 6:04 am · Filed under Commercial Property, India Real Estate, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, Properties, Real esate, Real estate trends, Residential Property ·Tagged boiler insurance, commercial policy, disaster management, fire insurance, flood insurance, Home Insurance Policy, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, named perils, open perils

Diwali, the festival of lights turned out to be a disaster for my friend whose beautiful home was turned into a gloomy place when fire broke out in his house due to short circuit. Till the time the fire was put out, the entire household things in his apartment turned into ash. This incident left him with a major setback and created a big hole in his pocket as home was not insured.

So, is home insurance important for us to save from such disasters or natural calamities that not only have an effect on our physical and emotional state but monetarily also shake us to our roots.

Most of us still have not realized the advantages of buying home insurance, but such risks force us to think and understand the importance of home insurance.

Though it’s not possible for us to protect our dream home and our family against each and every probable risks, but we can surely adapt measures that will assist us in having a support system that can help us sail through unexpected events that can completely blow apart our life and dreams.

What is Home Insurance policy?

Home Insurance policy safe guards our interests against most risks to our home or commercial property, which include fire, theft and natural calamities.

This policy comprises of specific kinds of insurance like fire insurance, flood insurance, earthquake, home insurance or boiler insurance. Normally a said property is insured under two heads – one is called as open perils and the other one is known as named perils.

Open perils offers protection against all the damages except the ones that are excluded in the policy taken. Damages caused by earthquakes, floods, nuclear incidents, acts of terrorism and war etc. are normally excluded under open peril policies.

Whereas under named perils the actual cause of the loss has to be specified in the home insurance policy. Damages caused by events like fire, lightning, explosion and theft are insured under named perils.

Eligibility criteria for home insurance policy

Everyone should take up a home insurance policy as it forms an essential part for securing our life, irrelevant of the fact that whether you own a house or not. These insurance policies are normally issued for a period of one year maximum and have to be renewed every year.

There are varied home insurance policies available in the market that you can choose as per your own requirement. If you own a house then you can get complete property insured where as if you are staying in a particular property as a tenant then you can just get your belongings insured.

Most insurance companies have higher limit on the per square foot cost for offering insurance to a particular property or a house. The maximum per square foot limit of insuring a house or a property is also determined on the basis of the location and construction type.

Apart from this, you also have an option of a comprehensive cover and insure a range of risks involved. If you choose a different policy for a range of risks involved, then you can go ahead pick up the heads that want to insured.

What damages are covered by Home Insurance policy in India?

A home insurance policy is normally considered as a very wide-ranging insurance product because it not only covers the house in question but also its contents, its inhabitants along with their third party liabilities. The insurance covers offered by the companies can be segregated under various heads or classes.

Fire & allied Perils offer you a cover against the damages that caused by fire and its associated perils that might be caused due to:

Natural calamities including lightning, earthquake, landslide, rockslide, flood, inundation, storm, tempest, typhoon, hurricane, tornado, or cyclone.
Man-made calamities including domestic gas explosions, overflow and bursting of water tank or pipes, damage caused by aircrafts, riots, strikes, malicious or terrorist acts.

Burglary and housebreaking perils offer protection against the financial damages incurred by you as result of a burglary. Under this peril you can even claim a cover for the damages caused by falling trees, electric poles or lampposts, collapsing aerials or satellite dishes, as well as damage encountered by civic authorities while fighting fire.
Jewellery and valuable perils provide cover against damages suffered due to the loss of any valuable items including jewelry, gold, silver, and other precious metal items, watches, clocks, photographic equipment, video cameras, telescopes, microscopes, music instruments, and sports equipment.
Plate glass perils offer cover for damages incurred by breakage of fixed glass and sanitary fittings, comprising cost of frame, lettering, painting etc.
Breakdown of domestic appliances perils offer cover against damages caused due to the breakdown of domestic appliances, like refrigerators, washing machines, air-conditioners which might arise because of accidental electrical or mechanical breakdown.
Breakdown of electronic equipment perils provide cover for the damages suffered due to the loss or breakdown of electronic equipment by accident or disaster.
Increased Living Expenses perils cover damages suffered because of the fire at your home and its allied perils, making it unhabitable.

How to file a claim under home insurance policy?

You can follow simple steps to file a claim under the home insurance policy taken –

In case burglary has taken place at your home then you should immediately call police and handover the list of the items stolen along with their approximate value.
Update your concerned insurance company at the earliest about the damages incurred.
As soon as you notify the company about the damages, a surveyor appointed who will visit your place for an on-site inspection. During the inspection you should provide all required documents to the surveyor in order to make the process easy and less time consuming.
Once the surveyor finishes off the inspection, you need to file your claim at the insurance company.
The surveyor will submit his on-site inspection report to the company and when it is approved the company will release the insured amount.

The claim form submitted by you should be duly filled and signed as per the company norms and it should also carry a letter which states your ownership on the contents and belongings in question. Apart from this there is a list of documents that you need to submit with the claim form:

Copy of FIR from the police in case of burglary.
Fire brigade report in case of fire.
Seismological report in case of earthquake.
Meteorological department’s report in case of flood.
Estimate of the repairs.
Rent agreement if in case you do not own the property.

Your home is one of the most beautiful and cherished possession for you and your loved ones. You should spend a little to save your dream home from all the calamities.
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Kinds of Joint ownership of immovable property

August 24, 2011 at 5:58 am · Filed under Commercial Property, India Real Estate, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, Properties, Real esate, Real estate trends, Residential Property ·Tagged Co-parcenary., Hindu Undivided Family system, immovable property, indian property, Indian Real Estate, Joint ownership, legal heirs, Tenancy by entirety, Tenants with mutual interests

Normally there are three ways to own an immovable property: in name of a single person, jointly with other owners and thirdly through means of contract rights.
Joint Ownership
Joint ownership can be further categorized in three forms: Tenancy by entirety, Tenants with mutual interests, and Co-parcenary.

Tenancy by entirety
Tenancy by entirety is an exclusive type of joint ownership that exists between married couples only. In this type of joint ownership both husband and wife own one-half of the immovable property. Either of the spouses can sell off the property without taking permission from the other. Similar to the joint tenancy, on the demise of one of the joint owner, the stake of ownership consequentially passes on to the existing co-owner. One of the essential requisite of this type of ownership is that the joint owners should be married apart from this they must have purchased the property at the same time and through same sale deed. This joint ownership can be revoked by divorce, death or mutual agreement of both partners. On the other hand this kind of termination of joint ownership can eventually be changed to “tenancy-in-common”

Tenancy-In-Common
Tenant with mutual interest is technically better known as “tenancy-in-common.” When two or more individuals purchase a property without specifically declaring the share that each one has in the said property, they have a “tenancy-in-common.” All the owners who have the share in the property can use the complete property and it is assumed that each and every owner of the property has equal amount of share in it. In case if one of the tenants with mutual interest dies then his share is not passed onto the other co-owners but to the individual he has nominated in his will. The successor thus becomes a tenant-in-common along with the existing co-owners. This is usually when siblings pool money to buy property.

Co-parcenary
Co-parcenary to some extent is alike joint ownership tenancy however it is doable only in a Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) system. The co-parcenary ownership is regulated by the similar legislative system that is followed by HUFs. A coparcener is an individual who by birth in the family is entitled to the share in the joint family property. Even an incipient child has one and the same rights in the property managed by the HUF system. Unlike the tenancy-in-common, in case of co-parcenary, if a co-parcener dies then his stake in the property passes on to his legal heirs and not to the other co-parceners.
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Rent vs Buy: A Vital Decision

August 12, 2011 at 7:23 am · Filed under Banks, Builder, Finance, Growth Investing, India Real Estate, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, Investing, Loans, Properties, Prospecting, Real esate, Real estate trends, Reality Firms, Residential Property, Selling ·Tagged buy, home loan, Indian Real Estate, lease agreement, property transfer, registration agreement, rent, residential property, sale deed, stamp duty, title deed

One always thinks that owning a home is the best option. But at times renting has an upper hand as it can economically help you and help you save on your cash. It is you who can see through the situation and then work out a plan that suits you and your pocket before you decide anything.

At one point or the other everyone in his or her life faces this question as to whether go for a rented accommodation or by his own dream home. Some people opt for the rented abodes while others prefer to invest their money in buying a home. This is a very crucial decision and one has to consider all aspects before making the final call as there is always a possibility of things going topsy-turvey and your dream of buying a home can become the biggest nightmare of your life which might end up with financial crunches.

Advantages of Renting

Monthly rentals – as the monthly rental installments can be planned before hand so there is no place left for uncertainties, though there is a rise in the rental rates every year but this is also not unsure.
Legal requirements of having a rent or a lease agreement in place are important. This agreement is normally for a year or 11 months depending on the applicable legislations. But this agreement can be annulled at landlord’s will during the said tenure; there is always an uncertainty over rental places.
Cost of moving from one rented place to another one after the lease expires.
Emotional cost of moving from one rented house to another along with the loss of accrued property.
Opportunity cost required in the case of rented homes is the price appreciation
No threat engaged in the form of any changes in the real estate sector.
Tax benefits can be availed by staying in the rented accommodation as many employers have to pay House rent allowance to the employees staying at rented houses. However, this normally offsets the tax benefit as it is counted for the interest paid out on home loan, though it may vary from one situation to another.

Advantages of Buying

Amount involved in buying an own home can be computed and can be paid as per the expediency-no uncertainty involved if the buyers goes for the construction linked plan.
Legal requirements include in case of new property are title deed, sale deed, stamp duty and registration agreement, in case of resale property transfer deed is also required.
Expenses have to be borne for maintenance, utilities, renovations and other such issues including the property tax as well.
Emotional gain as being capable enough to accumulate and contribute towards the property accrued.
Opportunity cost incurred is in the form of cost of capital.
Risk involved is that the real estate sector is always accompanied with a huge amount uncertainty which eventually effects that the final price appreciation of the home bought. There is also a financial risk involved with the rise of the interest rates of home loan in case if taken.
Tax benefit evaluation needs to be calculated as this might vary in different situations.

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Transfer your home loan to get relieved from your loan burden

August 12, 2011 at 7:15 am · Filed under Builder, Finance, Growth Investing, India Real Estate, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, Investing, Loans, Marketing, Properties, Prospecting, Real esate, Real estate trends, Residential Property, Selling ·Tagged banks, emi, financial institution, home loan, Indian Properties, Interest Rates, real estate India, residential property

Interest rates for home loans have experienced a dramatic rise since last year, escalating the EMIs on home loans, specifically for home buyers who choose floating interest rates. As expected, most of them are taken aback by the effect increasing interest rates on their monthly expenditure. Furthermore, many financial institutions are thinking to further toughening the home loan interest rates in the coming months.

Financial connoisseurs always advise that the home loan seekers should always keep their EMIs within manageable limits. This means that if you are going for a bigger home loan amount then you can pre-pay the loan, bargain with the bank to offer you better interest rates or even try and stretch the loan duration so that you can maintain your monthly expenses.

CHANGE THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTION

You can opt for home loan refinancing or balance transfer by changing to another financial institution or bank in order to get a better deal. Home loan seekers normally have complains about the banks being unfair to them as they raise the floating home loan interest rates in the tough interest rate situation, but are not keen to reduce the interest rates when the rates have toned down. However, many loan seekers are not interested in changing their financial institution or the lender.

The home loan borrowers who have taken loans before June 2008 have seen interest rates rising to 12-13%. “Many borrowers who have taken loans prior to June 2008 would have seen their rates touch 12%-13% now. These borrowers should specially go for the option of changing their financial lending vendor.

The financial institutions are also keen to take over the existing home loans by proposing a lower interest rate to lure borrowers. Although the balance transfer will surely decrease your EMI installments but there is no one-size-fits-all key for everyone. To understand whether changing the lender will help you out or not you need to analyze the complete situation and calculate the exact benefits that you will derive from it before deciding anything.

DO THE BASIC WORK

First step in this process is to do a research on home loan interest rates applied by other financial institutions or banks. The rates are available on the web portals of all financial institutions or banks. This research work will actually help you out in getting the best deal, i.e., you can get a better picture about the bank that is willing to charge a significantly lesser interest rate after taking over your home loan.

Transferring the balance can only be beneficial for you if the interest rate difference is at least 1.75 to 2.00% points.

Though, a home loan is a long duration debt, so even half-a-percentage point would make a lot of difference in the long run. For that reason, the duration left for the original loan will play an important part in deciding whether to change the financial institution or not. The bigger the loan tenure is remaining, the more will be your total savings. If you just have 3-4 years left to repay your loan then changing the lender will not make any difference for you but if the remaining tenure is around 13-14 years then switching the financial institution will be helpful in the long run.

CHARGES AND FINES

You also need to consider the pre-payment fee that is payable in name of the existing financial institution.

Most of the financial institutions do away with this fee if the prepayment is made by the borrower’s own account. Hence, you will be charged with a penalty in case of balance transfer for the existing home loan.

Normally, most of the financial institutions or banks levy around 2% of the remaining home loan amount as pre-payment penalty. This can turn out to be a considerable amount especially when the remaining home loan amount is sizeable. It could turn out to be a significant amount, particularly if the outstanding balance is huge. Though it is a one-time payment, but you need to check the impact it will be making on your total savings in order to calculate the actual benefit attained.

Though, many home loan seekers are not aware that the financial institution or the bank which is taking over the loan also finances the prepayment penalty cost. So the fear of paying a huge amount as the penalty should not restrain you from going for a balance transfer.

Along with this you also need to take into account the processing fees that the new vendor will be charging you for refinancing the home loan. Most financial institutions or banks levy 0.5% of the total home loan amount as processing fee.

COST-BENEFIT EVALUATION

If you have decided to change your home loan vendor then the first thing you need to do is to evaluate your total savings during the complete duration of the home loan period. In simple words, you need to calculate savings on interest expenditure subtracting processing fee that you need to pay to the new opted financial institution along with the prepayment penalty.

THE PROCESS

The process to change the financial institution or the bank is moderately easy. The home loan seeker needs to comply with the norms laid by the new bank for credit-worthiness and repayment capacity.

Once you meet the conditions laid down by the new bank, the property-related papers will be handed over to the new lending financial institution by the old one prior to the outstanding payment is made in the name of the latter.

The borrower’s role in the transfer process is limited but you should all the loan and property-related documents in place. If in case, the previous financial institution fails to give some original documents to the new bank then you should always have photocopies of the same available with you.

Hence if at any point of time you feel that you are wedged with your current home loan provider in spite of economical options existing in the market, then you can surely consider the option of switching over the financial institution or the bank.

Calculate all the fees and penalties, bargain with other financial institutions and you can lucratively cut down your EMI installments regardless of the increasing home loan interest rate situation.
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Home Vaastu Tips

August 4, 2011 at 10:41 am · Filed under Commercial Property, Growth Investing, India Real Estate, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, Properties, Real esate, Real estate trends, Residential Property, Vaastu ·Tagged air, commercial property, earth, fire, five elements, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, Paanchbhoota, residential property, space, vaastu shastra, water

Home is the most important place for any human being on this earth. It is most wanted peace of place that man looks forward to coming back after whatever struggle he has gone through the day. The science of Vaastu Shastra is the science that helps in creating a balance and harmony between man and nature which is based on the vast powers of the five elements, i.e., fire, water, earth, air and space.
Especially in India since we have known this science for ages we should strive to imbibe the principle of this science both in residential and commercial properties. As we all know that construction imbibes the five element of Vaastu i.e fire, water, earth, air and space, and they can be used in each and every facet of planning, construction and doing the interiors.

The five Elements which are also known as the Paanchbhootas are deeply rooted in almost every material that is being used by Vaastu Shastra in the world to cure the difficulties faced by the inhabitants dwelling which can either be home or office. The Vaastu implies some changes in exterior and interior structural patterns to cure the problems as it always have an impact on the people dwelling in that place.
All the four directions North, East, South and West indicates the consequence of their planets on the residents. Peace, growth and success of a family is based on the fact how all the five elements of Vaastu and all the four directions of the universe are encapsulated while constructing a house.
Directions and their rulers

North-East direction or the Eshan corner is governed by Sadasiva or God Himself. Hence this direction is given utmost important thus it should always be kept neat, open and highly receptive so that it is always in welcome mode.
East direction is governed by Indra, the chief of the gods, who is also known as the Giver of Pleasures. This direction also signifies the realm of the rising Sun projecting ultra-violet rays which are considered important for having good health in numerous ways.
South-East Direction or Agneya is the territory the Lord of fire so it is the storehouse of energy.
South Direction is the habitat of Yama who is the God of Death.
South-West Direction or Nairitya is the dwelling of Putna demoness.
West Direction is the house of Varuna who is the God of Ocean. It is also considered as the direction of the setting Sun which usually gives out infra-red radiation.
North-West Direction or Vayavva is the habitat of air/wind, the invisible, but the most effectual blessing for all things in requirement of motion/movement for their effectiveness.
North Direction is the territory of Kuber who is the God of Wealth.

Home Vaastu principles can be used at all places in home starting from main entrance, home drawing, windows, water source, electricity source, stairs, bedrooms, drawing room, kitchen, doors so that each and every section of the home should be well organized as per the science of Vaastu.
Fate of residents can also be affected by slopes of floor and elevation of home. Before constructing a home one should first do a check for the place that has been selected for building a home as it carries utmost importance in Vaastu. One should consider all factors such as where the plot is located, is it placed next to road, where it has road thrust, what is there in the neighborhood any pole, heavy tree or tower.
All things create an impact on the human beings residing at a certain place so in order to live happily one take care of the basic Vaastu principles to grow and attain success in life.

Abide by these simple Vaastu Principles while constructing your house and lead a good life:

South-East corner of the room should be reserved for all electrical/heat generating appliances.
Kitchen, toilets and prayer room should never be constructed next to one another.
Kitchen should not directly fall in line with the main door.
Do away with broken mirrors, and watches and electrical gadgets that are out of order or are of no use in the home.
Preferably the North East wall of the home should be used for putting mirrors, sinks, wash-basins and taps.
The doors of the almirah should always open towards the north or the east direction so they should be placed the south or the west direction.
If possible then place the toilet seat along the North-South axis. The North-west or the South east corner of the home can be used for making the septic tank.
There should not be a garbage dump, street-light pole, or boulders in front of the main gate or door.
The main door of the house should not be in line with the main door of another house.
The number of doors and windows should be more in number on the ground floor then on the upper floor.
Place the image of Goddess Gaja Laxmi at the main door as it is considered auspicious.
The North-East corner of the home is considered as its face so it should always be kept neat and clean.
Add a pinch of sea salt along with the disinfectant in the water that is used to clean the floor.
Study table of children should always face the North or the East direction.
Never sit or sleep under a beam.
Never use paintings depicting war, crime, violence, unrest, agony or distress to decorate the home.
The front door of the home should be constructed in a manner so that no shadow falls on it.
Plant a tulsi or basil plant in front of the house.
Never place a cactus in the home. A cactus can be planted outside the boundary.
Rain water or drainage should flow should always be in towards North-East or East-North direction.
Always use new material for constructing a home; except when renovating the home.
Room for the elderly members of the family should always be made in the South-West corner of the home.
The height of the building should always reduce from the South West direction to the North East direction.
Walls along the South West direction should be thicker as compared to walls along the North East direction.
Bhumi-pujan ceremony should be carried out before starting the construction of a new home and Griha-pravesh ceremony should be done before shifting into it.
Never build a toilet or prayer room under a staircase.
Never dig a well in the middle of a home or a plot as it is considered very inauspicious.

However In Modern times not everybody builds his /her house , people are purchasing ready to move in Villas and Apartments in which everything cannot be to ones Vaastu calculations So do choose the flat of your house according to the best possible options available by consulting a Vaastu expert if you do believe in Vaastu, The expert can help you out by giving ideas of how best to make use of the space and the direction that you have in your Villa or Apartment.
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Feng Shui décor in your home main door is important

August 3, 2011 at 9:01 am · Filed under India Real Estate, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, Properties, Real esate, Real estate trends, Residential Property, Vaastu ·Tagged chi, feng shui, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, positive energy, real estate trends, yin yang

Feng Shui is an archaic science and art that was developed over a period of 3,000 years ago in China. It is a convoluted body of knowledge that brings to light how to create a balance between the energies of a given space to ensure good health and fortune for people residing in it.

Feng denotes wind and shui denotes water. As per the Chinese culture wind and water play a very important role in people’s life to attain good health, therefore good feng shui signifies good fortune, where as bad feng shui indicates bad luck, or ill fortune.

Thus feng shui plays a very important role in your entry way as the main door is believed to be a mouth of ‘chi’ i.e., positive energy as it comes into your home through the main door only. So the color, shape, pattern of the main door should be as per the direction of the main door. The material used to build the main door and the color play a vital role as wrong color or material would mess up the positive energy entering your house.

As indicated by the to feng shui principles, the entrance hall should be the first place that you harmonize as the Chi enters your home through the main door and thus eventually all the things and goods transiting through this door gathers the same positive energy which will you and your life and surroundings with it.

The main door offers the first impression of the people residing in the house and also conveys their personalities and likings. The main entrance should always have a name plate with the name of the head of the family on the right hand side, which will There should always be a name plate of the head of the home on the right side of the main door, which will ask for positive vibrations for the family and signifies the reputation and persona of the head of the family and the family upbringing.

Feng shui decoration is not a rocket science but it’s just about creating a balance and prosperity, with the paramount significance placed on yin and yang and ‘chi’ positive energy. ‘Chi’ or the positive energy is your life force, so creating balance within your home, work, and personal life will assist you in each and every aspect of life, ranging from finances to love life, children education and travel. That’s why the feng shui décor importance cannot be ignored.

FENG SHUI SUGGESTIONS FOR YOUR MAIN ENTRANCE

• Main door should not be south, southeast or southwest facing as these are the directions of death, denoting a negative energy direction that brings all kind of bad luck.

• Main door should be well illuminated as the darkness invites negative energy.

• Main door should not be made from rotten or cracked wood board as it will bring ill luck for you.

• Main door should not be split up as it upsets family harmony and relationships.

• There should not be any staircase opposite the main door as this confuses the positive energy.

• Main door should be made colorful as it calls for positive energy. Each and every color has different energy level and light frequency.

• Main door platform level should never be built lower than the floor level of other rooms.

• Main door should also not be opposite to a lift, tree, electrical pole, hospital, prison, cemetery, grave yard or a temple.

• Main door should not be build just opposite the pooja room.

• Main door that is constructed opposite the toilet, bathroom or staircase exhausts all your health and wealth energy of the family and can even affect your children’s education and memory.

• You should not build a wall just at the entrance of the hall or going out, as it causes obstacles and hurdles in business and career.

• You should not construct a bathroom or toilet just above the main door as it brings in negative energy in your home.

• You should not build any beam above the main door or entrance as it will suppress your wealth luck and positive energy.

• In feng shui, the mirror is of great importance as it has the potential to enhance and strengthen all the things reflected in it. If you have build a feng shui harmonized main door then the mirror will toughen positive energy. A pakau mirror always repels negative energy from entering your home.

• You should ensure that there are no obstacles in the flow of chi from the entrance to the back of your home. You can even opt for twisty path for the flow of chi rather than having a direct line of flow. Main door entrance ways off the street or may be through your garden to the front door will decide the worth of the chi or positive energy flowing in your home.

• Just above the main door entrance you should place a copper Swastika, a painting of flowers, Ganesha and welcoming pictures to pull positive energy towards your home.
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The Green Code for Buildings

July 29, 2011 at 12:18 pm · Filed under Builder, Growth Investing, India Real Estate, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, legal, Properties, Real esate, Real estate trends, Residential Property, Selling ·Tagged biodiversity, ecosystem, Energy Conservation Building Code, energy efficient, green building, Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment, Indian Green Building Council, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, National Building Code, natural resources, United States Green Building Code

Green building is the exercise of enhancing the effectiveness along with which any of the buildings and their sites utilizes energy, water and materials, and decreasing building effects on the health of human body and the environment during the complete life cycle of the building. Green building concepts are not just confide till the building walls but have extended its arms to site planning, community and land use planning issues as well.

Human growth and development has a significant effect on the natural environment around. The factors that are responsible for the consumption of natural resources include manufacturing, design, construction and operation of the buildings in which we live and work.

There are some rating systems founded on prevailing national and international “building codes” like regular codes such as the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) and the National Building Code. One of the rating systems is the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). This rating system was created by the United States Green Building Code (USGBC) and now conformed by the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC).

In India, the organization called TERI has built its own independent rating system called the Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA). This rating system has been supported by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.

All these rating systems assist in evaluating the green proportion of buildings with nationally/ internationally admissible standards. Normally there are ratings scales to decide whether the constructed building should be given a 5 star rating for saving the environment, or lesser such ratings.

The ECBC, as developed by the BEE under the Ministry of Power, facilitates in converting an air-conditioned building energy efficient. Although, it doesn’t help out in categorizing a building as green as there are lot many factors involved other than power conservation which should be taken into account. Factors like water and waste management, renewable energy applications, low embodied energy materials usage also need to taken into consideration prior to name any building “green”.

Environmental Advantages

Enhance and protect biodiversity and ecosystems
Enhance air and water quality
Decreases waste streams
Conserve and restore natural resources

Economic Advantages

Reduce operating costs
Improve occupant productivity
Enhance asset value and profits
Optimize life-cycle economic performance

Social Advantages

Enhance occupant health and comfort
Improve indoor air quality
Minimize strain on local utility infrastructure
Improve overall quality of life

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Design your homes eco-friendly ways

July 27, 2011 at 10:17 am · Filed under Builder, India Real Estate, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, Properties, Real esate, Real estate trends, Reality Firms, Residential Property ·Tagged bamboo, eco-friendly homes, eco-friendly houses, eco-friendly paints, Indian Properties, Indian Real Estate, recycled wood

Now a days numerous economical options are there for you to go green with your homes and contribute your bit for the environment.

One of the best ways to go green is to recycle or restore your old furniture. You should look out for recycled wood and moldings. You can even give your old wood a new look and feel by repainting old cabinets, moldings, doors and floorboards.
Cork and bamboo are good alternative eco-friendly flooring option or you can even use reclaimed wood floors. When you are on a look out for new furniture, you should seek low volatile compounds (VOC’s) and furniture made out from recycled material.
Use eco-friendly paints for your walls. You should buy paints with low VOC’s as they are free of toxic materials and can be easily cleaned and give the same color effect to the place.
Use eco-friendly wall cover. Some of the options for natural wallpaper are natural non-vinyl products like bamboo or grass-cloth. These are made from eco-friendly fibers that are colored with non-toxic dyes and water-based inks.
You have endless options for eco-friendly floorings, starting from reclaimed wooden floors, cork flooring, stone floors, bamboo, recycled glass, linoleum to recycled metal. These materials can be utilized to create innovative ultra modern country feel to a contemporary minimalist one.
You should avoid using polyester or foam filling options. You can use natural fibers made of wool, cotton that can turn out to be awesome alternative options for soft and comfortable cushions, bedding, and pillows.
Lower head showers should be used in the bathrooms in order to reduce the water as well as electricity consumption. You can use timber and rubber floorings to add more class to the bathroom.
You can use natural fabrics, such as cotton and linen as eco-friendly substitute to deck up your furniture. You can also find bamboo based fabric as well as organic cotton and wool options for upholstery, pillows and drapes. Nowadays a lot of upholstery manufacturers are offering a wide range of designs in additional fabric choices made from recycled cotton and hemp.
These days’ markets are loaded with wide range of antiques or artifacts made from recycled products. You can choose from a range of vases, lamps, throws, cushions, curtains, blinds made of eco-friendly materials.
You should right curtains that will help you make your dream home energy efficient. You can select a curtain with a light colored lining during summers as it will deflect the sun’s rays and will keep your home cooler while a curtain with a dark lining can be used in winters as they absorb any external heat and lock in the warmth.
You should also assure that the design of your home should be done in way that it allows maximum natural light. You can use grills or skylights on the rooftop that will help you minimize your dependency on the artificial light and help you save energy.
You can also use plants to decorate your home as they not only beautify the interiors but also freshen up the environment.