REAL ESTATE PATNA

After 31 July 2017, if an ongoing residential project or a new project that is more than 500 sq. meter or has more than eight apartments, wants to advertise or sell its units, it has to get registered with the real estate regulator of that state or union territory; as per the RERA ACT. How many projects are going on in Patna? Who are the builders? What is the status of construction? Time till completion!!! Home buyers in Patna have always been curious about these issues!!! Now they have a platform; RERA BIHAR website to look into these anxieties. BIHAR RERA WEBSITE Developers and builders in Patna just do not have to register themselves with RERA BIHAR but have to give all the details related to the project, to be put up on the regulator’s website for the public to see.   Now if anyone is planning to buy a property in Patna, Bihar most of the questions can be answered on this website, though at the time of writing the website needs a lot of updation and validation,...

Builders in Patna are used to quote the price of the apartment in terms of super built-up area , without clarifying how the super built-up area of a particular flat in Patna is calculated. Majority of builders in Patna randomly load 20-35% of net usable area of the apartment to arrive at super built-up area. The reason to charge on super built-up area, as interpreted by builders in Patna, was to cover the cost of construction of all common areas such as passages, staircases, lift shafts, lobbies and covered car parking areas. More surprising was that even civic authorities in Patna, instead of discouraging the wrongdoings by builders in Patna, supported the illogical move, as they could get higher property tax, considering super built-up area of the apartment for tax assessment. In Bihar government authorities made it mandatory to mention the super built-up area in the sale deed of apartment, in order to earn higher stamp duty and registration charges. Thanks to the re...