Gopalan Grandeur - Pros & Cons

Review On Gopalan Enterprises, Bangalore

I had been living in Gopalan Grandeur for last three years on rent. Here is my honest review.

Pros:

1. The flat are spacious. 3BHK of 1925 sft is really big.

   
   




2. Design of flat is long rather than square shaped. So, the sound from your living room does not reach bedroom. So, if you baby is sleeping in bedroom you can watch movie in living room. Of course, you would need a baby monitor to see your baby. For this we used google hangout on laptop and mobile.

   
   




3. Society is clean.

   
   




4. Balconies are really big - 6ft length.

   
   




5. The house is airy and enough sunlight

   
   

Cons:

1. [Major] The lifts always have problems. For reasons unknown, there has not been a single day when the lift were behaving well in last 3 years.

   
   




2. [Major] The water piping is not done correctly. The pipes are of iron which have corroded. One fine day the pipe of someone burst in kitchen and their living room, kitchen and rooms were flooded with water. Ideally the pipes should have been made of CPVC. I came to know that except of A&B blocks all other flats are having same issue.

   
   




3. [Major] Flooring is bad. One fine day, people living below us started making complaints about the dripping of water from roof in their bathroom. The people not only just below us but three floor below were badly impacted by the water going into tiles in our bathroom while there was no water logging in our bathroom. The flooring had to be redone. Later on, we came to know via plumber that there are many people suffering with the same issue.

   
   




4. [Major] The electricity backup is not there. The only backup provided is a single light in living room. Recently due to the frequent power failures, everyone ended up buying inverter.

   
   




5. [Major] The Gym maintenance is poor. Recently while doing dumbbells one of the weights fell down on a residents head. Also, there is some BESCOM dispute that is on going with respect to electricity for Gym.

   
   




6. [Minor] The Swimming Pool is small.

   
   




7. [Minor] There is not enough area for kids to play. The ground is too small and restrictive.

   
   




8. [Minor] Poor construction quality of door glasses of balcony. During a rain our glass suddenly broke and our house was full of water.

   
   




9. [Minor] Poor construction quality of wall plaster. Because of banging of the door due to wind, the plaster has fallen from wall.

   
   




10. [Minor] The only place to jog is around the building. The lane is small and if a car is coming you have to stop and stand on the side.

    
    

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