Overhyped society with poor management

Review on TDI Ourania, Sector 53, Gurgaon

I stayed there with my family for 2 years and didn’t have a pleasant experience.

Pros

• Location given it is only 200 meters from the golf course road

  
  




• Decent landscaping with few amenities

  
  

Cons

• Worst construction quality I have ever seen. Had to repair something or the other every month. Even my owner (flat B502) charged me when I vacated the flat for the damages which were already there before I moved in.

  
  




• A big NO for a family with kids. There are hardly any kids in the society as half the residents are Japanese or Koreans without kids. Most of other residents are working couple without kids or aged couples whose kids are away.

  
  




• Celebration of a few festivals has started off late but there is hardly any attendence for the same reasons.

  
  




• The 200 meter patch is horrible and has caused damage to cars and medical issues. The patch has been as is for 6-7 years despite multiple efforts, so no hope of it becoming fixed.

  
  




• No grocery shop around so life runs completely on Swiggy, Zomato, Blinkit etc.

  
  




• The unprofessional society committee which has no idea of running the society and works for self interest. After taking the handover from builder last year, the maintenance bill has increased to more than Rs 11, 000 per month (almost Rs 6 per sq ft) for a 3 bhk flat with deterioration in service quality. When I raised this issue with the committee, I was told that the committee was fine being inefficient in its operations and suggested me to move out.

  
  




• The mindset of committee is completely commercial as it has levied multiple charges on residents. The only respite is that there is no pet policy and charges for pet littering around because committe members have got pets.

  
  




• More than 80% residents are tenants and committee pays no heed to their problems. Owners are only interested in their rent and provide no support at all. They will shrug off their responsibilities by saying they don’t know anyone in the committee and ask you to fight your own battle. A pseudo committee member (leads all committee meetings without any official authority) reaches out to your owner if you complain and influences him to kick you out of his flat by giving a lame excuse.

  
  




• Parking of vehicle even in the basement is strictly at owner’s risk. Parts of my vehicle were stolen and committee was hardly bothered despite my multiple mails to them.

  
  




• A big SRA residential complex of more than 300 flats is just before the society which will be operational soon. This will only add to the pain by increasing traffic.

  
  

I wouldn’t recommend Ourania to a person who wants a good stay.

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