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Review On HM Constructions, Bangalore

Beware of HM worldcity.

Throughout this review, I suggest that you should not believe in what I say, but you need to check the facts yourself. If you do not have time and want to believe in the sales representative blindly and handover your hard owned money. Please go ahead and buy in this place and you really deserve the punishment for what you did. Infact I did the same and suffered for two years and was finally able to sell my flat and run away. I am just cautioning other buyers.

If you have time then please do these preliminary checks.

1. Project was launched in 2004 almost a decade now. Which means that whatever sales guy says that it will come up after few years.. to you it should mean it will not come.

   
   




2. Just drive your car through the gates. This is only apartment of this scale in Bangalore where 2-3 securities standing at the gate will just stare at you but will not stop. You are very welcome, which means the security is of very very low grade.you and your children are not safe in this remote area. The security has no idea of what their duty is. Who are the residents. Who are the construction workers, who are domestic helps, carpenters. they welcome everyone and keep no record.

   
   




3. Ask the sales rep about where is the children's play area. Please ask him to show some area where children can play without fear of being hit by a rashly driven car. There is none. There is no place as of now, imagine once the project completes there will be more than 1000 families living here. Pure hell for children.Sales guy may show some empty area, it is your duty to notice the car parking marking there. Builder has sold out every possible open area.

   
   

There is a tiny place sufficient for 5 -10 children to play, this has to be shared by 1000 families in future. 350 now.

1. Community. I had lived in Sepia block that you can call the second phase. Builder has been successful in isolating the residents of phase1 and phase2. people from second phase cannot participate in the cultural functions of phase 1. history I heard is this. After being frustrated with builder for 5-6 years, the residents of phase 1 finally formed their association and went legal against the builder and hence builder does not communicate with them. Since builder has to still sell flats in phase 2 he is trying to provide few facilities only for us. First phase guys and the second phase guys have issues and disagreement over this. The living community environment is pretty bad.Please speak to residents they may tell you. I feel as a resident of this phase when this block is sold builder will abandon us and move to next block as he has done with phase1.

   
   




2. Check regarding the association with sales person. Why there are no residents association even after people have moved in for more than 5-6 years. Builder who forcibly maintains the building and has not provided any details of how the maintenance amount is spent since 2008. which means you have to pay what he demands. He knows without association, individually you cannot fight him. Leave fighting all you can do if you struggle is to meet someone above your maintenance manager and hear the some silly story repeatedly.So you have to leave your job and take the builder head on if you have great financial/legal might.

   
   




3. If you believe in legal system to provide every small relief then please go ahead and purchase here. For most of even petty issues you may have to get legal relief. And we all know how slow the whole process is.

   
   

7.  A huge airtel tower is installed on one of the towers. A large number of residents protested with children and old people against high radiation and health hazards. This came in TV 9 you can search youtube you might get the clipping.

1. Since details of the maintenance amount is not shared with you, you can imagine that it might be your money that is being used by the way of sharing the electricity/water/security and materials used in construction of further blocks.

9.There is a huge water problem in this area. currently builder is trying to hide this fact till he sells all the flats. On the main road you will always find some or the other water tanker 24X7X365 feeding water to the complex. Ask the sales rep and he will say borewells are sufficient. Why the tankers then?

1. Check this. have the residents got their OC - no? have they got khata - no? this after residing for 6 years. Are fire systems working -no?

   
   




2. facilities - Swimming pool- this one is the only good thing around here. If you are a swimming fanatic and dont care about anything else you have to be here. Good pool with very few people using it except in the summer.

   
   




3. Gym: One small flat has been converted into gym in phase 1 with 2 tread mills needing maintenance since last 5 years. Even the walls are shabby. You have to see for yourself. Please Insist on seeing phase 1 gym, then you will know the quality of equipments and maintenance.

   
   




4. Recently they were constructing another gym in the basement. Have you ever heard of it, gym in the basement. According to BDA is illegal. In case of fire or any mishap, emergency services cannot reach there. But what you see might be a hi-fi thing. with ac and all. Is it real..? no it is not. You have to test it. please knock on the walls of this gym with your fingers, whats that sound ? cardboard sound? oh yes it is. 6mm painted sheets look like walls. which means this is a temporary one to show off and trap you. Please do not lean on it you may break it.

   
   




5. Gas connection: Building is supplied with piped gas connection, but my bill used to come almost at 1.5times the actual usage. the reason is simple - who calculates the amount I have to pay. OK meter will be there.. but meter shows some volume, it is the builder who finally says this volume means this consumption and you have to pay this much. You will have to pay the transmission losses etc.

   
   




6. Who built your apartment? Although the developer is HM. The contractors will be different, please ask for the construction company. Name of the company will provide you the clue to the construction quality. I leave it upto you to explore and get shocked.

   
   




7. Connectivity: now that you have seen enough of apartment please do this final check while going back. Just imagine your car does not work and you have an emergency you need to reach a "small" hospital for initial immediate care. Start running to find auto/ taxi whatever you can. If you can get something within 20 minutes of running around. Please consider all my points mentioned above are wrong. Now come back sit in you car and try to get to nearest "small" hospital forget bigger ones. Nothing within 4 kms radius.

   
   




8. What about police station? This area comes under Talghatpura police station. Obviously you cannot go there, please do take trouble of checking it in google maps. I will leave the distance for you to check for yourself.

   
   




9. While going back you will see a grocery store at the corner. Stop your car, this is your nearest store. observe the quality of public visiting it including the diseased canines. Please go inside the store and ask for any random stuff, it will be out of stock.

   
   

If this is your condition in day time, just imagine the plight at night time. When you plan to live here why not visit the place during night. you need to be super hero to be able to venture outside the compound with the darkness everywhere.

Good luck. why I am taking trouble to write these? When I bought the flat 2 years back, I did not find much reviews on the net and was trapped. Felt very bad that no one informed me. I am just cautioning further buyers. Only by god's grace I was able to escape from there. The review might look negative but it is the duty of buyers to do quality verification themselves before putting their hard earned money.

Last but not the least, since some residents have filed cases against him, builder now does ensure that you sign a legal document -- you may not know it -- it will be among the large number of papers you sign closing your eyes during the hurry for registration.

But please watch out - In this document you commit that you have thoroughly verified everything while buying and you are completely satisfied and also that you will not ask any questions later nor seek legal relief. That is the last red flag for you before you sign the agreement to jump into this hell.

-Raghavendra

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