• Deviation in flat plan - should I buy

I am evaluating purchasing and apartment which is 80% constructed. There is a small deviation between the approved BBMP plan and what has been constructed. A wall has been re-positioned so that there is a few sq. ft more area inside the flat instead of earlier being in the common area passage that leads exclusively to the apartment i am interested in. The builder has said that this is a minor change which they are allowed to make and that OC will be based on setback, total sq. ft built as per FAR/FSI and height of the building. 
Will this be an issue in getting an OC? Is it advisable to go ahead with purchasing the property?
Asked 3 years ago in Property Law
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17 Answers

If its under construction than it OK to go for purchase before that check same details with  Bank which is going to provide you loan against that same property.

Ganesh Kadam
Advocate, Pune
12932 Answers
255 Consultations

4.9 on 5.0

Yes you can go ahead to purchase the property 

Rahul Jatain
Advocate, Rohtak
5365 Answers
4 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

Buy the flat only after builder obtains OC 

 

there are hardly any buyers for flats now 

even if you wait you would get flat at same rate 

Ajay Sethi
Advocate, Mumbai
94878 Answers
7569 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

You can buy but you may have issues getting oc in the same. But such builders manage the govt authorities and get oc by illegal means. Most of the construction are facing this kind of menace nowadays. Legally I will not advice you to go for the same. 

Prashant Nayak
Advocate, Mumbai
32031 Answers
183 Consultations

4.1 on 5.0

Go ahead annexed only the amended map for OC and also for sale deed.

Koshal Kumar Vatsa
Advocate, Gurgaon
2283 Answers
3 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Dear Sir,

You are suggested to go the transaction on written assurance of the builder that OC will be issued and he will be responsible for any issues in future.  

Ganesh Singh
Advocate, New Delhi
6757 Answers
16 Consultations

4.5 on 5.0

If municipality made through check than quite possibility, OC may not issue. Generally such minor deviation inside the building are oversight and builder manages to obtain OC.

If this change is only in your flat than can go ahead. If every flat than issue will come.

Yogendra Singh Rajawat
Advocate, Jaipur
22669 Answers
31 Consultations

4.4 on 5.0

Deviation allowed is only within 5% as per norms.

Steps for getting CC and OC.

1. First is builder applies to BBMP for sanction of his building plan.

2. When this is approved with or without modifications, it is called approved sanction plan.

3. Builder starts construction by putting up the foundation pillars. At this time BBMP will come and check if the building foundation is as per plan. If satisfied, they will give the Commencement Certificate (CC). Without CC you cannot proceed.

4. After building construction is completed, builder will hire a registered architect who will fill up and sign off the form of Completion Certificate. This basically means that the Architect certifies that the building has been constructed as per plan. The format for this called is called Schedule VIII. Remember there is no such thing as Completion Certificate from the BBMP.

5. Now the builder can apply for Occupancy Certificate for the building from BBMP by submitting the Completion Certificate along with the OC application form.

6. BBMP comes for physical verification. As per rules, if the deviation is within 5% of the plan, then after collecting the required penalty they will regularize the building and issue the OC.

T Kalaiselvan
Advocate, Vellore
85079 Answers
2213 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

the plans are sanctioned by the authorities for a reason

the specific positioning of the walls in the sanctioned plans is for a particular reason

ask the builder to get NOC from the authority if he claims that it wont object and that OC will be issued despite the discrepancy in the actual layout of the flat and the layout as per the sanctioned plans

Yusuf Rampurawala
Advocate, Mumbai
7534 Answers
79 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

- As per rule, when you buy a flat, then you are technically buying two things i.e. the first thing is the constructed part of the building where being owner, you will actually reside, while the second is a proportionate share of the land on which the property is built, and this share of land allotted to the you/flat owner is known as an undivided land share or UDS.

- Further, the value of any property is the increased, due to increase in the land rate and not the constructed area, and hence it is the UDS that determines the future monetary value of the property. 

- Further, if the apartment in which you are going to purchase is demolished for reconstruction or comes under a government acquisition project and made available for demolition, the compensation to the respective flat owner will depend on the percentage of the undivided land share in the property.

- Hence, the sum of the UDS for each flat owner must be proportionate to the area of the land in which the apartment has been constructed.

- Further, In case of co-operative housing societies, the UDS must legally be in the name of the society since the flat owners are the shareholders of the society.

- Hence, if the OC will be as per UDS , then you can proceed to purchase the same. 

Mohammed Shahzad
Advocate, Delhi
13318 Answers
199 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. IF the building structural plans are not violated AND IF it is within the permissible FSI, THEN change in internal walls is not taken into consideration for OC purposes and typically builder manages to obtain OC.

2. More than 60% buildings in major Cities do not have OC and yet Sale /Purchase transactions are duly registered and the authorities do not interfere for minor deviations in building plans.

Hemant Agarwal
Advocate, Mumbai
5612 Answers
25 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

It's risky to buy such flat. 

Please seek for inspection of Original Blueprints and plan approved by BBMP.

Please check that if it is RERA registered project being constructed and finalized by the Builder. 

If yes then its problematic for you.

Please go for some other projects which are at par with sanctioned approved plan as per BBMP.


Definitely it would an issue at the stage of seeking OC by Architect of Builder from BBMP.

Ramesh Pandey
Advocate, Mumbai
2541 Answers
8 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Legally any apartment complex with more than 5% deviation against approved layout plan will not get Occupancy Certificate or Completion Certificate.

 

Mohammed Mujeeb
Advocate, Hyderabad
19299 Answers
32 Consultations

4.7 on 5.0

I don't think he is telling the truth. He has done some manipulations and is teying to sell something else. Find out what is the real deal behind it.

Rahul Mishra
Advocate, Lucknow
14088 Answers
65 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

1. No there will no issue in getting OC. 

2. Yes you can go ahead with purchase of property.

Mohit Kapoor
Advocate, Rohtak
10687 Answers
7 Consultations

5.0 on 5.0

Not safe to proceed with this.

regards

 

Swarupananda Neogi
Advocate, Kolkata
2964 Answers
6 Consultations

4.7 on 5.0

Dear Sir,

If the price is affordable then you can go ahead as the builder has assured you to set right and take in writing. Such deviations are many and at the most some fines will be imposed and issues will be closed.

Kishan Dutt Kalaskar
Advocate, Bangalore
6136 Answers
487 Consultations

4.8 on 5.0

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