One man & five widows chase Redeveloper for stolen spaces of Rs 3.3 cr… and struggle against 16-fold increase in monthly maintenance bills!
WARNING: AFTER REDEVELOPMENT, LET CERTIFIED ARCHITECTS MEASURE YOUR NEW FLAT. YOUR FLATS MAY BE MUCH SMALLER THAN AGREED! Mumbai, 29th April 2011: Read this, and take a warning, all you optimists who voluntarily wish to go in for building redevelopment. The residents of Nensey Cooperative Society, Bandra West, have been thoroughly duped by the prestigious builders who redeveloped their building – Ekta Supreme Corp. Not only were they given smaller flats than specified in the redevelopment agreement, their common spaces were sold. With the connivance of the chairman and secretary, Ekta Supreme skimmed off Balcony FSI space belonging to the individual home-owners and added it to their share i.e. the sale component of the building. Defying logic, arithmetic and laws, the sale component now exceeds the share of the original home-owners! While most people have remained silent, five residents – businessman Shabbir Lokhandwala (Ph 80975 88152, associate member of society and nominee of...