The Brave Pedestrian

  This is the unedited phone recording of my conversation with the sales team of Godrej Properties, about the paperwork of a pre-launch and invitation for payment of Rs 1 lakh towards expression of interest for a project called Godrej Forest Grove in Pune. This conversation happened on Friday, 13th December 2019. 1) Download Godrej Properties “declaration form” -- http://bit.ly/Godrej-declaration-form 2) Download Godrej Forest Grove brochure -- http://bit.ly/2rOk9kt 3) Explanatory version of same phone call -- https://youtu.be/g1RBaVooS1c ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST BY Krishnaraj Rao 9821588114 and 8169471229 krish.kkphoto@gmail.com

  This is the edited short version of phone recording of my conversation with the sales team of Godrej Properties, about the paperwork of a pre-launch and invitation for payment of Rs 1 lakh towards expression of interest for a project called Godrej Forest Grove in Mamurdi, Pune. This conversation happened on Thursday, 12th December 2019. Download Godrej Properties “declaration form” -- http://bit.ly/Godrej-declaration-form Download Godrej Forest Grove brochure -- http://bit.ly/2rOk9kt Hear the full & unedited phone conversation -- https://youtu.be/zRs-a1pgPek ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST BY Krishnaraj Rao 9821588114 and 8169471229 krish.kkphoto@gmail.com

  Kalpataru Serenity at Manjri in Pune is a much-sought-after gated community. Seekers of premium flats are attracted to this exclusive housing project by the glossy brochures and slick sales talk. Miha Hribar, a foreign national, and his wife Padmashree Ghangale, an NRI, were no different. But when they got possession of their flat in early 2019, they were so shocked by the harsh ground realities that they wanted to give the flat back, and get their money back. Needless to say, Kalpataru builders did not oblige, and their sales office reportedly came across in a rude and threatening manner when Miha and Padmashree persisted. The angry couple aired their dissatisfaction in a YouTube video, and the builder slapped them with a defamation notice. In an interview with the NRI couple, I set out to understand their grievances and issues with these developers and their so-called premium flat. Download the notice of defamation served to flat-buyers Miha & Padmashree by email: https:/...

  Padmashree Ghangale and her Slovenian husband Miha Hribar were shocked to discover that the 781 sq ft carpet area flat that Padmashree bought at Kalpataru Serenity while working abroad is smaller by 206 sq feet. In other words, her flat at Kalpataru Serenity, Manjri, Pune, is about 36 percent smaller than promised. It is by no stretch of imagination a spacious flat. The bedrooms are tiny. The couple, who returned from Europe to settle down in India, were running from pillar to post in search of justice to make Kalpataru to either give them a flat that is of the proper carpet area, or else refund their hard-earned money with interest and compensation. ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST BY Krishnaraj Rao 9821588114 and 8169471229 Krish.kkphoto@gmail.com

3rd January, 2019, Mumbai: In November 2017, we published an article titled, " Measure your flat, Lodha Group has cheated you ". Anil Kapur (name changed), the owner of a 1BHK studio apartment at Lodha Belmondo project, near Pune, took our advice seriously. He hired a chartered engineer & valuer to measure his flat. The engineer-valuer's report finding is that the actual carpet area is over 12 percent less than the 490 square feet mentioned in the registered agreement. The actual carpet area is 430 sq ft i.e. 60 sq. ft. less. Even if we count "exclusive terrace" and "exclusive balcony" area, the Belmondo flat is 30 sq. ft. less! What the valuer's draft report says: Based on the valuer's report, and also triggered by the builders' workers trespassing on his flat (detailed in this article ), Anil Kapur has filed a police complaint at Talegaon Police Station . Kapur hopes that FIR will soon be registered against L...

2nd January, 2019: Visualize this situation. You buy a flat and take possession, but unknown to you, the seller secretly retains a key and hands it over to a bunch of workers. The workers use the key to enter your flat whenever they want. Forget seeking your permission, they don't even inform you, and they don't even ring the doorbell. They just open the door and take you by surprise! This is the situation that the people of Lodha Belmondo project near Pune have been experiencing.  Anil Kapur (name changed) bought a studio apartment in the much-hyped Lodha Belmondo project and took possession in January 2018. Ten months later, Kapur was in his house, and was startled by workmen opening his front door. He didn't know how many times this may have happened when he was not home! Anil immediately recorded a video of the incident, interrogated the workmen, and informed the management. Workmen at Lodha Belmondo carrying a jar of keys of various flats. In a mobile-video r...

Reproduced below is the complete rebuttal of Mr Ashok Mohanani to the draft press release that we emailed to him on 20th October, 2016. This press release was titled Ekta Builder: Broken Promises & Bhai-giri .   Dear Mr. Krishnaraj Rao, Greetings from EKTA world! At the onset, I appreciate you giving us additional time to send across our response. As discussed, please find our point wise reply to your draft Press Release dated 20th October, 2016 ; With reference to Para 1 of your allegations pertaining to Ekta Group/Ekta World/it’s PR Campaigns, we deny all these allegations, insinuations and contentions contained therein and state that Ekta as a brand is in the market since last more than 29 years and is non for it’s consistent quality and excellent customer service. Today, we are proud to state that there are more than 14500 happy families across the Mumbai and other areas including Pune and Nashik.  We further deny that the PR Campaigns, Websites etc all are s...