The Brave Pedestrian

  Those who book flats with Lodha are bullied every step of the way. Here is the story of two couples -- one aged and one young -- who booked flats at Lodha Palava and Lodha New Cuffe Parade. Although they paid the bulk of the flat consideration, or even the entire consideration, they are humiliated by watchmen who prevent them from going into the building compound or the tower. Why? Because they refuse to sign a waiver without inspecting their flat. Lodha is using such arm-twisting tactics to force flat-buyers to sign the waiver that gives him a clean chit, saying that they have inspected the flat, are completely satisfied with it, and have no further claims against the builder. If they later discover defects and go to National Consumer Forum, RERA or civil court, Lodha's legal team will use this waiver to discredit their claims and have their case dismissed! The shameful part is that by such tactics, Lodha manages to cow down even the rich and powerful flat buyers, and give t...

  By depriving customers of genuine information and creating a false urgency (Gudi Padwa discount etc) and fake information about scarcity of flats (e.g. last three flats remaining in this project, rest all are sold out!), Lodha's sales team and CRM team cause their customers to take terrible financial decisions that they will regret in the years to come. No matter which project you are tempted to buy a flat in -- Whether it is Lodha Amara, Splendora, Palava, or New Cuffe Parade, please remember that the Sales Team members are NOT your friends, and the Customer Relationship Managers are NOT your friends. They are there to coax, mislead and bully you into paying the first installment, and after that, bully you into paying more and more installments. 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...