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Clearing the auction air
HUDA's recent auctions were bathed in limelight. But it raised many eyebrows too. M. L. MELLY MAITREYI gets the Authority's take on the issue


Hitec, but touch-me-not
A recent seminar on Hitec City put the real estate scene in Hyderabad as `unrealistic.' V. GEETANATH checks out the pluses and minuses
Bonding with bonsai
Don't look down upon them. They have all the goodness of `real trees', though the packaging is slightly different!
Spotless solutions
Even shaving cream will help keep the kitchen sparkling
Builders to meet on infrastructure development
The XXII All India Builders Association of India Convention and Build Expo 2006 International Exhibition is being held from December 2 to 4 in Kochi respectively. Its theme, "Infrastructure Development - Today's Challenge," is particularly ...
At home in office
Adherence to some Feng Shui principles will ensure efficiency at work place
Don't let glitz blind you
The brochures are glossy and the tele-callers are masters in sweet talk. But before you invest in realty, check and doublecheck
A real dampener
Dampness and seepage are the most common problem faced by many during rains. The fine colour coating gets eroded and what one ends up with is an awful looking walls and roof. Improper slopes on the roof, broken roofing treatment, pipes meant to ...
Ratewatch

Garagesale
Sony Music System, Johnson make Oven, Toaster and Griller and PanasonicVCR. All sparsely used and in very good condition. Contact Chandrasekhar, Road No.7, Banjara Hills, Ph.23607992. Sofas and tables Two M.S. sheet ...
Let sanity prevail
Real estate has become a speculative commodity. The result - outlandish rates. Are we prepared for the bubble burst which is inevitable?
Spice up your kitchen
City-based firm has splashed colours on kitchen cabinets.
Don't let that garden drown
Those with a patch of greenery at their home find that lovely little garden getting waterlogged during rains. A common problem during monsoon, it demands certain time and energy from the house owner to keep the puddle away and ensure that the ...
Feeling the loan pinch
With RBI increasing interest rate, banks plan to hike EMIs. They don't want to extend the repayment tenure because of the risk element
Glossary
CUPOLA: A cupola is a structure that resembles a dome sitting snugly atop the roof. It sort of appears as a cup turned over on the roof while the structure on the roof can be of any design. Based on one's choice it could be shaped as ...
A clear case for lantana
Furniture made of lantana shrub is sturdy but costs less
Booking for villas begins
The city-based Prajay Engineers Syndicate has announced the commencement of bookings for Prajay Celebrity Villas, a gated community spread over 18 acres in the pictureresque Shamirpet. The villas are expected to be delivered by October 2006. ...
POWER POINT
Hyderabad Auction Development Authority?
Because of its outer ring road obsession of the HUDA, Government has paid a heavy political price by losing the Ranga Reddy Zilla Parishad, he said. Hyderabad is now being surrounded by multi national companies and there is nothing left for ...
POWER POINT
Needed, a full-fledged board
HUDA has been acquiring lands from farmers at throw away prices -- at Rs.4 lakhs to Rs.5 lakhs -- and earning returns in crores. HUDA should either give compensation on par or give land for land to displaced farmers. HUDA and APBH in the past ...
VOICE OF DISSENT
Common man's hopes of home dashed
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has always been against the Government or Government agencies getting into real estate deals. The Government had all along been saying that it had no land for house sites for the poor. But, we see it ...
VOICE OF DISSENT
Farmers must be given their due
HUDA has no right to auction the lands acquired from farmers. Selling them to realtors to make profit is a dangerous tendency. Since the HUDA is making profits, compensation should also be provided on the same level. Farmers should be given ...
VOICE OF DISSENT
`Small-time realtors have no way out'
HUDA has been reduced to a mere real estate company and has neglected its basic responsibility of ensuring planned growth and development of infrastructure. By conducting the auctions, the HUDA is creating an artificial boom in real estate and ...
Miles to go...
L&T Info City Chief R. Sridharan is proud of Hitec City but he has no qualms in pointing out the inadequacies of civic infrastructure in the 150-acre area where the IT and ITES firms have started operations in Madhapur. "We have built roads, ...



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