property selection

[Venkita Giri]

Dear friends,

I am happy to hear that at least two of our members have expressed
consent for the Mamalampuzha area. But I got the mail only today after
coming back from Palakkadu. No problem, I can visit again.

I think it makes sense to live by the side of vast water sources as we
all know that in future we will be facing serious potable water
shortage. The global warming compounds the problem further. This is
the reason why I was particular that we must be concentrating on Aylur
area which is close to Pothundy dam. I have not come across any land
for the price decided by us in Aylur area. Compared to Aylur, this
area is better in my opinion as this is a major water body. It is also
comfortable to live by the side of reservoirs as the temperatures get
lowered around lakes. In addition to that, we will have lot of guests
all the time as the area will have a resort like appearance. We could
even rent out spare rooms for guests.

Coming to the present situation vis-a-vis property search, I came
across one good location after a day's search around Vadakkancheri.
The photographs including the Google road/ satellite map are attached.
I am not uploading them into the home page as I do not know how many
of us are visiting the home page.

There are coconut trees and paddy fields in this area. But according
to the agent, this land is not classified as wet land which needs
exemption from KLU. The lease holder has apparently sown paddy as it
fetches more price for the farmer. According to the agent, there is
absolutely no problem in converting this property into house plots. We
will have to confirm this from the village office records. Only the
front portion of the area needs to be filled in. (About ten cents)
Other areas are at road level and higher. At present it does not look
very nice, but if it is properly landscaped, it would look beautiful.
It has a well and a 5Hp three phase connection for agricultural
purposes.It is by the side of river.

The State Highway (SH58) frontage of this property is about 100 feet.
This road is going to be widened soon. Both private and KSRTC make lot
of trips to Pollachi from Trichur through this road. The price
demanded is 18,000/= per cent which I think is reasonable for such a
property. The agent says that it is negotiable. The total area is
slightly more than 4 acres. The agent is not sure about this. The
advantage is that it abuts the SH and its distance from Nenmara is
about two kilometers.

Please enlarge the map to see details.

We have another property in Shoranur but I have not yet seen that. The
Malampuzha property is also to be inspected.I understand that some
members will be coming here after 15th. We could inspect all at that
time.

I expect all members to air their views on this matter.

Regards,
R V Giri

[SIVA VENKAT]

Dear Mr Giri,

I am fine with the Vadakancherry area. Let us not worry about the Malampuzaha property, if that is gone. It only shows that we will have to move fast if a good property shows up.

Assuming the cost of the Vadakanchery property be brought down to 16k, the cost of four acres will be Rs 64 laks. Again assuming, eight members are willing to commit, each will have to pay Rs 8 laks.

Possibly we can start with 2 acres so that the amount per member will be limited to 4 Laks. Members feedback will be required if we have to move fast.

Is the date 17th, confirmed for a Site Visit.

Regards
Siva, V

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[Venkita Giri]

Dear Dr Siva,

We may have to wait for some more time as the response is limited. As you have suggested, if at least eight to ten members do not express their positive opinion, the project cannot go forward. The property owner will not be interested in selling part of the land. The other alternative is to include TS Iyer's group. But he is likely to include non Brahmins as well. I have openly told him that including non Brahmins will not be possible as a virtual barrier will be created among the inmates because of the difference in culture. 

Let us wait for a couple of days for the response. If no one turns up, we will decide the course of action then. 17th is ok for me but if we decide to buy the property, we must be ready to give a token advance. A whole lot of formalities like document scrutiny, advocate's opinion etc will have to be set in motion which require money. How ever, if we are only going to  just visit the area 17th is allright. We have to understand whether the said date is covenient for Mr Sambasivan, Mr Ganapathy and any other members who are likely to come to Palakkad this month. Any way, we need at least three days to get confirmed train tickets.

Regards,

R V Giri

[Narayan, Kedarnath]

Dear R.V.Giri.

 

Iam interested in this project. Can you please confirm whether we

Can keep the land as it is and construct the house later, .

 

Thanks

Kedarnath

 

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[Venkita Giri]

Dear Mr Kedarnath,

If say 5 to 10 % of the members do not construct the building after buying the plot, it may be all right. But if every one buys just the plot, and postpones the construction, it will defeat the very purpose for which it is planned. Only you and Mr Sambasivan in addition to myself and Dr Siva have expressed consent so far. As such, I cannot give a clear answer. It is better to assume that buying the plot alone will not suffice.

I am confident that we will go ahead with the project even if 90 % of the members are not in favour of it. Myself and Dr Siva, have decided to go ahead with our own money. We will be constructing our houses there and move in once completed. Any one can join in now if he is desirous of getting the plot on No Loss- no profit basis. Once the remaining  plots are registered in the name of the promoters, any one buying later, naturally, will have to pay a higher price. It is true that the lack of response from the members was extremely frustrating for me, but Dr Siva's whole hearted support put me back on rails and I am back with full vigour like a phoenix bird.

Regards,

R V Giri.

[Narayan, Kedarnath]

Dear Giri,
iam currently based at Mumbai working with a FMNC. For the time being I may be interested only in buying the plot and registering it. I can't confirm now whether I will built the house. You can consider me if you want to. I believe more people will be definitely interested if we can come out with a proper layout model with all the facilities. Whoever joins later has to pay a premium price which the pormoters can share, need to workout the modalities.The land should be freehold NA land,
Let us keep the water boiling. Sincerely appreciate you effort and all the pains you have taken to make this a reality. If you don't mind what sort of age group are you looking for, iam 47 years old.
Thanks
Kedarnath

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Sent: Sat Jan 16 16:54:49 2010

[Venkita Giri]

Dear Kedaranath,

People of any age can opt for space. But construction must begin within a reasonable period. 

If you are just buying a plot, I am sorry, this is not meant for you. 

Regards,

R V Giri.

[SIVA VENKAT]

Dear Kedarnath,

I understand your question about age. Obviously, a person in the age group where his job and education for children takes priority, it may not be feasible to join this project. But it is good that you are thinking ahead.

Bottomline: We want an Agraharam with people not vacant plots.

Anyway, we might possibly discuss this issue later. It all depends on how many actually participate in the first phase so that we can have the luxury of having a few vacant plots for future participants.

All the Best
Siva, V

--- On Sat, 16/1/10, Venkita Giri <rvgir...@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Venkita Giri <rvgir...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [agraharam2010] property selection
> To: agraha...@googlegroups.com
> Date: Saturday, 16 January, 2010, 8:38 PM
> Dear Kedaranath,
> People of any age can opt for space. But
> construction must begin within a reasonable
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> If you are just buying a plot, I am sorry, this
> is not meant for you. 
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> Regards,R V Giri.

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> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:10 PM,
> Narayan, Kedarnath <Kedarnat...@nov.com>
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> iam currently based at Mumbai working with a FMNC. For the
> time being I may be interested only in buying the plot and
> registering it. I can't confirm now whether I will built
> the house. You can consider me if you want to. I believe
> more people will be definitely interested if we can come out
> with a proper layout model with all the facilities. Whoever
> joins later has to pay a premium price which the pormoters
> can share, need to workout the modalities.The land should be
> freehold NA land,
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> Let us keep the water boiling. Sincerely appreciate you
> effort and all the pains you have taken to make this a
> reality. If you don't mind what sort of age group are
> you looking for, iam 47 years old.
> Thanks
> Kedarnath
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> Regards,R V Giri.

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[Narayan, Kedarnath]

Dear Siva,
All the best wishes on your agraharam concept and let me see whether I can get some like minded people to also participate.
Regards
Kedar

[Sreenivasan R]

Dear Mr.Giri/members,

 

After our talk on Telephone are there any developments?Are there any plots in the karingarapilly area enroute to Chittur from Palakkad or further inside .Another option which I had mentioned is Irinjalakuda or inside areas.Your suggestion viz. Perumbavur is also good.I am giving my consent.I am also pained to read your mail regarding the inertia of our members regarding reply.The opinions good or bad should be expressed freely if the herculean efforts put by Sri.Giri has to fructify for the benefit of the members.I was feeling very bad when Mr.Giri told me that no members care to respond except a few regularly contacting persons.This is disgusting.I beseach the members to come forward with their valuable ideas,suggestions,criticism and contributions in this regard.

with best regards,

Sreenivasan.R

2010/1/16 Narayan, Kedarnath <Kedarnat...@nov.com>

[Venkita Giri]

Dear Srinivasan,

At present only Five of the members are posting mails to the group. They are 1. Dr Siva 2. Yourself, 3. Mr Sambasivan, 4. Mr Ganapathy ( Posting mails but has not committed to participating in the project probably because, he finds the numbers not enough and has expressed his intention to opt out.) and 5. myself. Mr Kedarnath is not going to construct the house and is interested only in a developed plot. So we four need to decide where the project must be located, buy the land whole sale and divide them into plots.

Please note that no one loses money in this project as the land prices are going up again. Once we four or five members start living there, the demand for plots will definitely go up. We will construct our houses in the plots of our choice and sell the remaining plots later for a higher price. I have decided to sell my house and 35 cents land in TVM and utilise the money to buy the land and to build my house. If you or others have more money to invest, a higher area could be purchased. We shall not worry about other members. We will advertise in magazines like Srutivani and post mails to our parent group after developing the land and get the required number. It may take some time but surely we will get the required number within an year. I understand that Dr Siva also has similar views regarding the project. We will construct the common halls when the plots are fully booked. 

I wanted the whole project to be on "no profit - no loss" basis. But there are no takers for such a free service.

Since only four or five members are involved in this, the selection of the land will be easier. We do not have to confine ourselves to Palakkadu area. I tried to find lands in Palakkadu only because most of the members, who are silent now, preferred that area.My original idea was to have it located in Kalady the birth place of our great Guru. The prices in Kalady have gone up too much. So we can consider Perumbavur and surrounding areas.This is a fast developing area having proximity to Cochin AP, and all important institutions. Climate wise, it is far better than Palakkadu.We do not have to worry about lack of Brahmin settlements near by as we are going to have our own agraharam there.

As you have suggested, we will look into Irijalakuda area also. Chittor area is closer to Tamil Nadu and if you look at the weather map, the rainfall is also less there. The temperatures in Summer will be of the order of 42 -44 degrees C. But lot of properties are available there.  

Finally thanks a lot for your continued support which makes me recover fast.

In fact I wanted to show some places to you this week and to have some discussion. But I have no place to inspect because of the recent developments.  So I am not able to meet you at Palakkadu as previously planned. 

This group has lost its relevance. We may have to decide what to do with it. Any more posting of unwanted mails to the members will be a nuisance for them. I request the members who are not interested to opt out of the group at the earliest. 

Looking forward to meeting you in the near future.

With warm regards,

R V Giri

[SIVA VENKAT]

Dear Mr Giri, Mr Sambasivam & Mr Srinivasan,

Kalady is a great suggestion. Its unfortunate, the cost is more over there. Anyway, I will do some net search on the same.

Permbavur is also a good choice. I used to have a contact in Irijalakuda, let me see if I can touch base with that person again..

Regards
Siva, V
Chennai

[Venkita Giri]

Dear Dr Siva,

Nice to hear from you. Please try to find out. 

Regards,

R V Giri