Checklists work best when each item has a piece of paper attached to it, because a verbal assurance is not something you can act on later. This is the sequence we suggest for any Bangalore apartment purchase, including lake-facing homes on the city's southern edge. It sits under the wider guide to buying an apartment in Bangalore. Work through the stages in order, and stop at the first item you cannot evidence.
Stage 1: What you can actually spend
- Ask for a written cost sheet for a specific unit and floor, not a general price band.
- Confirm what the quoted price includes. At Lakeside Residences the indicative starting value includes one car park.
- Confirm what it excludes: clubhouse membership, infrastructure charges, maintenance and corpus charges, floor-rise charges, PLC, SDR and applicable GST.
- Add stamp duty and registration to the total before deciding anything.
- Decide your maximum, then keep a margin in case the payment schedule shifts.
Stage 2: The shortlist
- Score each project on the commute you will actually make every weekday.
- Count the homes per floor and the lifts that serve them.
- Check the orientation of the rooms you will use most; at Lakeside Residences every Sky Villa faces the 300-acre lake.
- Read the developer's delivery record, not the brochure.
- Visit at an ordinary hour, not only at the sales-launch hour.
Stage 3: Verification
This is the stage buyers skip, and the one that matters most.
| What to verify | Document or source to ask for |
|---|---|
| Project registration | The K-RERA record, checked by you on the Karnataka RERA portal |
| Promoter identity | The registered promoter name, matched to the brochure and the agreement |
| Land and approvals | The approvals the sales team says the project holds |
| Area and price basis | A cost sheet stating the area and the rate applied |
| Payment schedule | A written schedule linked to defined stages |
| Refund terms | The written terms for amounts paid before an agreement for sale |
The portal search is straightforward once you know the fields; how to check RERA registration in Karnataka takes you through it. Lakeside Residences has not published a K-RERA registration number yet, so treat that item as open rather than closed.
Stage 4: Money and paperwork
- Get the loan sanctioned in writing before you commit to a payment schedule.
- Keep the cost sheet, the sanction letter and the schedule in one file.
- Know which document you are signing: an expression of interest records preferences only and is not a booking, an allotment or an agreement for sale.
- Read the agreement for sale for area, price, schedule, and what happens if delivery is delayed.
- Check the maintenance and corpus charges you will pay after handover, not just the purchase price.
Stage 5: Before you register
- Confirm the final figure payable as stamp duty and registration with the developer's cost sheet and the sub-registrar's office.
- Check that the sale deed names you correctly and describes the unit and the undivided share.
- Insure the home and keep the policy with the deed.
- File the registered deed, the agreement and every receipt together.
- If Vastu matters to you, settle it at unit selection; a Vastu checklist for apartments explains which decisions can still be made after you shortlist.