Monday, November 30, 2009

smondoville

So finally I booked a flat!
The name is inspiring and churns thinking. I loved the name it was ringing in my head from the time I saw the advertisement. However, as an ardent skeptic, I first thought another of those which will be overpriced, further from city than they say etc etc and I gave the add a miss. On a routine drive with Wife to another location near Electronic city we were returning, completely frustrated with the price and location.  As I was driving back, I saw the 'Neotown' board. It had a sign saying 2 kms on the right, and off I turned my Car. 

What was a casual drive to nowhere turned out very eventful. A broad road, with many bus stops, cranes digging road on the left side, clear sky and a well layout in front. a house in midst of the layout was surrounded by many cars. Off we parked and headed to look at this new project. We were amazed at the crowd inside. Thanks for the economically well off folks in BLR. We looked at the model flats with awe stuck shock. They were exceptional modern looking extremely well designed flats. My skeptical mind for a moment had lost its foothold!

I saw a few checks of 1.25K being crossed by a few folks. The executive said the 2BHK delux is not available. I was shocked! 3 days into the project and they have finished booking for 2BHK deluxe flats which has a balcony and would cost somewhere around 25Lacs. Phew! sad! - spurned the exec receives a call and he says 2 2BHK's have been cancelled. I was skeptical and hence said its a marketing gimmick. So off he took me inside the small office showing a excel sheet, with flat nos and booking names. unfortunately they have 2 delux 2BHK's in each floor, and hence they had run out faster. I booked one at the end. I am still skeptical since the project is slated to complete by 2011 year end.

I have created a few things for community sharing for the owners of smondoville.
1) neotown-smondoville@googlegroups.com (mailing list)
2) http://twitter.com/smondoville (twitter)
3) http://smondoville.blogspot.com/ (blog)

I have a desire that like minded folks come together and share there problems, happiness etc. I am happy to relent all control to someone who is good at moderating groups.

1 comment:

  1. Sanjay, good job... You may feel the response is so feeble currently, but you will see people flocking to your blogs very soon.... I have booked one in s7. Meerahmed@gmail.com

    Thanks

    Meer

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