Checklist: documents I asked for before booking

Careful Swan 74

I booked a flat last month and kept a list of what I asked the builder for. Sharing it in case it helps someone. I am not a lawyer, so get your own lawyer to read them.

RERA registration and the filing on the TG RERA website: approved floors, carpet areas, completion date
Building permission with the approved plan, and the sanction date
Title documents going back 30 years, with an encumbrance certificate (EC) for the same period
Land use: is the land in a residential zone on the master plan?
Agreement of sale draft before paying more than the booking amount
Bank approvals: which banks have approved the project for loans

The bank approval list was useful. Two big banks had approved the project, which told me their lawyers had already read the title.

Clever Songbird 35

Good list. On the bank approvals: it helps, but it does not replace your own lawyer. Bank lawyers protect the bank.

Swift Heron 52

Saving this. Did the builder share the title documents easily, or did you have to push?

Careful Swan 74

They shared scans after two reminders. They would not give copies of the link documents until after booking, so my lawyer looked at them in their office.

Steady Elephant 41

I would add one thing: compare the carpet area in the RERA filing with the area in the agreement. Ours had a 4% difference in the first draft. They corrected it when we pointed it out.