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Incidentally, the project will have two types of houses. There will be wooden houses that will each take about 60 days to build, with the stone and concrete bungalows carrying a different price tag. For the cemented homes, the materials used will be bricks, stones and Mangalore tiles.
Yadav adds: “We may provide a mezzanine for added height, but the design will be as per the client’s requirement. As far as possible, we will keep the character of the elevation the same in terms of the skyline and the look of the bungalows.”
The project also offers a slew of lifestyle amenities like a clubhouse, gymnasium, spa, library, jogging track, playground and tennis court with round-the-clock security. As for payment, 10% of has to be paid at the time of booking, 50% within a month and the balance on possession.
An obvious question is, what would induce a buyer to invest in a home like this – even as a second home, considering that costs are likely to be higher? “The aim is to provide a world-class lifestyle with standards conforming to international living. This project is aimed at people who have the wherewithal to buy. We’ve already received 10 orders for luxury homes,” maintains Sainani.
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There will be a separate landscaping team as the project progresses, but the architect has faced some challenges as far as the terrain goes. “This project has two accesses – from the expressway and an internal road from Lonavala itself, via Kale colony,” discloses Yadav. “The area is mountainous, and there are no tunnels. We have tried to avoid cutting the hills in a major way. We studied the contours thoroughly, and then planned the roads. The buildings did not pose as much of a problem as the terrain did. We had to carefully plan the landscaping, the road pattern, and the location of the sewage treatment plants. The aim is to give a good view to almost all, because that will increase my client’s selling rate. Right now, we are just sub-dividing the land into plots. We have to allot some plots to infrastructural properties, which will be centralised as per the clusters.”
The garbage disposal keeps in mind environmental issues. The company has opted for a sewage treatment plant to ensure efficient waste management as well as to provide low-cost sanitation and environmental protection.
Yet another challenge is the climatic conditions, especially since wood is being used. “The pinewood is a novelty,” agrees Yadav. “We have heavy rains here, accompanied by vicious winds. The quality of the pinewood has been checked and we have been given a 15-20 year guarantee of resistance. Each bungalow is to be assembled with lap joints and erected over a plinth that we construct. We will put silicon in the exposed parts to make it leak-proof, and the developer will provide a team to look after maintenance – which will be common for the whole estate.”
Interestingly, there is no specific date for completion of this project. “We’re not building homes and then selling them,” says Yadav, emphasizing the fact that the bungalows will be built according to each buyer’s specifications. “We are making three or four prototype designs of regular material like bricks and cement too, but we will be avoiding RCC as far as possible.”
This is getting as close to nature as you possibly can - comfortably. As the SUV turns down the road, the last sight you see is that of the tall windmill intent on its eco-power task.
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