Vision of Life; by Sanjay: Right Planning of a Home!

“I agree and admit that thinking and planning are free. Maybe that’s why these two things are never valued by most men!” ... Israelmore Ayivor.

One of the most wonderful quotes emphasizing thinking & planning & that’s why Israelmore is a Youth Leadership Coach, Leadership Entrepreneur, Author, and Speaker with the passion of inspiring, training, and guiding young leaders and entrepreneurs to become Unique self-leaders, Universal co-operate leaders and Ultimate impact makers! And no wonder in an industry like real estate where most things move by Act of God (sarcasm, read as luck) both these terminologies were rarely respected from both sides of the table i.e., builders & the buyers & its sheer nature’s law what you don’t respect you don’t follow, take example of Pune’s traffic chaos (lol, again sarcasm)! Keeping away my acquired Pueneripana when its hitting under the belt, & with due respect to my industry, me as a person as well builder gives maximum importance (Read as respect) to planning & without thinking you can’t plan, so “to think” also is equally important, rather that’s the soul of real estate’s final product i.e., a home is what I always think (again thinking) & feel too!

By this time, we have covered majority of the rights related to real estate & I agree final call has to be taken by your pocket as well all other right parameters about you home such as right location, right time & such but the right which is usually neglected or ignored by both i.e., builder & the buyer is, right planning of the home! Planning aspect is neglected by the builder because either the builder himself (or herself) isn’t aware of the right planning aspect or he doesn't bother as he knows that most clients are ignorant about the planning aspect! To give you one simple example, even today when the world has access to so much information about every product yet just one out of ten clients ask me (or my team) questions related to planning of the flat or the project when they are inquiring about their home! Maximum questions are about amenities, specifications (that too superficial), appreciation & rate negations, that’s all! They are not interested in how me & my team has planned this project, why the rooms are planned the way they are, what about cross ventilation, interconnectivity of the rooms, sizes of toilets or arrangements of windows, thought given to natural light in the flat & many such. If this is for the flat inside then the planning for outside of the flat & thinking put in the aspects of orientation of the buildings as well floor lay out, privacy of your flat & view from it as well open spaces around the building & common spaces such as top terrace, side margins or lobbies, every single & small thing matters when you are going to live in a building for decades & where your generations are supposed to grow.

Equally important is, thinking out into the planning of all the services which are seen & unseen but are very much important for your comforts in day-to-day life. As a home on the surface may be just walls, paint, tiles, sanitary wares & furniture but there are so many hidden things, right from concealed wiring to plumbing lines to pipe gas inside your home & electrical mains, generator backup, drainage, rain water as well water supply lines & all these things are hidden from you eyesight yet they are equally important to make your stay comfortable in that home! And then there are modern age services such as Wi-Fi, Lifts, Firefighting, Air Conditioning, Solar water as well electric & many such & all these services need planning. AT the same time a home is planned to stand at least fifty years & services evolution it should accommodate in these fifty years, that is also an aspect of right planning! For example, thirty years back nobody thought about our need for parking & only three BHK flats used to have provision for parking & today even a 1 bhk flat needs a car park. As well, just ten years back nobody ever imagined planning for charging electric vehicles & today nearly thirty percent of vehicles or EV & need charging points along with parking places which we are unable to provide because we failed to plan for the future, in the past!

Many a times I have been confronted with this question that is the home as per “Vaastu Planning” & let me tell you straight, I don’t believe in Vaastu but I do believe in planning as whatever little I know about Vaastu shastra then its accommodating nature in your planning which is ok but rest all versions are myth & totally up to someone’s belief or faith which I don’t want to challenge! Just by keeping some statue in Agneya corner (South East) or having Jal (Water) in Vayuya corner (North East) of building doesn’t cause any harm to anybody unless you believe that does! Frankly, even having entry of the home south facing has also nothing to do with the ill effect it can cause on the residents of the house nor the North entrance of house guaranties prosperity for them, this has nothing to do with right planning of a home or a building unless you believe in luck rather I will say dependant on luck & if so then there is nothing like right or wrong in the world as let your luck decides your fate , is what my opinion, which you can discard & I don’t mind as this is for your home, not mine! But if you really care for the nature which directly is related to your lifestyle in every way & if you don’t consider it in your planning then I won’t ever call it as a right planning & nature means trees, as well other species too such as sparrows, parakites, butterflies & yes sunlight also. I know many of you will laugh & call me crazy as who thinks about such aspects while buying a home but do mind a right planning which accommodates nature can make you at mental peace & which can keep you insured against many physical illnesses too! Because, on the one hand we take proteins & vitamins for our well-being which we can avoid by allowing some sunlight in our rooms which is possible only via right planning!

And for me as a developer (engineer too) most important aspect of right planning is, giving value for money to my flat holders (read as home buyers) because looking at the rates of the homes in & around Pune, every sq. ft is costing you minimum four-digit figure in rupees, so we must use that sq. ft in right way as its somebody’s hard earned money is at stake & we should not waste it by wrong planning, is my view!

Friends, have you ever purchased a cell phone without knowing its technical details or say features as well services (read as ease) it offers to you or have you bought any car just because it fits in your budget or the way that car looks, ignoring its engine performance norms or safety features, I am sure answer is NO! Or, do you check your horoscope whether it matches with your I-Phone model number or car make (car number I can still allow) or in which pocket you keep your cell phone or which direction you park your car in your garage, does these things makes any difference to your life, I am sure these answers are also No; then while buying a thing like Home how can you not ask questions about planning aspect of it which is soul of any building, is the question I want to ask you when it's right planning of the home! Agreed, the developer’s concepts about right planning & yours may not match but for that you will have to first understand what is your definition of right planning, right? Adios, with this note & wishing you all the best for your right home!

Sanjay Deshpande

smd156812@gmail.com

Sanjeevani Dev.

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