Our Salarpuria Sattva Northland problem

We recently bought a row house villa unit in Salarpuria Sattva Northland on Hennur Road in Bangalore. Considering the price and the builder's reputation, we expected good design and build quality.
 
We were disappointed. Here are some of the concerns.

In one of the bathrooms, the builder forgot to provide an opening for an exhaust fan. When we asked, they did an unbelievably shoddy job of drilling a hole through the wall. It is difficult to believe that any builder could be this incompetent. Even after repair, the opening looks terrible. 

 

The hole they made initially

 

The hole after repair!

The terrace is nice. But since there was no canopy or awning, the door was constantly exposed to wind and rain and suffered damage. When we complained, the builder repaired the door but refused to accept that the lack of an awning was the problem. So we had to get one built at a significant cost. 


Terrace without awning..

 
.. damaged the doors


The builder repaired the doors..
..but we had to build the awning

In the kitchen, the space for routing the exhaust pipe from the chimney to outside was above the fixed false ceiling. The builder refused to provide an opening and so we had to break the ceiling and build an openable panel at our cost. There was also a sizing issue. While modern chimneys are designed to fit a six-inch exhaust pipe, Salarpuria has only provided four-inch holes in the wall. 

The chimney exhaust goes above the fixed false ceiling

 

Many walls were damaged due to seepage. Turns out the waterproofing is poor. The builder says he has repaired the waterproofing and has painted the walls. The next rains will tell us how good the repair is.


Walls damaged due to seepage


Repaired walls

The electrical wiring in the house is a mix of conventional wiring and what the builder calls "automation" wiring for switches that can be operated both by hand and through a smartphone. Frankly, it's rubbish. It is difficult to install, goes bad frequently, and takes forever to repair. 
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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