How to Compare Developer Tenders Before the Selection SGM
Three to five sealed offers on the table, and one recommendation to place before your members.
Quick answers
Short answers to the questions societies actually ask
One question, one clear answer, and the calculator that lets you check it against your own society's numbers.
These are short, practical answers to the redevelopment questions Mumbai housing society members and committees ask most often. Each one takes two minutes to read and ends with a free calculator so you can test the answer against your own plot, carpet area and offer — rather than relying on a general rule of thumb.
How to Evaluate Corpus Fund Offers in Redevelopment Bids
A bigger corpus figure is not always the better offer — here is the test that actually matters.
How Much Rent Should Your Society Demand in the Tender?
Fix your transit rent figure before bids come in, not after — the tender sets the ceiling for every offer.
Check Your Building's FSI Potential Before Inviting Bids
Knowing roughly what your plot can build is the difference between negotiating from facts and negotiating from hope.
How to Verify Extra Carpet Area Promised in a Tender Offer
A percentage on a tender letter means nothing until you check where that extra area is actually coming from.
Is Your Society Eligible for Redevelopment? Pre-SGM Checks
Most redevelopment projects stall on paperwork nobody checked before the first meeting was called.
Scoring Developer Bids: Rent, Corpus and Carpet Area Compared
A simple weighted score tells your society far more than the biggest headline offer ever will.
Carpet Area vs RERA Carpet in Tender Documents: Why It Matters
The area basis in a tender decides whether you are comparing offers fairly or being quietly short-changed.
How much transit rent should you demand during redevelopment in Mumbai?
A simple, member-level guide to judging whether the transit rent on offer will really keep your family housed nearby.
Corpus fund distribution: flat-wise or carpet-area-wise split?
One of the most common disputes in a redevelopment is not how much corpus, but how it is divided.
How to verify the carpet area of your new flat at possession
You have the keys. Before you sign the possession receipt, confirm the flat is the exact size your agreement promised.
How to calculate the additional free area in your redevelopment offer
The extra area in a redevelopment offer is simple arithmetic, provided both carpet figures are measured on the same basis.
Stamp Duty on PAAA: What Members Actually Pay in Maharashtra
Most society members never learn that their PAAA can attract just Rs 100 in stamp duty.
How much does buying extra area from the builder really cost?
The rate the builder quotes is rarely the final figure you end up paying for extra area.
How to Compare Two Developer Offers With Different Corpus and Rent
When one developer offers more corpus and another offers more rent, the two figures only become comparable once you total them over the project duration.
How to Check if Your Society Is Eligible for Redevelopment Benefits
Your building's redevelopment benefits depend on which DCPR 2034 scheme it qualifies for, not on any common formula.
Selling your redeveloped flat: holding period and capital gains tax
What decides whether your sale is long-term, and how the tax on a redeveloped flat is worked out.
How do joint owners split capital gains when selling a Mumbai flat?
When a flat is sold in joint names, each owner is taxed separately, and the split follows money, not names.
12.5% without indexation or 20% with indexation: which is better for an old flat?
For flats acquired before 23 July 2024, the law lets resident sellers pay whichever of the two works out cheaper.
How does CII 384 for FY 2026-27 change your indexed cost?
The Cost Inflation Index for FY 2026-27 is 384, and it still matters for one specific tax comparison.
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These quick answers sit alongside our detailed material: full redevelopment guides, government policies and GRs, judgments and case law, and frauds and how to avoid them. Every calculator referenced here is free and listed on the tools page.
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