From Daulat Baugh To Satguru Shlok

As per 79(A) of the MCS Act 1960 the meeting for the voting of the builder took place at National college conference room. 25 authorized society members of the total 29 members were present at the meeting and that included members who came from far off places like Surat, New Delhi and Hongkong. Everybody came before 7pm whose attendance was recorded and a ballot sheet with the list of five short listed builders was given to all the members where by members were asked to tick on the builder of their choice.   At the dot of 7pm. the meeting commenced with the welcome note by our Chairman, Mr Chainani and Mr Malhotra.   Whole process was video recorded and the counting of the vote was done in the presence of registrar of society. And the result was one vote for Nagpal, 3 votes for Prathesh and 21 votes for RS It was decided that RS would be the appointed builder for our society. Everybody congratulated each other over sandwiches and wafers and urgency to go further with the nex

A special General Meeting of Daulat Baugh Co-operative Housing Society Ltd will be held on Saturday the 30th April 2011 at the mini auditorium, National college, Bandra(W) at 7:00 pm to transact the following business:   1 (a) Selection of Building/Developer for Redevelopment of Society building   (b) Authorization of the Managing Committee members to sign/execute documents in respect of the redevelopment.   Notes   Only members and in their absence their associates or joint members shall be entitled to attend and vote at the meeting. Members are not entitled to vote by proxy. Quorum for Special General Meeting shall be ¾ (i.e. 75 percent) of the total number of members of the society. If there is n quorum the meeting shall stand adjourned for half an hour, failing which the said meeting shall stand adjourned for eight days and the adjourned meeting shall stand dissolved assuming that members are not interested in the redevelopment of the society’s building. The Project Man

The presentation took place at National college conference room on Saturday, 9th April 2011 at 7pm, 80% of the total members attended the meeting. Five short listed builders were invited for presentation, of which one builder “Midcity Group” did not turn up, and “Man Global” was not very informative but promised to provide all the information within a week. The remaining three builders were good in their presentation and had come prepared with all the details of the ammenties they had to offer us. 'Nagpal developers' plans to built three flats on each floor, while 'Parthesh developers' had a flower shaped building with six flats on each floor with enough ventilation in each house, and 'R.S. Builders' had L-shaped building with a common view of the green podium and a promise of high quality construction. The presentation consisted of the brief summary about their company, their completed projects, projects under construction and their future projects. Each de

The Power point presentation by developers has been arranged on 9th April 2011 at National college, conference room from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. Only Five developers will have the power points presentation whose names were mentioned in the earlier post. Each developer will have 20 minutes for their presentation and all have been invited at different time. there will be a gap of 10 minutes between each presentation. Snacks and drinks will also be provided by the society. After the presentation, society member can make their own judgement and decision, consult their family members, do their own research and can cast their vote for their selected builder in another meeting which will take place after one week. Things need to move on, and members are requested to attend it.

16 new builders had walked into our society with proposals of which 5 builders were narrowed down by committee members after going through their portfolios. The builders that have been narrowed down are Satgurus, Nagpal Developers, Parthesh builders, Man Global and Midcity group. There is a notice board in the society which is open everyday in the evening and society members are asked to study the proposals and the record of their performance about each of these builders before voting for the builder. There will be a presentation by the builders at a fixed venue to be decided upon and all the members will be asked to attend that meeting. After the presentation, the voting will take place which will be video-recorded and the final decision will be taken for the next action.

"Old housing societies hope to cash in on realty boom "More than 15 housing society redevelopment proposals, mainly in the suburbs, have come up in the past 3 weeks, and the sudden flurry, said a market source , is because residents want to take advantage of the current high property prices. " They do not want to miss the boat once again like they did before the crash in 2008. Housing societies feel this is the right time to redevelop their properties. Certainly, they are in a position in which they can dictate terms to the builders," said a source, who tracks redevelopment propasals in the city." The article mentions societies in Mulund(E), Jogeshwari(W), Kurla(E),Malad(W),Andheri(W),Ghatkopar(E),Borivali(W), Santa Cruz(W), Khar and Bandra who have recently invited proposals and our very own Doulat Baugh has been mentioned!! The term 'redevelopment race' has been rightly used and I ,for one, hope that our society wins this race.... with the bes

As of now, the process that we had gone through earlier to reach and select Satguru builders has been nullified. The society decided to go the legal way since some of the members were being irrational in their demands and society did not want any obstructions. So the process of planning for redevelopment had to start all over. Society now had its own advocate Mr Shetty, who will advice at every step and also has its own project manager Mr.Shinde, the architect. That done, society then inserted an ad in two local papers, (according to the law) in Hindusthan times and Free Press, inviting the developers to obtain a bid for redevelopment. They are expected to present their project and the feasibility report of the PMC, with a non refundable fee of Rs10,000 by cash or DD favoring the society. There was a good response and there were 16 developers who submitted their proposal in sealed envelops which will be opened in the presence of all society member during the next meeting. F

For those of you who are still wondering why the process is so slow, this is the gentle reminder that society want to proceed as per law “MCS ACT 1960” Today the point 4 was completed that required Five architects/PMCs that are either on the “Government Panel” or “Panel of the local authority” should be short-listed for preparing project report. The architect/PMCs should give quotations of their charges. Members can also suggest, at least eight days prior to the meeting, names) along with quotations of the architects/PMCs, as also suggestions, recommendations for the redevelopment. Society selected Mr. Sumitra Shinde (approved by BMC) whose quotation was approved being the lowest, to be paid in two installments, who will prepare the project report of the building plan. Next step is to put advertisement in the paper TIO for city builders to submit their tenders for re-development plan. Once more, the members of the society were reminded that only authorized members or associated

I am kind of feeling sad that my building in which I have lived for last thirty years is breathing its last days. I came to this building when I was a teenager and I have some wonderful memories in this building.

Perhaps this could be our last Holi Festival celebrations at Daulat Baugh. That’s what each member of this building was hoping, that the re-development plan bite us as soon as some formalities are ironed out. We got together to celebrate the Holi festival in our building compound on 1st March 2010 Surprise! We actually have lot to say to each other but we hardly ever meet except in society meetings where there are more squabbles than discussions. We wanted to meet more often. Now the members who are really compu-savvy are working people, who prefer to get the whiff of fresh air from the tiny window rather than come out and walk around the building snaking through too many parked cars and they expressed the desire to meet on desk-top instead and so started our conversation on Newsletter, an idea of staying in touch online since we hardly ever see each other in the building unless we ring the door bell Which we never do…... So here we are, hopefully to stay connected in our unoffi