A Villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper-class country house. Since its origins in the Roman villa, the idea and function of a villa have evolved considerably. After the fall of the Roman Republic, villas became small farming compounds, which gradually re-evolved through the Middle Ages into elegant upper-class country homes. In modern parlance, “villa” can refer to various types and sizes of residences, ranging from the suburban semi-detached double villa to residences in the wildland-urban interface.
Living in Villas offers several benefits to the owners.
- Lifestyle statement : Villas have become a symbol of luxury, sophistication and talks about the personality and lifestyle of the owner.
- Ownership : There is no ambiguity in the ownership. The entire land, within the compound wall, the Villa and Landscaping belongs to the owner. Eg. If you have a 1,500Sq.ft. Villa in a 4 cents land. The entire land, Villa and the landscaping around your home is your own. Whereas if you live in an apartment, you may own a small piece of land like One cent or half a cent, which in undivided and you cannot claim or locate the land that you own. The landscaping will be always shared with your neighbours.
- Privacy : There will be sufficient space around all the walls. Your neighbour will not be able to see into your room when you open the window in your home.
- Exclusivity : Each villa comes with separate utility lines for Electricity, Water, etc. You need not worry about or pay for the excessive consumption by your neighbour.
- Value for money : Villas offer maximum value for your money. When you buy a villa, you pay only for the area of your villa. You get the area of Land and area of Villa that you pay for.
- Lighting & Ventilation : When there are shared/common walls the lighting and ventilation will be less as there can be no openings in the shared walls. Such shared/common walls will not be there in villas.
- Community living : Most of the Villa projects are within a gated compound. This has several benefits including access to several common amenities like gym, children’s play area, indoor & outdoor sports facilities, Club house, Association hall, Swimming pool, etc. The gated compounds also provide excellent security and great sense of community living. You can be assured that you and your children can have access to a group of likeminded people from similar walks of life. This will make it easier to socialise and enjoy a good and cordial relationship with one’s fellow residents.
- Private spaces : Villas offer huge private spaces like large balconies, open terraces and large areas of land where you can do lot of landscaping and gardening. There will be spaces sufficient to grow your own vegetables and fruits.
- Freedom to design : Most villa projects prefer to keep a uniform exterior. However, there will be a lot of freedom to design the interiors and landscaping. One can increase or decrease the size of rooms in most projects. You may increase the construction area without altering the elevation of the villa.
- Go green : One has the opportunity to go green by setting up a Rain water harvesting system and generate sufficient electricity from own solar power plant /solar water heater.
- Pet-friendly : Most of the villas are pet-friendly. The pets will also have access to a lot of common areas to stretch their legs.
- Location : Most of the villa projects are located in secluded and calm areas with very less pollution, lots of wind and sunshine. Living in the lap of nature is a wonderful feeling and it lifts the spirits and has a very positive impact on health also. The villa developers always choose locations that are a short and comfortable ride to major roads, schools, offices, shopping centres and public transport.
- Lower Maintenance : Villa projects will not have Lifts & Generators that are very expensive and require expensive maintenance by skilled technicians as per a strict schedule. Large quantity of diesel, a very hazardous material has to be stored for operating generators.
- Connectivity : There will be no connectivity issues or Mobile coverage issue in villa projects. All villas will have adequate mobile coverage
- Thunder & Lightning : Villas, being at lower levels are not affected that much by Thunder and lightning.
- Garbage disposal : Individual villas can control the entry of rodents and pests in a very effective way.
- Appreciation : Villa projects appreciate at a higher rate as land is a tangible asset and substantial part of a villa that will always appreciates at a faster rate. There is no undivided share of land which is intangible and cannot be located or claimed.
- Security : Any intruder can be tracked using simple security systems in villa projects
- Fire hazard : Fire in villas can be easily contained and residents can either run out of the villa or be rescued quickly. There are also negligible chances of fire spreading to neighbouring villas.
- Quick entry / exit : All villa owners can walk out and drive out of their villas at any time very quickly. They need not take long walks to the car parking. In case of emergency situations, this delay can prove crucial.
