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A group of three Mumbai-based homebuyers recently approached the Maharashtra Real Estate Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA), alleging they were allotted parking spaces in a different wing than the one in which they had purchased their flats. In its order, the Authority stated that the developer’s failure to allot specific, dedicated parking spaces amounts to a deficiency in service and a breach of obligations under RERA.
Three homebuyers who purchased units in the D and E wings of Veena Serenity, a project by Mumbai-based Veena Developers in Tilak Nagar, were allegedly allocated parking spaces in the C wing. However, after the formation of the housing society, wings A, B, and C were grouped into one society, while D and E formed a separate one. As a result, residents of the C wing society informed the D wing buyers that they could no longer use the parking within their premises.
The buyers had purchased their apartments between 2018 and 2020 for a combined value of over ₹3.5 crore, which included the cost of one ‘puzzle car parking space’ (mechanical) each.
The homebuyers alleged that although the ‘puzzle car parking spaces’ were allotted to each homebuyer via separate allotment letters and confirmed through stickers issued by the developer, none of the homebuyers were provided with a dedicated, numbered parking slot, as required.
The homebuyers said two separate cooperative housing societies were formed, one comprising wings A, B and C, and another comprising wings D and E. The developer’s staff orally informed the homebuyers that their allotted puzzle car parking spaces were located in Wing C, belonging to the other society.
Upon contacting the office bearers of the A, B, and C societies, the homebuyers were informed that residents of wings D and E are prohibited from parking in wings A, B and C, leaving them without access to the parking spaces they had paid for as part of their flat purchases, homebuyers said.