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Chennai People Will Have The Pleasure Of Duplex Apartments

Written by Vinay Jain

Topic: Real EstatePublished May 4, 2012
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Previously, ‘Flat’ was the only term which was used to refer to a house on a single floor. A few real estate agents still use this term to describe a flat spread across two stories. Many developers in Chennai are making their housing projects more attractive to the customers by offering duplex model apartments. These residential property of Chennai attracting people because it is not just gaining popularity for the comfort factor but also has lesser insurance cost. It’s a great assistance to senior citizens who get a chance to remain in a large family and also get their own private space. What is duplex apartment? Defining duplex apartments as an apartment spread across two floors connecting an inner staircase, though many of the new apartments have open-plan designs like those developed by Vishranthi’s Coconut Grove in Velachery. Established developer of Chennai now offering a larger variety when comes to duplex apartments. The reason is that planning rules them to mark out a certain space of family units whereas the duplexes qualify in this regard. One of the residential Property in Chennai are currently being constructed ‘Villaments’ which is a blend of villas and apartments there are no fewer than 16 duplexes on offer. As said by Mr. R Ramesh Kumar, an architect who recently worked on a duplex apartment project: “Duplex projects have been introduced in Chennai now making a big foray into the smaller towns as well. Offering a segregation of space demarcating the formal and informal living areas and permitting their integration through vertically flowing space linking the lower and upper floors. Splitting the floor plate at two levels the window area per unit floor area gets doubled making the space more airy and bright. Enabling the average distance of living areas from the window wall providing more sunlight in the interior space.To make duplexes more convenient for the residents broad stairs and low-heigh are designed that makes the stairway easy to walk on. For example: Mr. G Madhavan owner of a duplex apartment in Coconut Grove, Velachery says, they didn't liked any of the apartments that they came across in Chennai. Then they thinking to opt for smaller apartment. When they found the duplexes were available they took a closer look just out of interest and they gone zeroed in on that as the duplex was exactly what they wanted at the price that could be afforded. In short the duplex apartments provide the space of an independent house within the constraints of a flat have made it quite popular in Chennai.

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Vinay Jain is an independent real estate advisor with a pan-India presence. We aspire to be your first port of call if you want to buy a Property of Chennai .

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