How we read a cost sheet
A brochure sells a lifestyle. A cost sheet sells square feet. We publish the second one, with the arithmetic done.
- Rate on carpet. Divide the total price by the carpet area, not the super area. Loading in NCR runs from under 20 percent in low-rise townships to over 45 percent in towers with big clubs. The carpet rate is the only rate comparable across projects.
- Ticket, all in. Basic rate plus PLC, parking, club, deposits, power backup, GST and stamp duty. If the sheet says "to be decided" for any line, the ticket is not known yet.
- Cost of waiting. Months from today to the declared possession, times the EMI or construction-linked payment, plus the rent you pay meanwhile. A 2031 possession at a 2026 rate is about 54 months of carry.
- Density. Flats per acre, flats per floor, lifts per floor. These set the running cost and how the building ages.
- Running cost. Maintenance per sq ft per month times the super area, plus the deposit. At Rs 5 per sq ft, a 3,500 sq ft flat is about Rs 2 lakh a year before you switch on a light.
- Launch to today. Where we have both numbers, the ratio tells you whether the big move is behind you. Kalpataru Vista about 4x; Tulip Monsella about 2.1x before possession.
- Exit depth. How many flats at this ticket trade in this corridor in a year. A Rs 10 Cr flat on Golf Course Road and a Rs 10 Cr flat in Sector 146 are different assets for that reason alone.
What we do not do
We do not value flats or recommend transactions. We do not take developer money. We publish what we were quoted, on the day we were quoted it, with the arithmetic shown.
Three machines that explain the numbers
Each one is a working object you can turn, press and read. Every readout comes from the same model that moves the parts.
Questions buyers ask
Kya PropTron flat bechta hai ya commission leta hai?
No. PropTron takes no money from any developer or broker and does not sell flats. The numbers are the product.
Sheet mein kya hota hai?
Quoted rate on super area, carpet area and the rate on carpet, loading, ticket, payment plan, possession window, density, running cost where quoted, and what we saw on the day. One page, dated.
Rates itne purane kyon hain?
Every figure is tied to the date of our visit because that is the only honest way to publish a rate. Ask for the current cost sheet from the developer and compare it with ours; the difference is the move since we filmed.
Get the sheet before you negotiate
One page per project: quoted rate, carpet rate, loading, ticket, possession window, and what we saw on site. Dated. Free.