It was after a long search of four to six months that resulted in us zeroing on A001 in the ground floor of Gopalan Lakefront in Electronic city phase 1, Bangalore as our new abode. We finally moved out of our old 12 year old rented house in Koramangala 6th block to the new Gopalan Lakefront group of flats on Hosur Road on 26 th March, 2022.
The location of the new block is right on Hosur Road, but slightly away, facing the new Veerasandra metro station. Just get out of this gated community and you are at the metro station or the bus stand (the metro will be ready after a couple of years, at most). Going to Madiwala or to Chandapura is so easy here, buses keep coming every 15 seconds as Hosur Road is an important artery of Karnataka connecting Tamil Nadu.
Being a gated community, we see less of strangers inside the gates, it ensures security, but that can also bring monotony to the inmates. The club house that houses a good size swimming pool, besides tt table, billiards table and indoor games like carroms etc, is the meeting place when any large club event or private event occurs in the apartment.
There are three blocks A,B and C, 12 floors + ground floor in each block (8 flats in each floor) making a total of of 3 x 13 x 8, ie. 312 apartments of 2 and 3 BHK configuration, with 2 basements for car parking.
By 5 pm, we see a good number of inmates out for walking with their pets and this continues till 10 pm at night. Every morning with Anila, we are out for walking by 5.45 am, with nobody around and cool air blowing, it is indeed a terrific environment and an exciting experience. Walking is the favourite exercise of the inmates to keep fit, though at times we see cyclists race on around the buildings.
The Shuttle badminton court and the half basketball court is another way to exercise and keep fit, though we have an outdoor adult exercising centre and kids play centre on the ground floor. Immediately adjoining our compound wall, I could see the large stadium with indoor and outdoor facility coming up in our neighbourhood vicinity. That is a great blessing in future, though it will result in much more traffic passing through our front gates.There is a 300 m walking track around the flat. Every morning we take 4 rounds of this track.
Outside the building, there is a 1.2 km walking track around the lake, that is maintained well, though I was told that the lake is being maintained by Titan co. Tata is doing a good job by helping preserve the pristine nature of the environment. Till now, our experience is good and we look forward to interact with more of the owners and residents in the flats in the coming days and gain more of friends.
Amazon has a retail centre in ecity which is a big help for us. So far, I am totally dependent on Amazon for shopping, of vegetables, fruits and provision items, they are punctual and good with quick delivery of about 4 -5 hour delivery once an order is placed, rain or shine.
So far, our stay is fine and we look forward to get introduced to and interact with more acquaintances and friends here. The efficient maintenance team of Gopalan is ready to help with all small maintenance work now and we look forward to their continued support into the future to.
With barely 40% of flats occupied, or sold (do not know), the ambience is good now. Don't know how it would be with more inmates coming in the future.
That is the update on Gopalan Lakefront, the 76th project of Gopalan Enterprises in Bangalore.
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