Century Sports Village

Century Sports Village location is on IVC Road at Devanahalli, in North Bangalore. IVC Road runs west from the airport corridor and has become a line of plotted layouts and villa projects, with the airport itself about seven minutes away by the developer's estimate.

The nearest hospital named by the developer is Mother Teresa Hospital, about 2 km or four minutes away. Devanahalli Business Park and Oxford English School are each about 4 km or seven minutes away. Garuda Mall, used by the developer as a marker for the city, is about 20 km or 30 minutes away in normal traffic, which shows how far the layout is from the centre.

The appeal of the address is the airport and the employment planned around it. The trade-off is distance: shopping, larger hospitals and most schools are back towards the city. For a family that plans to build and live here, check the state of IVC Road itself, the water supply to the layout, and the bus and cab options at the hours you would travel. For an investor, the same road is where the comparable plot prices are found, so drive its length before you negotiate.

Century Sports Village Floor Plans are for the owner to decide, because the project sells plots rather than built homes. What the developer fixed is the plot: a 30 by 40 ft cottage plot of 1,200 sq ft, a 30 by 50 ft villa plot of 1,500 sq ft or a 40 by 60 ft mansion plot of 2,400 sq ft. All three are sold out, so a resale plot is the way in.

What you can build depends on the layout rules and the local building bye-laws, which set the setbacks, the floor area ratio and the height. As a rough guide, a 1,200 sq ft plot takes a compact two or three bedroom house over two floors. A 1,500 sq ft plot gives more room for a garden or a car port, and a 2,400 sq ft plot allows a larger house with space around it. Confirm the exact limits with the planning authority before you buy.

Ask the owners' association whether the layout has design rules, such as a common elevation style, a boundary wall height or a limit on floors, since sports-themed layouts often do. Check whether the plot is level, whether it has a storm drain on its boundary and where the water, power and sewer connections are. A plot bought for building is also a plot you may have to hold for a while, so budget for the maintenance charge in the meantime.

Century Sports Village Master Plan is a 51-acre plotted layout with 7 acres set aside for sports, which is the defining feature of the scheme. A listing counts 745 plots, in three sizes of 1,200, 1,500 and 2,400 sq ft. The developer has not published a plan image on its page, so the layout is best read from the approved plan filed with the planning authority and at RERA.

The developer's renders show the sports grounds and the clubhouse at the heart of the layout, with the plots arranged along internal roads around them. Water features, a party lawn and an amphitheatre are set among the sports areas, and an organic farm and a senior citizens' park occupy quieter ground.

Master plan highlights

• 51 acres, with 7 acres of sports facilities
• Three plot sizes: 30 by 40, 30 by 50 and 40 by 60 ft
• Clubhouse with a gym, spa, steam and sauna, party hall, cafe and library
• Swimming pool, amphitheatre and party lawn
• Cricket, tennis, basketball, volleyball, futsal, badminton and archery grounds
• Organic farm, senior citizens' park, yoga deck and reflexology park

On a resale, locate the plot on the approved layout plan and check its dimensions, its road width and its distance from the sports grounds, which bring noise as well as convenience. Ask the owners' association for the plan and the layout rules on building.

Century Sports Village Amenities are built around 7 acres of sports grounds, which is more than most plotted layouts offer, with a clubhouse and softer landscape spaces alongside.

Sport

• Cricket ground
• Tennis, basketball, volleyball and badminton courts
• Futsal ground
• Archery range
• Obstacle course and rock climbing

Clubhouse and wellness

• Gymnasium
• Spa with steam and sauna
• Swimming pool
• Party hall, cafe and library
• Yoga deck and reflexology park

Landscape and community

• Amphitheatre and party lawn
• Bonfire area
• Organic farm
• Senior citizens' park
• Water features

Since the layout is complete, walk the sports grounds and the clubhouse to see how they are kept. Ask the owners' association what the monthly maintenance charge is, and whether the sports facilities are open to all owners or run on a membership. In a layout where many plots are still empty, the number of paying owners decides how well the grounds are maintained.