Buying reasonable flats in OMR

Author: Vinita Shah

The Old Mahabalipuram Road also commonly known as the IT corridor or even Rajiv Gandhi Salai is one of the major road of Chennai. It originates from the Madhya Kailash temple and ultimately ends up merging with the East Coast Road. The roads development has been marvellous with the six lane project, service lanes and beautiful landscapes. Its beautiful landscape also gave rise to marvellous prospering housing projects, with many luxurious apartments ready for grabs. Apartments in OMR vary from 2 BHK to even 5 BHK villas, thus catering to a wide variety and classes of families and individuals.

The IT Corridor Project is an initiative to develop the OMR to a world class facility, a symbol of progress and IT in Tamil Nadu. The prestigious TIDEL Park is home to BPO and IT Companies. Many major companies like Satyam Computer Services, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro Technologies, HCL technologies, Accenture India, Cognizant Technology Services, and Infosys are just handful names, who have set up camp along the OMR; besides these, other small business have also set up many of their bases here. And most of the employees of these companies find salvation here in the many flats and apartments in OMR.

Besides business and big corporates, even colleges have made their home here. Many known institutions including National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Asian College of Journalism, SSN College of Engineering, St. Joseph's College of Engineering, Sathyabhama Deemed University, Hindustan College of Engineering, Jeppiaar SRR Engineering College, St. Marys School of Management Studies, MNM Jain College of Engineering, Anand Institute of Higher Technology (AIHT), Thangavelu Engineering College, TJ Institute of Technology, KCG College of Technology, Mohammed Sathak Arts and Science College, and Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology are located in this stretch. Thus giving rise to a huge boom of apartments in OMR.

The houses here are rated very highly. The standards of these apartments are in high regards. The prices have also been stable and reasonable considering the elite location and infrastructural services it enjoys. The transportation availability is enormous. The Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai), which runs nearly 400 trips on this stretch daily, plans to augment the service by introducing more air-conditioned buses. Chennai's city bus service, the MTC operates buses along the place of apartments for sale in OMR. Most MTC buses terminate at or before Sholinganallur, which roughly defines the official city limits. The buses that go beyond Sholinganallur are headed for Kelambakkam. These include 19B (from Saidapet), M5 (from Adyar), and 102 (from Broadway which is near Chennai Central railway station).

The rental costs ranges from Rs. 10000 to even as high as Rs. 100000. It depends on the facilities, location, furnishing, etc. that one looks for. But due to the sheer number and variety of the flats in OMR available, there is virtually no problem for any individual or family to move here from any other location in or outside Chennai. With internet, all these flats are just a click away from grabs. So visit the recommended websites and simply browse your places of interest.