What to verify on the Gujarat RERA register before you book, and what your rights are afterwards.
Before booking an under-construction property in Gujarat, verify the project on the Gujarat RERA register: confirm the registration is valid and current, that the registered promoter matches the entity you are contracting with, check the declared completion date, review the uploaded approved plans and land title documents, and look at any complaints filed against the promoter. RERA also requires pricing on carpet area and restricts the advance payable before a registered agreement.
RERA gives buyers of under-construction property meaningful protections — mandatory registration and disclosure, pricing on carpet area, restrictions on how much can be taken before a registered agreement, and a forum for complaints.
What it does not do is check the project for you. The register is public, the information is uploaded, and the responsibility to look at it before booking sits with the buyer. This checklist covers what to look at and what the answers mean.
Search the Gujarat RERA register by project name or registration number rather than accepting a number printed on a brochure. Confirm the registration is current, and check the exact project and phase — a developer may have one registered phase and one unregistered.
Promoters must upload substantive information. Read it rather than assuming it matches the sales pitch.
The register carries the promoter's other projects and any complaints filed. A promoter with several delayed projects or a pattern of complaints is telling you something about how your booking will be handled.
RERA requires that property be sold on carpet area — the usable area within walls — rather than on super built-up. This matters because it makes projects genuinely comparable. If a sales team quotes only a super built-up figure and rate, ask for the carpet area and recompute; the effective rate is often materially higher than presented.
A promoter cannot take more than a limited percentage of the cost as advance before entering into a registered agreement for sale. If you are being asked for a large payment against only a booking form or allotment letter, that is outside the framework and you should not proceed on it.
If possession is delayed beyond the declared date, RERA gives you a choice: withdraw and claim a refund with interest, or continue and claim interest for the period of delay. Complaints are filed with the state authority.
These remedies depend on the project being registered and on your agreement being a registered agreement for sale. That is precisely why verifying registration before booking matters so much — an unregistered project leaves you outside the framework entirely.
For Ahmedabad under-construction purchases, confirm the project and promoter on the Gujarat RERA register and match the registered entity to the agreement you will sign.
Check disclosed carpet area, completion timeline and complaint history before paying a large booking amount. RERA registration is necessary but not a substitute for title and society diligence on the specific unit.
Search the Gujarat RERA authority's public register by project name, promoter name or registration number. It shows the registered promoter, approved plans, land documents, declared completion date and complaint history. Verify it yourself rather than relying on a number quoted in marketing material, and confirm the registered promoter entity is the same one you would be contracting with.
Registration is mandatory for projects above defined thresholds of land area or number of units, and for projects that were ongoing without a completion certificate when the Act came into force. Very small projects can fall below the threshold. If a promoter says registration is not required, ask specifically why and verify the exemption rather than accepting the assertion.
You may either withdraw from the project and claim a refund of amounts paid with interest, or continue with the purchase and claim interest for every month of delay. Complaints are filed with the Gujarat RERA authority. Both remedies rest on the project being registered and on having a registered agreement for sale, which is why those two things matter more than anything else at booking stage.
RERA primarily governs the promoter–buyer relationship in registered projects. A private resale between two individuals in a completed building falls outside it. That is one reason title verification matters even more on a resale — there is no regulator standing behind the transaction, so the diligence is entirely yours.
Send us the project details. We will verify the RERA position and review the builder agreement before you commit.