CHENNAI: Senior citizens in Chennai can now feel safe and secure in apartments provided in a gated community by a builder who has taken a special interest in giving them a life full of joy and contentment, of course in the evening hours of their life.
L & T Arun Excello, a leading builder in the city, has come forward to allot apartments suitable for senior citizens at an integrated township called Estancia and make them lead a peaceful life along with others.
With a polytechnic and a pharmacy within the building and a ‘doctor on call’, the day-to-day medical needs of senior citizens are easily met with by the people around. The 750-bed SRM Hospital with an ambulance service next door makes the arrangement complete and secure.
P Suresh, Managing Director, L& T Arun Excello Realty Private Limited, said, “The senior citizen-friendly apartments are available only to a privileged few. These apartments are a boon to the non-resident Indian children, who live thousands of miles away and want to ensure that their elderly parents live in a pollution-free, safe and secured environment with all medical facilities.”
The senior citizens have dedicated, landscaped, vehicle-free pathways, which can be used for their morning and evening walks.
The ground and first floor apartments are specially reserved for senior citizens with a view to allowing them to have a breathtaking view of the landscape and the podium garden from their living and bedrooms. There are also facilities like the toilet grab bar, ramp for easy access to all areas, anti-skid flooring and stretcher lifts in township.
Keeping in mind the hardships faced by senior citizens in getting home loans, a special arrangement has been made, wherein professional assistance is given to them to dispose of their existing house or apartment with the help of an international property consultant — Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj (JLLM).
One more add-on feature is that the company itself is offering the elders ready-to-move-in fully furnished apartments, Suresh said.
Estancia Integrated Township is coming up on a land measuring 82 acres with a residential zone comprising 1900 apartments, a club house, 3 million sq ft of IT SEZ space, Holiday Inn Estancia Hotel, a Vidya Mandir School and a multiplex, including a Mall.
The site is located at Vallanchery on GST Road (NH 45 Expressway) with easy access to suburban railway stations. Ford, Mahindra World City and Maraimalai Nagar and Oragadam Industrial Estates are within 5 to 15 kms from the project. SRM University and SRM Medical College and Hospital are also located nearby. Chennai Airport is only 19 kms away from the project site.