Five bedrooms, two offices, a family lounge & more: Inside the new MP houses in Delhi
The complex has four residential towers, with 23 floors each, and comprises 184 flats. Each tower has two basement levels, a stilt floor, and a fire refuge floor.
The MPs allotted flats in the complex will have a unit spanning 461.5 square metres.
The flat will also have an MP office and an office for their personal assistant; both of these offices will have attached toilets.
Each unit will also consist of a drawing and dining room, a family lounge, a puja room, and five bedrooms with attached dressing areas and toilets. The wardrobes are modular.
Balconies are provided in all rooms and offices.
Two staff units with kitchenettes and attached bathrooms are included.
There are separate entries for staff, the MP's office, and the PA's room.
The kitchens are modular, with cooking hobs and chimneys,
Other amenities in each unit include double-glazed UPVC windows, wooden flooring in the office and master bedroom, vitrified flooring in other rooms, and air conditioning with a VRV system.
Provisions include a video door phone, WiFi, centralised cable TV, EPABX telephone, piped natural gas, RO water system, refrigerator, and kitchen geyser.
The complex will also have an six-storey amenity block housing shops, a service centre, dispensary, community hall, canteen, club, gym/yoga facilities, and guest rooms.
Green and technology features include a monolithic concrete construction with aluminium shuttering, rooftop solar panels with a 400 KWp capacity, rainwater harvesting, sewage treatment and water recycling, dual plumbing, low-flow fixtures, energy-efficient lighting and fans, and garbage chutes.
Two basement levels, stilt, and surface parking can together accommodate 612 vehicles.
The campus will also have concrete roads and walkways with lighting, CCTV and boom barriers, DG sets for power backup, landscaped lawns, public toilets, an ATM, and art installations on building exteriors and in reception areas.
The apartment complex was completed at a sanctioned cost of Rs 646.53 crore. The project was approved by the Lok Sabha Secretariat in January 2022, and was scheduled for completion by May 2025.
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