Why the list stays this short
Local knowledge does not scale by adding pins to a map
Everything below takes years to learn in one town and does not transfer to the next — least of all across a state border, where the land law itself changes.
01The revenue officeWe read jamabandi and mutation records at 9 registries ourselves rather than accept a seller's photocopies. Knowing how a file actually moves is the difference between a week and a month.
02Which authority appliesGMADA, GLADA, a municipal council or HP Town and Country Planning — each has its own sanction, its own compounding route and its own idea of a legal approach road.
03Two different land lawsPunjab and Himachal are not interchangeable. Stamp duty, who may hold agricultural land, and how tenancy is recorded all differ — the same brief needs a different structure on each side.
04Street-level pricingTwo lanes apart can differ by 15%. We price from deals we watched close on that street, not a portal average across the town — and we know which stretch floods.