JKH Signature - The Ultra Luxury Waterfront Apartment

                JKH Signature is an ultra luxury waterfront apartment project on the banks of river Periyar, Alwaye, Kerala, which will be unparalleled in the finishes and amenities offered. It is a dream project conceived and conceptualized by Dr. Javed K Hassan, Chairman, Nest Group, and will have just two air-conditioned pent houses and 46 presidential apartments.

JHK SIGNATURE

JKH Signature is a place where you can luxuriate in this ambience for life and is an epitome of elegance and absolute comfort. Utterly unique in design and truly magnificent in conception, JKH Signature offers a lavish lifestyle with the sophistication and level of luxury on par with the very best. The properties will be personally allotted by the Chairman to each fortunate aspirant chosen by a panel of experts based on certain criteria.

Luxurious Living Spaces

This premium apartment  incoporates some of the state of the art technologies like

1) Entry with Biometric lock and proximity Card.
2) Central, hybrid air conditioning (VRV) with individual room controls for each apartment.
3) Construction based on green building technologies.
4) Special facade lighting for special night effect.
5) Rain water harvesting.
6) Private boat jetty
7) Canti levered terrace gardens
8) Sauna and Jacuzzi
9) Clubhouse
10) Barbeque counter
11) Children’s play area.
12) Billiards, Table tennis, Card and Chess room
13) Elegant lobby
14) Internet broadband connectivity, Intercom facility
15) Security cabin and Round-the-clock security
16 Home theatre, CCTV, Wi-Fi, Channel music in lift and common area. and much more .

Spruced Up Living

Grab your own world class living space with Kerala's Best Builder, with all the luxuries at the centre of the city!! For more details :Nest Infratech

Orchid Park

                               
                                      Nest Infratech is the realty & infrastructure division of the billion dollar Nest group conglomerate with headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia and offices in locations across the world like Europe, Japan, India, Middle East and Australia. Nest has helped companies across every industry  leverage technology to implement solutions that dramatically increase employee productivity, reduce the cost of operations and ensure the highest level of security for their business data. Today, it brings the same dedication in excellence and innovation in creating the finest homes

                           

                                    Nest Infratech introducing “Orchid Park”, luxury flats in Kottayam, ideally located at one of the nerve centres in the town, is a remarkable project of Nest Infratech, and includes professionally designed and thoughtfully created world class living spaces that are ideal for people who are looking for upscale living experiences at affordable prices.

Amenities: 

1) Swimming pool  2) Baby Pool 3) Sauna and Jacuzzi 4) Club house 5) Roof top party area

6) Barbeque counter 7) Advanced multi gym & Health club 8) Childrens play area 9) High speed elevators 10) Intrusion alarm system  11) Video door phone  12) Guard tour system 13)CCTV  14) Wi-Fi
15) In house Convenience store  16) Vastu friendly layouts 17) Landscaped gardens
18) Sewage treatment plant  19) Rain water harvesting  20) Spacious covered car parking 21) One year warranty

With profound understanding of market needs and aspirations of home buyers, combined with the right technical knowledge, we are endowed with unmatched expertise to deliver exactly what you look for, sometimes even surpassing the set benchmarks in housing industry.

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Prepare Your Home For The Rainy Season!!

Its the time for leaky ceilings, dripping walls, Prepare your home for this rainy season and prevent rainwater penetrating into wall or building structure and save yourself in repair costs.Cleaning Rain Gutter helps to avoid costly repairs and roof damage. Clean gutters weekly during the rainy season to ensure that they are free of debris and not backing up.

Take a look at your gutters to make sure that they drain well and don’t cause water to back up.Galvanized iron pipes joints often get cracked and cause leaks. It is advisable to solve this problem as early as possible. Using PVC pipes instead of Galvanized iron pipes will help you avoid this.

It is advisable to seek the assistance of a qualified engineer as the Nest Infratech experts request you  to evaluate, and fix the problem.Air conditioner ducts can leave an unseemly trail of water streaming across the surface of exterior walls. Such streaks are breeding grounds for algae. You need to plan for this while you’re solving the leakage problem.Rainwater running across the roof of your home can damage exterior walls. Prevent this by channeling water away.
Clear away the plant growth from the surface of the wall. Weeds tend to take root and widen minor cracks on the wall.

Cracks in walls are an outcome of old and weathered masonry. It is recommended to fix minor surface cracks with a high quality wall putty product.Make sure that both doors and windows close and seal properly. Make any repairs or improvements as necessary.Think about having your basement inspected.

Things to Remember

• Clean rain gutters weekly during the rainy season to ensure that they are free of debris and not backing up.
• If you are Cleaning Rain Gutter yourself, choose right ladder but safety is first. If you’re comfortable working from the rooftop this can be easier than working from a ladder.
• Building waterproofing is recommended to prevent water from penetrating the building.
• It is advisable to solve the leaking problem as early as possible 
• It is advisable to seek the assistance of a qualified engineer or experts to fix the problem.
• Prepare your home for this rainy season and save yourself in repair costs.
• Air conditioner ducts can leave an unseemly trail of water streaming across the surface of exterior walls. Plan for this and fix the problem while you are preparing your home for this rainy season.

Echoes Of Kerala Architects

The voice of Indian as well as Kerala architecture hold its own importance in architecture in our daily life, The use of vastu is a booming trend between elite builders. Here we are exposing the life of  some of the legends in architecture who have Kerala roots.

Laurie Baker

Indian Coffee House,Trivandrum

Laurie Baker : Laurence Wilfred "Laurie" Baker (2 March 1917 – 1 April 2007) was a British-born Indian architect, renowned for his initiatives in cost-effective energy-efficient architecture and for his unique space utilization and simple but aesthetic sensibility. Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, he sought to incorporate simple designs with local materials and achieved fame with his approach to sustainable architecture as well as in organic architecture. He has been called the "Gandhi of architecture".

He moved to India in 1945 in part as an architect associated with a leprosy mission and continued to live and work in India for over 50 years. He became an Indian citizen in 1989 and resided in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala from 1963 and founded COSTFORD (Centre of Science and Technology for Rural Development),Throughout his practice, Baker became well known for designing and building low cost, high quality, beautiful homes, with a great portion of his work suited to or built for lower-middle to lower class clients.

 His buildings tend to emphasize prolific - at times virtuosic - masonry construction, instilling privacy and evoking history with brick jali walls, a perforated brick screen which invites a natural air flow to cool the buildings' interior, in addition to creating intricate patterns of light and shadow. Another significant Baker feature is irregular, pyramid-like structures on roofs, with one side left open and tilting into the wind. Baker's designs invariably have traditional Indian sloping roofs and terracotta Mangalore tile shingling with gables and vents allowing rising hot air to escape. Curved walls enter Baker's architectural vocabulary as a means to enclose more volume at lower material cost than straight walls, and for Laurie, "building [became] more fun with the circle." A testament to his frugality, Baker was often seen rummaging through salvage heaps looking for suitable building materials, door and window frames, sometimes hitting a stroke of luck as evidenced by the intricately carved entry to the Chitralekha Film Studio (Aakulam, Trivandrum, 1974–76): a capricious architectural element found in a junk heap.

Eugene Pandala

Eugene Pandala: Eugene Pandala studied for a Masters in Urban Design at the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He had his Fellowship in Heritage Conservation at University of York and at Fort Brockhurst (English Heritage Training Centre) in the U.K. He was the founding head of the department of Architecture at the Architecture School in Quilon where he spent educating and researching on traditional building technologies of India.

Pandala while studying at Delhi School of Planning and Architecture met the legendary architect Hassan Fathy, and was inspired to build with mud. As a nature lover, and cultural heritage conservation activist, he designs buildings with natural materials such as cob or wattle and daub, preferring interesting organic forms. Pandala built his first mud house in Kollam in 1996,comprising 2,500 sq. ft. of building, bringing him to the public's attention.

Mud House

His unique Architecture style paved way to many awards, and recognition. In 2011, Lalith Kala Academy awarded him the first Laurie Baker award .(The Hindu The Sunday, Jan 30,2011). The Designer of the year Award given by Inside Outside design magazine in 2007 (Kerala artist retreat bags best eco-friendly design award Business Standard Sunday, Mar 25, 2012) was for eco friendly design. His heritage Conservation project in East Fort Trivandrum was chosen for a commendation award by Inside Outside magazine in 2004. In 1999 for one of his residential building built with mud "Bodhi", Pandala was given, a Commendation award, by J.K. Foundations, Architect of the year award.

Fort Cochin Heritage conservation project, Trivandrum East Fort Conservation projects, is often cited as good examples of Kerala heritage conservation initiatives. This was led by Eugene Pandala’s conservation team, enabling the State Government to win the PATTA award. Sustainable architecture/Green buildings is a field where Pandala has excelled. His Tsunami rehabilitation projects, and buildings for hospitality industries receives wide acclaim due to its interwoven complicity with nature.

Kerala's elite builders like NeST Infratech, encompass low cost ideas which makes the design more exquisite , following the path of these legends of architecture.

From Homes To Apartments,The Booming Residential Trend

The lifestyle hype happening in Kerala leads to the massive migration of people from their traditional house to apartments. New generation jobs, work timings, and international work culture pave the way for the new residential migration.
 To decide which residential style suits for a family is still a tiring head ache,both sides have their own pros and cons. But the Kerala roots in the of native people, try to sustain the homely atmosphere adjusting to the apartment habits. Kerala’s premium builders like Nest Infratech provides the awe inspiring villas and new generation apartments just the way they are meant to be.

" The World Villas" in Cochin

The main milestones which makes the apartment migration to hype are

1)Location ; Apartments located at the heart of the city makes transportation easy
2)Family safety: Since the apartment lifestyle gives a large community around your family, it really ensure the safety when key person is traveling away from their home leaving family alone
3)Freedom of choice: The vast number of builders and their projects give the power of choice to select the best design and some even provide custom designs also

Since the Kerala life style gives more important to relationships and family, the apartment lifestyle is more micro compared to the traditional life style.the cons of having an apartment are

.Limited freedom to make modifications to the exteriors your home.
.Very limited space for gardening and personal hobbies.
.Maintenance comes at a cost.
.Sound interference from nearby apartments can be a nuisance.
.No flexibility to expand the space for future needs as your children grow or if
 your parents move in to live with you.

Talking about the nature of a home or an apartment ,deals with the location, design as well as careful planing of effective utilization of resources, The Flagship project of Nest infratech ,“The World Apartments” and The World Villas” ensures the Eco friendly nature, keeping the ethnicity of owning a Kerala style home ,which comes with,higher freedom.We just have to convert the house to a home with the family ambiance.

"The World Apartments" at Alwaye, Cochin.

  The advantages of having a home are
• Ability to design the house as per your wish.
•An independent house provides you greater degree of freedom.
• Future modification of exteriors as per the latest trends and wishes.
• If you have keen interest in gardening then you would have a space to build on your interest or grow your pets.
• Privacy with no sound pollusion.
• You can always expand the space as per requirement in the future when your children grow up.
• You can develop the higher floors when you want to make some additional income through rent.

As an answer to this dilemma, some of the people find owning a personal villa excluding the higher price tag comfortable,since it actually overlaps the advantages of apartments and homes neglecting the cons of owning them. Which decreases the intensity of the problem to an extent.

An Apartment or an Independent Home: What’s Your Preference?

Home is where the heart is, goes the saying. 

But what does the heart want? If you have always dreamt of owning the perfect home, or if you’re purchasing a residential property as an investment, one of the first decisions you will be faced with is choosing between an apartment and an independent house. Azmal Zaheer Khan, a leading architect of Kothari Associates says, "As far as an independent house is concerned,it can be rebuilt to suit changing tastes and requirements, at any point of time," It can also be expanded horizontally if space permits, or vertically, by adding more floors- certainly a big reason why many buyers favor houses.

Independent houses give the impression of privacy and freedom, and offer the advantage of space for gardening or keeping pets. But the adage that good fences make good neighbors is getting re-written with more and more buyers preferring to buy or rent apartments. The real estate boom and rocketing construction costs are making it near impossible for an average individual to build a new house. But in addition to this, modern apartments come with a host of facilities and privileges, like round-the-clock security, that add value to your investment. You have water and electricity 24x7, and you will be able to enjoy all ultra modern amenities under one single roof .  

Green Building

A Green building is one which uses less water, optimizes energy efficiency, conserves natural resources, generates less waste and provides healthier spaces for occupants, as compared to a conventional building. Transformation of building homes from the old ways to eco-friendly ways is taking place a slow and steady pace. 

With the increase in population and lack of living spaces along with the increasing pollution rate has left humans with no other choices than to shift to a place which is far away or to build homes in a eco-friendly way. With the increase in land rates people are switching their minds from villas and bungalows to flats and apartments. There can be a lot of other reasons to choose flats and apartments as they provide a lot of facilities like swimming pool, security, gyms and many other facilities, getting which is more difficult in villas and bungalows. Social get together in apartments and flats is much more easier than in a private villa. So need for a eco-friendly building becomes more essential. 

A building is assessed based on its predicted performance over its entire life cycle. The stages identified for evaluation are:

Pre-construction: Intra- and inter-site issues like proximity to public transport, type of soil, kind of land, location, flora and fauna before construction activity starts, natural landscape and features.

Planning and construction: Issues of resource conservation and reduction in resource demand, resource utilization efficiency and recovery, reuse, and provisions for occupant health and well-being. Prime resources considered are land, water, energy, air and green cover.

Operation and maintenance: Of building systems and processes, monitoring and recording of energy consumption, occupants' health and well-being and issues that affect the global and local environment. The builders concentrate on the following things before building such homes.

1. Energy saving

2. Water efficiency

3. CO2 emissions reduction

4. Indoor environmental quality

5. Preservation of resources

6. Sensitivity to the impact of development on natural resources

Nowadays a lot of builders are emerging and among them is NeST Infratech. They recently finished their project on "KERALA'S FIRST GREEN TOWNSHIP" which focuses on building homes surrounded with eco-friendly elements, for example Coconut trees. This novel township comprises of architectural styles that includes Contemporary as well as Traditional Nalukettu Villas and Luxurious Apartments, ranging from 29 lakhs, The World sprawls over an area of 25 acres in the ever bracing surroundings of Alwaye.

Need for the RIGHT BUILDERS

With the booming infrastructure development in India has developed the life style of the people, the standard of living. With the upcoming of metro rail the land rates have increased up to 200% in the relevant areas. Population, inflation, purchasing power is increasing day by day but available property (LAND) is decreasing in area. India is on long term growth ,hence demand is increasing supply is decreasing.

Infrastructure is something which has to be up to date with the technology and design. Land scarcity can be caused by factors like population pressures, social inequality, and environmental issues. It’s also possible for a market to create the perception that available land is scarce when this is not actually the case. People are forced to live miles away from the city.

Meanwhile, builders need to take care of the needs of the people who are planning to have their own home. Though even they have to run their businesses, they have a social responsibility too. That is to serve the society in the best form they can. If they are builders they can build quality homes, if they are estate dealers they can suggest quality dealers. Their investment comes back in the form of goodwill, which is very necessary for any builder these days.

NeST Infratech is a real estate and infrastructure development segment and has brought to life planned living spaces. We strive to build the best available in the industry. Our main aim is to come out of the monotony and create which suites you. The company gives shape to some of the most ambitious and luxurious living spaces across the country.  NeST Infratech has offices in Europe, India, Japan, Middle-East and Australia. We have a dynamic team of highly qualified and skilled members who always exert in bringing the best in the industry.