Be Safe and Secure!! : Home Security Trends!!

                             Securing your home and equipments is a hectic task when its come to a theft prone living location. Keeping your valuables and precious goods getting into wrong hands is the worst nightmares of people living in such habitats. Everyone knows the value of a security system which may even save a life one day.

Secure your living spaces 

Advances in technology have led to the emergence of home automation, which is offered by many trusted security providers. Home automation trends for the foreseeable future will be marketed directly to home security owners with a focus on convenience and a more well-rounded security experience available at an affordable price.

Technological boom and easy availability of various brands and globalization help us to achieve easy access to state of the art home control devices and security equipments, Smart homes which can control and manipulate indoor temperatures and play music  according to the mood of the user may be the home of tomorrow!!

Devices like Biometric locking systems, Proximity card entry, Video door phone with Camera outside front door, Home automation system with touch screen controls.Intrusion alarm system etc are the basic levels of securities we can incorporate with our precious home.

Bio-metric Entry System.

Biometric Locking Systems : Goodbye, keys. You’ll never leave your fingerprints in your other pants, so biometric locks offer convenience and fast entry for an authorized user.
A biometric lock uses an optical scanner to read and memorize your fingerprint (and the fingerprints of other authorized users who you decide should have access to your home).
This increases the security level of your home to a higher level since duplication of finger print is not an easy task like we see on movies.

Proximity Card Entry: Lots of companies use proximity cards to control physical access. An employee holds their card within a few inches of the reader; the reader receives a unique id from the card and transmits it to some central computer that tells it whether or not to open the door. This can easily be installed in your homes and the Proximity cards can be designed only for the inmates of your home

Video door phone with Camera : Video door entry also known as a video intercom or video door phone is a stand-alone intercom system used to manage calls made at the entrance to a building like residential complex, detached family home, workplace, etc. with access controlled by audiovisual communication between the inside and outside. This system help us to identify the people coming into our doorsteps and enable us to watch and speak without opening your door.

Alarm Systems

Home automation system with touch screen controls: This type of system allows individuals to control the lighting and temperature within their home, all from a home automation touchscreen or online via the Internet. Users of this type of system can also monitor their security settings while away from home, thanks to strategically placed video cameras within the home.

Home Automation System

Intrusion alarm system: Its an all purpose alarm system that notify the user about almost all the emergencies like fire, thief breakage, gas leak, smoke etc. Mainly these systems start an alarm sound at high sounds. Some advanced systems can even make a call or send emergency message to the respected user.

Proximity Card Entry System 

All these security measures ensure the safety and security of our precious home and the loved ones living inside , We can never put a price on security since it costs precious life and the valuables.As a responsible builder,We Nest Infratech, provide all these security measures at our lifestyle buildings since the safety of each and every person is our prime priority.

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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.

Escape To The Woods

Campus Woods is located on 1 acre of land near the CUSAT Campus at Kalamassery in Kochi, Kerala.Ideally situated on the fringe of the bustling city, Campus Woods enjoys prime location advantage. With its lush landscape,easy access to highways, proximity to civic amenities and a host of other facilities, Campus Woods promises to make your life more luxurious and comfortable. This cosy township has three apartment blocks with units ranging from 1, 2 and 3 bedrooms facilitating ample scope for selection based on personal tastes and budgets.

Campus Woods:Luxurios Interiors

The NeST Project & Asset Management division offers a complete range of services viz. handling township management, house keeping, security, mechanical & electrical services, environmental health & safety management, horticulture, club management, mall management, pest control services, landscaping services & waste management. The primary objective of the division is to help reduce operating costs, enhance property value & simultaneously maintain a superior living environment for all residents. The home care division takes care of any and all nitty gritty issues that property owners may face and also offers solutions like remittance of statutory payments to local bodies, taxes, telephone, electricity, water bills etc. The Rental division helps to assess rental value, advertise and show property to potential tenants, draw up rental / lease agreement, follow up, collect security deposit, monthly rental payments and account the same. In the necessity of sale of a property, advertisements, showing the property to prospective buyers and complete end to end solutions will be handled by this division

Campus Woods: Planned Ariel  View 

NeST Infratech is the Realty and Infrastructure division of the multinational billion dollar Nest Group
conglomerate. Founded in 1991 by Dr. Javad K. Hassan and N. Jehangir, and head quartered in Chantilly, Virginia with worldwide offices in Europe, Japan, India, Middle East, and Australia, NeST Group is a well diversified Global Company that has now forayed into the realty sector with Nest Infratech. Offering exclusive living solutions at prime locations in cities across India, Nest Infratech has operations in Cochin & Kottayam and upcoming projects in Trivandrum and Calicut

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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.