Everything you Need to Know About Stilt Parking and its Impact on the Building’s Safety
Dec 23, 2019 Home Trading Steps
Over the years, the laws regarding the apartment building in India have been revised to make provision for the Stilt parking. For example, in Delhi, it is mandatory for all the apartment building, which are spread between 100 to 10,000 sq. Meters to have provision for Stilt parking. It was made mandatory by the Civic authorities. In the master plan of 2021, the Delhi government also announced its plan to offer additional plan area ration to buildings offering Stilt parking. The result of the same is that several housing societies in NCR are four-floor construction built on the top of an eight-foot-high Stilt parking space.
To begin with, Stilt parking is the parking space partially covered on the ground floor of an apartment building. In cities where the ample parking space is not available, Stilt parking is the only option to accommodate all the vehicle parking. As Stilt parking is not the part of vertical growth limit, it gives the buyers and homeowners a provision to build additional floors if they were to make such a provision in the redeveloped structure. In NCR, the homeowners can add only one floor to the existing houses; however, they can add two if they were to add a Stilt parking.
However, there is a lot of confusion regarding the same, and we discuss the same below.
Is it safe for buildings to have Stilt parking?
The buildings with Stilt parking are standing on hollow ground, the homebuyers often worry about the structure and the life of the building. In 2007, the Central Public Works Department issued a warning stating that the ground stories without the walls are susceptible to caving and also labelled it as a major setback in the building.
Builders came forward and cleared the misconception regarding the building’s life and strength. The foundation, columns, and beams define the safety and strength of the building and enclosing them with building walls is merely an option. They further explained that the structure must be built according to the seismic zone.
Can builder sell the space in Stilt parking?
The builders are supposed to provide the Stilt parking to the homebuyers as a part of the common housing facility. The question arises whether the builders have the right to sell or rent the Stilt parking space or not. In 2010, the Supreme Court passed the law that the builders cannot sell or rent the parking space as the buyer pays for the parking space every year. The builder owns no authority in using the Stilt parking for commercial use.
To begin with, Stilt parking is the parking space partially covered on the ground floor of an apartment building. In cities where the ample parking space is not available, Stilt parking is the only option to accommodate all the vehicle parking. As Stilt parking is not the part of vertical growth limit, it gives the buyers and homeowners a provision to build additional floors if they were to make such a provision in the redeveloped structure. In NCR, the homeowners can add only one floor to the existing houses; however, they can add two if they were to add a Stilt parking.
However, there is a lot of confusion regarding the same, and we discuss the same below.
Is it safe for buildings to have Stilt parking?
The buildings with Stilt parking are standing on hollow ground, the homebuyers often worry about the structure and the life of the building. In 2007, the Central Public Works Department issued a warning stating that the ground stories without the walls are susceptible to caving and also labelled it as a major setback in the building.
Builders came forward and cleared the misconception regarding the building’s life and strength. The foundation, columns, and beams define the safety and strength of the building and enclosing them with building walls is merely an option. They further explained that the structure must be built according to the seismic zone.
Can builder sell the space in Stilt parking?
The builders are supposed to provide the Stilt parking to the homebuyers as a part of the common housing facility. The question arises whether the builders have the right to sell or rent the Stilt parking space or not. In 2010, the Supreme Court passed the law that the builders cannot sell or rent the parking space as the buyer pays for the parking space every year. The builder owns no authority in using the Stilt parking for commercial use.
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