We live above our own shop. Is that one property or two?

One building, valued as two portions on their proper bases. The report shows each, which is what allows a sale or a loan on one part of it.

How much does a street further from the market cost?

Enough that we will not quote a colony wide rate. The gradient here is steep and we gather evidence at street level.

There is nowhere to park. Does that lower a residential valuation?

Yes, it narrows the buyer pool, and in this pocket it is a real factor rather than a minor one.

The building is over fifty years old.

Age alone is less important than condition and remaining life, both of which we assess on site. In a colony where land carries much of the value, an old structure matters less than owners fear.

Residential Valuation in Lajpat Nagar

A residential valuation in Lajpat Nagar has to answer a prior question: how much of the building is genuinely residential. Many are part shop and part home, and the two are valued differently.

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Separating the residential portion

Shop and residential parts of the same building must be valued separately. The commercial portion is largely an income question; the residential portion is a comparable sales question.

Applying one blended rate across the whole building is the most common error in this colony, and it produces a figure that does not survive scrutiny from a bank or the tax department.

Distance from Central Market

Value falls off quickly with distance from Central Market, faster than in most Delhi colonies. Street level evidence matters here in a way a colony average cannot capture.

We use sales from your own stretch. Lajpat Nagar sits in category C of the circle rate schedule, which functions as the registration floor.

Access and parking near the market

Vehicle access and parking are real constraints in the streets around the market, and they affect residential value as well as commercial. A home a car cannot reach has a smaller buyer pool.

Our engineer records lane width, vehicle access and what parking exists, because these are the factors that separate two otherwise similar properties here.

Condition and age

Much of the stock is old and has been altered repeatedly. We assess the structure, record what has been done and state the remaining useful life, which matters where the land is doing most of the work.

Questions we get in Lajpat Nagar

We live above our own shop. Is that one property or two?: One building, valued as two portions on their proper bases. The report shows each, which is what allows a sale or a loan on one part of it.
How much does a street further from the market cost?: Enough that we will not quote a colony wide rate. The gradient here is steep and we gather evidence at street level.
There is nowhere to park. Does that lower a residential valuation?: Yes, it narrows the buyer pool, and in this pocket it is a real factor rather than a minor one.
The building is over fifty years old.: Age alone is less important than condition and remaining life, both of which we assess on site. In a colony where land carries much of the value, an old structure matters less than owners fear.

Checked by Parish Rao, Chartered Engineer and Government Approved Valuer (Registration number CAT-I/443/117/2000-01).

Page last checked on 7 October 2026.