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Vandalur, Near Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Chennai 600048
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Vandalur plot market has been one of the strongest in South Chennai for 5 years. A colleague bought a bare plot in Vandalur in 2019 for ₹1,800/sqft and sold in 2024 for ₹4,200/sqft – 133% gain in 5 years. The industrial and educational pull from both Oragadam and Chengalpattu directions is real. G Square's ₹5,199/sqft with RERA and gated infra is pricing in the future growth but you're paying for the packaging. Bare plots here without community infra are around ₹2,800-3,500/sqft. The ₹1,700-2,400 G Square premium is significant but manageable.
The zoo adjacency is mostly a positive. The zoological park forest creates a natural sound and dust barrier. If your plot backs the zoo boundary, you get green views indefinitely (zoo land will never be developed). The peacock noise is real – they start at 5am. If you're an early riser it's charming, if you need silence until 7am it's annoying. Other zoo-adjacent sounds: lion roar occasionally at feeding time, elephants bathing. I grew up in Vandalur – you stop noticing after a week. More importantly there are no industries nearby, so no chemical/factory smell or noise.
Water supply: Vandalur township gets CMWSSB supply 3-4 days a week. The project site itself is in the Chengalpattu municipality zone (not GCC Chennai) – the municipality has borewells and a small overhead tank system but coverage is patchy. G Square will need to provide their own underground sump + pumping arrangement. Ask specifically: what is the per-plot water allocation, what happens if borewell levels drop in summer, and whether there's any TWAD or municipality water connection commitment. For 393 plots this is a real operational challenge.
The Vandalur railway station connection is underrated. Trains to Chennai Beach and Tambaram run every 30-45 minutes during peak hours. For IT employees in Guindy or Saidapet who don't want to drive on GST Road, the train option changes the daily commute calculation. Plot + own house construction vs apartment: here the argument strongly favours own house because at Vandalur land values, the construction-to-total-cost ratio works out to about 35-40% construction and 60-65% land. When you sell, land value appreciation drives returns, not construction.