TRUTHESTATE

The Record · For Buyers Who Can't Be In The Room

Every promise, on the record.

When you're buying in India from seven time zones away, memory fades and WhatsApp gets deleted. Truth Estate keeps every call, every answer, every recommendation and every developer promise in one permanent, timestamped record — so a verbal assurance becomes documented proof if a builder ever deviates. Yours to keep, forever.

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01Why This Exists

From 7,000 miles away, the truth has a way of changing.

Almost every NRI has a version of the same story — a promise made warmly on a call, and quietly gone by possession. Not because you were careless, but because nothing was written down while it was still true.

The call where the sales manager promised the park-facing unit — that no one can find in writing three months later.

The spec sheet that quietly changed between booking and possession.

The “assured” completion date that everyone later denies ever giving you.

The WhatsApp thread that would have proved you right — on a phone you’ve since replaced.

02What Goes On Record

Everything that shapes your decision — captured.

Every conversation

Calls and consultations, recorded with consent and summarised — so a decision is never left to who remembers what.

Every question & answer

What you asked and exactly what we said, kept in context. Nothing important lives only in a WhatsApp you’ll lose.

Every recommendation

The advice we gave — and the evidence we based it on — written down and dated, so it can always be checked back.

Every developer promise

Floor, facing, amenities, inclusions, dates and price — each commitment pinned to its source the moment it’s made.

Every document

Agreement, brochure, approved plan, RERA disclosures, receipts — each version kept, so you can see precisely what changed.

Every change

What moved, when, and who moved it. Silent revisions between booking and handover become impossible to miss.

One account · Timestamped · Permanent · Retrievable from anywhere in the world.

03Why It Matters More From Abroad

You can't be in the room. Your record can.

A resident buyer can drop by the site, walk into the sales office and clarify a doubt the same afternoon. You can't. You're relying on a cousin, a broker or a sales manager — and on your own memory of calls taken late at night after a full day's work.

When something goes wrong, RERA and the courts turn on evidence, not recollection. A clean, timestamped trail is the difference between “he said, they said” and proof. For a buyer who is 7,000 miles and several years removed from the sales pitch, that trail isn't a nicety — it's your protection.

04Accountability, Both Ways

A record keeps everyone honest — including us.

Keeps honest

The developer

Every commitment is pinned to its source, so terms can’t quietly drift between the showroom and the handover. What was promised stays promised.

Keeps honest

Truth Estate

Our advice is on the record too. We can’t tell you one thing today and spin it tomorrow — you can audit us as easily as the builder. It’s what makes “our advice isn’t for sale” verifiable, not a slogan.

Keeps honest

You

If it ever reaches RERA or a courtroom, you arrive with a clean, timestamped evidence trail — not a memory and a shoebox of PDFs a decade and an ocean later.

05Frequently Asked Questions

Proof, promises and your protection.

What happens if a builder in India doesn’t deliver what they promised?

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Your remedy usually depends on what you can prove. RERA gives home-buyers a real forum for delays and deviations from the sanctioned plan or the agreement — but it works best when the promise is documented: the sale agreement, the brochure, the approved plan and any written commitment. Verbal assurances from a sales team are the hardest to enforce. That is exactly why we pin every commitment to its source and keep it on your record from day one — so if a builder deviates, you are arguing from evidence, not memory. This is general information, not legal advice.

How can an NRI prove what a developer promised?

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By keeping the promise in a form that survives — the written agreement and brochure, the approved layout, email and message confirmations, and a dated summary of what was said on each call. Truth Estate does this for you: after every meaningful conversation we confirm the key points back in writing and file them under your account, so “what they told me” becomes “what is documented” — timestamped and retrievable from anywhere in the world.

Why do verbal promises from builders rarely hold up later?

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Because a RERA bench or a court decides on the record, not on recollection — and a sales pitch over a call leaves none. Floor, facing, amenities, timelines and inclusions are routinely promised verbally and then contested. The fix isn’t suspicion; it’s documentation. We convert every material verbal promise into a written, dated record while it is still fresh.

Is it legal to record calls with a builder or broker in India?

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India has no single statute that bars a participant from recording a conversation they are part of, and such recordings have been admitted as evidence — but privacy law is evolving and sharing recordings can raise separate issues. We keep it clean: recording is done with notice and consent, and in every case we also confirm the substance of the call back to you and the other side in writing, which is both courteous and far easier to rely on. We are not a law firm and coordinate with qualified lawyers on anything contentious.

What should I keep a record of when buying property in India from abroad?

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At minimum: the sale agreement and every annexure, the brochure and approved plan, the RERA registration and disclosures, all payment receipts, the TDS paperwork, and a dated note of every promise made about price, floor, facing, amenities, inclusions and dates. Because you can’t walk into the office to clarify later, the completeness of this record matters far more for an overseas buyer. Truth Estate assembles and maintains all of it under one login.

How does keeping everything on the record keep Truth Estate honest too?

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Because our advice sits on the record alongside everything else. Every recommendation we make — and the evidence behind it — is written down and timestamped under your account. We can’t tell you one thing today and quietly revise the story later; you can audit us as easily as you can audit the developer. For an independent advisor, that is the point: accountability that runs both ways is what makes independence provable.

Does the record help if there’s a RERA complaint or dispute later?

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Yes — evidence is decisive in these forums. A complete, timestamped file of the agreement, approved plan, disclosures, payments and documented promises lets your lawyer act quickly and argue from fact, not reconstruct events years later. We organise everything so that, if it’s ever needed, it’s already there.

Start Here

Buy on evidence, not assurances — and keep the receipts.

Begin with one honest, independent conversation. Everything from that point — every answer, every recommendation, every promise — goes on your record, and stays yours.

Everything recorded · Timestamped · Yours to keep

The record documents commitments made to you and the reasoning behind our advice. It is evidence-keeping and general information — not legal advice — and our recommendations are independent opinions, not guarantees of outcome. See our disclaimer.