12 August 2026
Paying booking money before you have read the file is the most expensive shortcut a Savar buyer can take. The seven pages below are not bureaucracy for its own sake — each one answers a different risk.
Start with the mother deed and the full deed chain. You need an unbroken paper trail from the original owner to the seller who is signing with you. A gap in the chain is not a small clerical issue; it is how ownership disputes begin years later.
Mutation (namjari) and the current khatian show that the land is recorded in the seller’s name with the land office. If mutation is pending, ask why — and whether the schedule of payments depends on it completing.
The approved building plan proves the tower you are buying into matches what the authority sanctioned. Compare floor area, setbacks and the number of storeys against the brochure. Marketing renders are not the legal document.
Land tax receipts and a recent soil test round out the file. Tax receipts show dues are current. The soil test matters for foundation design on Savar’s mix of fill and original ground.
Finally, insist on a written payment schedule before any money moves. Booking should adjust against the first instalment — never sit as an unexplained separate fee. Take copies to your own lawyer. If a seller will not share the file, walk away.
At Jannat Homes & Properties every listing we publish already has this document set reviewed by our legal desk. If you are comparing buildings elsewhere in Savar DOHS, use the same checklist — and call us if you want a second reading of someone else’s papers.
