What is land share in an apartment?

Many buyers think they own only the space inside their walls. In fact, your purchase gives you three separate rights. Each one adds to the real value of your home.

• Your flat: The carpet area inside your walls, plus your balconies, which only you can use.
• Common areas: A shared right to use lobbies, lifts, the clubhouse, gardens, roads and other common spaces.
• Land share: A fixed share of the land under the whole project, held jointly with other owners.

The first two depend on the building, which ages over time. The land share depends on the plot, which usually gains value as the area grows.

The answer depends on how many homes the builder places on the plot. The more homes on the same land, the smaller each owner’s share becomes. This is why land share in a tall tower looks very different from a low-rise project.

Look at how density changes the land share for the same size flat:

In practice, builders divide land by flat size, so larger flats get more land within the same project. You can read the exact formula on our page on what is UDS.

Land share shapes your property’s value long after the paint fades. Here are the main reasons it deserves your attention.

It holds value as the building ages

A building loses value each year as its walls, lifts and pipes wear out. Land in a well-connected area tends to gain value with new roads, metro lines and offices. Your land share is the part of your home that can keep growing in value.

It decides your share in redevelopment

Most buildings need major rebuilding after several decades. When owners agree to redevelop, the new project usually rises on the same land. Each owner’s share of the new homes or money depends largely on their land share.

It protects you during land acquisition

The government sometimes acquires part of a plot for a road, a flyover or a metro line. The compensation then goes to all owners based on their land share. A clear land share in your deed makes such claims easy.

It helps you compare projects fairly

Two flats may carry the same price but very different land shares. A higher land share often signals lower density and more open space. This helps you judge the true value you get for your money.

These three terms often appear together in brochures and sale deeds. Here is how each of these three terms differs.

• Carpet area: The usable floor space inside your flat, which RERA requires builders to disclose.
• Super built-up area: Your carpet area plus walls, balconies and a share of common areas like lobbies.
• Land share: Your portion of the land under the whole project, recorded in sq ft in your deed.

Price per sq ft usually refers to the super built-up or saleable area. Land share is a separate measure that most buyers overlook.

Prestige Avon stands on 3.31 acres in Bellahalli Village, off Thanisandra Main Road in North Bengaluru. The project plans 260 homes, which gives an average of about 555 sq ft of land per home. Larger homes get more than this average, while 2 BHK homes get a little less.

The project also keeps about 82% of its land open, which comes to roughly 2.73 acres. This open space holds lawns, a jogging track, a pickleball court, a climbing wall and play areas. As a co-owner, you hold a share in all this land, not only under your tower.

The RERA filing shows no litigation on the land. It also confirms land conversion for housing and an A Khatha dated October 2026. Prestige Avon is a joint development, where the landowner and Prestige share the project. In such projects, the landowner usually joins the sale deed to transfer the land share to you. You can review these details on the Prestige Avon RERA page.

Check your land share carefully before you register your sale deed. A few simple steps help you do this:

• Find the land schedule in your agreement for sale and sale deed.
• Match the survey numbers and total land area with the RERA filing.
• Confirm your land share in sq ft and check how the builder calculated it.
• Make sure the landowner signs the deed when the project follows a joint development model.
• Ask a property lawyer to review the title, khatha and land documents.