Villa Life

Multilevel with an elevator is the trendy new way to go.

The New Dawn Sunlit Row Villas at Gattahalli Road in Hobli Sarjapur, Bangalore, comprises 84 exclusive four-bedroom villas, each configured with a ground floor, two upper floors and a terrace, all within 45 acres with tree-lined, landscaped driveways. The project offers a new concept of home beyond four walls with an open plan that gives occupants their space, while leaving the door open to enhanced community living. Kiran V, managing partner of project developer Bricks & Milestones, says New Dawn Sunlit Row Villas was designed as a place where kids have the freedom to explore without leaving and where minimal design meets maximum comfort: a flexible, modern living space for the joys of living in nature, away from the bustle of the city but still close to everything a family needs.

Lifestyle Amenities 

A streetscape enhanced with evergreen foliage and comfortable seating areas complement a park that functions as a social grove made for large gatherings or a contemplative stroll through nature. The climate-responsive landscape adapts to the seasons and is incorporated with plants known to purify the air and improve oxygenation. This low-water landscape attracts beneficial and beautiful insects and birds. A play area for kids is complete with slides and roundabouts. Other facilities include a convenience store, a clubhouse, private elevators, 24-hour security, a swimming pool, indoor games and gardens.

Vertical Transportation

There are private, hydraulic elevators with four-passenger capacity inside each villa. The elevator aspects were considered while designing the project by New Dawn Villa’s pomoters. Through Ascent Elevators and Escalators Pvt. Ltd., they selected Moris Italia components to fulfill their vision of an uncomplicated design.

The order was for Ascent supply, install and maintain the elevators for 80 villas and the clubhouse. The indirect-acting hydraulic elevators’ pistons, power packs, rupture valves, hosepipes, car frames and buffers are from Moris Italia SpA. Guide rails are from Monteferro. 

Ascent of southern India installs and maintains more than 5,000 elevators, including about 400 luxury villa elevators with components from Moris Italia and Monteferro. The company has built an elevator for an individual bungalow up to India’s first living-room elevator and has a solid service base and installation team. It found a consistent supplier for safe and reliable products for its home-elevator segment in 2010 when it had an opportunity to try products from Moris Italia and Monteferro in a high-profile customer’s project. Based on their experience with product performance, ease of operation and service support, Ascent highlighted them as its technology partners.

The demand in the luxury homes segment has surpassed the expectations of many, and much of this can be attributed to the fact that people’s expectations have evolved. People are ready to buy a luxurious property, so long as they get all the amenities they desire. This list of amenities has grown exponentially over the years, mainly due to what people see on social media. Also, more people have now been to foreign countries and are aware of the amenities they can have in their homes. Private elevators are becoming an integral part of villas. That they have a minimal, uncomplicated design that simplifies maintenance is the order of the day.

Technology Benefits 

The advantages of hydraulic lifts are that they occupy almost 10% less area for their lift shafts. They are also highly effective with heavy loads, and there is no need for an overhead machine room. The overhead structural requirements are not needed, as the load of the elevator is distributed to one shaft wall and the shaft bottom. They offer low noise levels, and the machine room can be located within 6 m of the elevator shaft. 

The hydraulic elevator can also be provided without a machine room, with the drive situated in the elevator pit. It has a minimal number of parts, which improves durability. There are savings in the cost of power cables for the equipment, and these systems offer customized solutions for installation in smaller shafts that cannot accommodate traction systems. 

Types of hydraulic lifts are direct acting, indirect acting and lateral acting. Depending on the project, a typical product is recommended. The elevators are customized with car interiors provided with designer cabins — complete glass cabins that blend with the project interiors. Similarly, the elevators’ doors are also customized, with complete glass doors without frames, glass doors with frames and customized designer doors for special projects based on the architect’s recommendations.

Segment Scope 

There is a constant rise in demand for home lifts in private villas, holiday homes and resorts. The home lift is no longer simply for senior citizens and the rich and famous, but for the whole community. Ascent has analyzed home-elevator requirements and technical specifications. Its study brought out the important point that, with growing awareness of the home-elevator segment, people are increasingly seeing it as a practical addition to their homes. Lifestyle changes have resulted in many homeowners turning to home lifts for the increased convenience. Home elevators are user-friendly accessibility equipment for physically challenged individuals and aged parents. The elevators can also used to carry home essentials without fretting about climbing the stairs.

A home elevator will increase the value of the property. Prospective homebuyers are attracted to a property provided with an elevator, because it enhances security; safety; sophistication; and, above all, customization. It reflects the taste of every homeowner and brings a new dimension to the home interior. While they used to be a symbol of luxury, with innovative technology and optimized pricing, combined with ease of use and space-saving design (elevators can be installed in space that is unused, like the area between staircases), demand has also increased for retrofits during home upgrades.