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About

A practice built on knowing the ground, not on holding the largest list.

How it started

The business grew out of a long involvement in real estate, beginning independently around 2019 with exposure to Delhi-NCR builders and the emerging second-home market in Uttarakhand.

Over time the work moved away from conventional property transactions and towards a specialised understanding of land: mountain locations, second homes, development potential and what affluent urban buyers actually need from a property they will use a few weeks a year.

Gentlemen Estates was then built as the customer-facing practice for that work. The approach rests on staying educated and in step with domestic and international markets, and on giving prospects genuine insight. Our belief is that the sale follows the insight rather than the other way around.

Mission

To be the practice buyers want to speak to before they make an investment decision, not the one they call to close a transaction they have already decided on.

Vision

To build a trusted real-estate platform for buyers who want more than a transaction: the right location, the right product, and the confidence that someone experienced is helping them navigate the process.

Founders

Manas Popli

Manas Popli

Founder

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Rahul Saini

Rahul Saini

Founder

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Track record

Figures to be confirmed with the client before publication

2019Operating in real estate since
3Villas transacted at The Vasudeva Hills
15Land transactions completed
2States under active coverage

Partners and associations

EldecoScapes HospitalityLuxury Kapoor Hills

Partner marks are shown with permission. Gentlemen Estates acts as an authorised channel or marketing partner on the projects listed on this site; the RERA registration for each project is held by the developer or promoter named on that project’s page.

Questions buyers ask us

Uttarakhand applies a ceiling on agricultural land purchase by non-domicile buyers, and the position has been revised more than once in recent years. Non-agricultural and approved plotted land is treated differently. We assess each parcel against the current position and tell you in writing what you can hold and under what classification before you commit.

Every project we represent states its RERA number on its own page. In most cases the registration is held by the developer or promoter, not by Gentlemen Estates, and we make that distinction explicit on each listing. Gentlemen Estates LLP’s own registration is in process and will be published once issued.

This is the question most buyers underestimate. We report on surface quality, gradient, the maintaining authority, known landslide points and how the route behaves in July and in January. Where access is seasonal, we say so plainly rather than describing it as scenic.

We give real drive times rather than map distances, measured at the times of day you would actually travel. For our Rishikesh and Narendra Nagar corridor the nearest airport is Jolly Grant, Dehradun. For Kasauli and Sirmaur it is Chandigarh.

Sometimes, and it depends on the project, the land classification and the local permissions. Where a hospitality programme exists, such as at 1842 Kasauli, we explain how it works commercially and what it means for your own use of the home. We do not project rental income or occupancy figures.

We coordinate upkeep, staffing, seasonal maintenance and, where relevant, the hospitality operator. A large share of our buyers are non-resident in the hills, so this is built into how we work rather than offered as an afterthought.

For channel-partner projects we are compensated by the developer, and our advice to you is not conditional on which project you choose. Where we act in a purely advisory capacity on an off-market land transaction, we agree the basis with you in writing at the outset.

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The most useful conversations happen before a buyer has fallen in love with a plot.

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