In this conversation, Devansh Bansal, Director, DEV, sits down with Girindra Behani and Sangeeta Behani to talk about a decision that began with a chance sighting on the way to the airport and eventually became a new chapter for their entire family.
What started as curiosity soon turned into conviction, shaped by transparency, thoughtful design, and the belief that a home is as much about people and community as it is about space.
A few moments from the conversation that stood out:
Watch the full interview to hear the journey in their own words, and discover the small details that ultimately made all the difference.
Devansh Bansal: We’ll begin, sir?
Girindra Behani: Yeah.
Devansh Bansal: Hello sir. Hello ma’am. I am Devansh Bansal and we are very happy to have you here. Firstly, very thank you. I thank you very much for agreeing to come and speak with us. It really matters a lot to us that you came and are talking with us today. You bought a flat with us. We are talking to you so that we want more clients like you to come to us and join us. So let’s start with your name sir, your and ma’am’s.
Girindra Behani: My name is Girindra Behani.
Sangeeta Behani: Sangeeta Behani.
Girindra Behani: She is my wife.
Sangeeta Behani: Sangeeta Behani.
Girindra Behani: Yeah.
Devansh Bansal: Nice sir, thank you. And can you tell me a little bit more about your family? Who will be staying in your flat with you?
Girindra Behani: Yeah, we’ll be staying along with my son and daughter-in-law and two kids. We’re staying here with family and presently we are staying in Secunderabad. We are planning to switch over.
Devansh Bansal: So how long have you been residents of Hyderabad? Since when are you living in Hyderabad?
Girindra Behani: Almost 25 years.
Devansh Bansal: Oh, nice. And before that, have you migrated from somewhere else?
Girindra Behani: Yeah, originally we are from Rajasthan, migrated to Bengal.
Devansh Bansal: Okay.
Girindra Behani: And then to Hyderabad.
Devansh Bansal: Okay, nice. Yeah. And how has your experience been in Hyderabad, last 25 years?
Girindra Behani: Fantastic. Very nice.
Devansh Bansal: I’m very happy. And can we hear a little bit about your line of work?
Girindra Behani: Okay. I’m basically in business of mechanical engineering products which we are distributor for some reputed companies and my son is a chartered accountant and a MBA from ISB and he’s an investment banker, working outside India and he is also shifting back to India very soon.
Devansh Bansal: Nice, nice. Very nice to know. So, where is your shop located in Hyderabad right now?
Girindra Behani: It is in Raniganj.
Devansh Bansal: Raniganj.
Girindra Behani: Yeah.
Devansh Bansal: So, I wanted to understand… What pulls you to Rajendra Nagar as a location?
Girindra Behani: Practically it is an upcoming area. You know what happens? It is very well connected. Though my office is in Raniganj, but my customers are somewhere in Gachibowli, Hitech City, that area. So it makes much more sense to be here and then approach to the customer. And I think that is one of the major reasons and there are so many upcoming things in this road particularly.
Devansh Bansal: Yes sir.
Girindra Behani: So that is one reason we thought to shift over to Rajendra Nagar.
Devansh Bansal: Very happy to know. A little bit more about your family, about your home. So, being so dedicated in your work and your business and your family, when do you get to spend time with your family? When do you spend family time according to you?
Girindra Behani: We manage to balance family time quite well, you know, evenings. We spend more times with the family. Morning everybody including the kids they have their own schedule. And she’s also busy in her own profession, so.
Devansh Bansal: So next question is for both you and for ma’am. So ma’am, what picture comes to mind when you think of a home?
Sangeeta Behani: Think of?
Devansh Bansal: Think of your home.
Sangeeta Behani: Yeah, it should be in a proper prime area and I must have good neighbors so that evening we can spend time.
Girindra Behani: Good amenities.
Sangeeta Behani: Good amenities.
Girindra Behani: And you know, a good environment.
Sangeeta Behani: Mainly, we are looking for a flat where these facilities are there, all the amenities are there where kids can go and play. We are very much interested in gated society. So I think this will match our requirement.
Devansh Bansal: Very, very nice to know. And so, since you already have a home in Secunderabad, when did the idea of first buying a home come up?
Girindra Behani: To be honest, we were traveling one day in the morning, we were going to airport. And when we were coming down from that flyover, right side, we were seeing some apartments coming up and we were crossing this and there was a Dev board there. He told me after coming back, let us go and see Dev, how and what it is.
When I said there are so many other projects and we are in Secunderabad, our setup is in Secunderabad.
Our setup is in Secunderabad. How do we think of your team? No, no, let’s come and see once. So we were going to Bombay. After coming back from Bombay, my son also came back with me. We stopped here. We saw the project.
Sangeeta Behani: And he got a call from your sales office also.
Girindra Behani: Yes. So we had given a pause after seeing the number and then we saw the project and then we decided. Okay. It is done. We found some interesting points and then we thought it will work.
Devansh Bansal: Speaking about these interesting points, what impressed you about Dev Signature One the most?
Girindra Behani: Yeah, I’ll tell you. We have gone through so many projects in this area. It is coming up and with myself, my son and daughter-in-law, all we were there, we were traveling on a Sunday. Your construction development is quite visible. One. Number two, the design, the amenities, and the space. And then it is not very clumsy, that number of flats are more, it is not like that. Density is low. Density is less. So all those things. And then we were finding it is absolutely on the road, also main road, and inside when we are going we are away from that sounds and all those things. So that is one reason that we found.
Sangeeta Behani: And one more reason, if we want to get some change in our flat, we can do.
Sangeeta Behani: In some projects that facility is not there.
Girindra Behani: Yeah, that is another.
Sangeeta Behani: If I want to change my pooja room, if I want to change the kitchen gate and all, so this facility.
Girindra Behani: This was good. And then your team, you’re very transparent. Whatever we are asking, we found they are very transparent. So we found that definitely they will give the delivery on time. Because right from top to bottom everybody is on the same page. It is only possible if you are very transparent and genuinely doing it. Because I’m in business for so many years, we can understand.
Devansh Bansal: Yes sir.
Girindra Behani: So that is one of the reasons. Whatever you are telling, probably down the line the girl who is showing me the place, she is also telling the same thing.
Sangeeta Behani: And one more thing we thought that we will have a Marwadi community here.
Devansh Bansal: 100%, yes yes, absolutely.
Sangeeta Behani: That was one of the main reasons.
Devansh Bansal: Yes, yes ma’am.
Sangeeta Behani: Because we are Marwardis, so we want good neighbors. We are not like people who just lock their flat and stay inside the house.
Devansh Bansal: I agree. The way we designed the project when we first started, even we did not think such a community would form. But now, like you said, I am a Marwadi as well. So we have had a lot of like-minded people, similar society come and form here.
Sangeeta Behani: Mostly Marwaris have bought, no?
Devansh Bansal: 80–90% are completely Marwadi families. We have a few Telugus coming but that’s it.
Sangeeta Behani: No, that is okay.
Devansh Bansal: That is the society that has come up here.
Sangeeta Behani: Yeah, that is okay.
Devansh Bansal: One more thing that I have seen with my family is whenever we go to see something new, like when we go to see a car sometimes, whenever we want to take a new car, more than going and seeing the car, when we drive back home after seeing something new with the entire family together, that is a very interesting conversation. Like you said, you came here with the entire family to see the project. After that, when you were driving back, what was one point or one feature about the project that the family discussed about the most? With you?
Girindra Behani: One thing, as she said, was that we had flexibility if we wanted to make some changes inside. So that was very important. Number two, from the very first day we felt that the people here are transparent. So I felt that I would get timely delivery and we also checked the quality of the product they would deliver. Whatever they explained to us, we understood that the quality is very decent, very good, premium quality is being provided. There will be no compromise in that. These two things we were clear about. And that is what we thought.
Sangeeta Behani: No, when we were going back, what discussion was happening?
Girindra Behani: This discussion was happening and we were completely sure about it. Look, all the other places are fine. But here, whatever we are saying, we are getting a clear answer. Nobody is saying, “We need to talk to management.” Very clear words. After that, when we saw the demo flat, which was built later, our confidence increased again in a big way. And my son was staying in Mumbai at that time, now he is abroad. But we have seen many apartments in Mumbai, and we have seen in Bangalore as well. We found it’s very premium. No doubt about it. And it was within our budget. That is also an important point.
Devansh Bansal: Got it. I am very happy that you liked our project. But what was the one thing that made you decide that among so many projects here, Dev Signature One is the right project for you?
Sangeeta Behani: First of all, that was because Prestige is also coming up. In Prestige they are not allowing any changes. We ladies always think like that. We want the kitchen slab here, we want this storeroom here. So my son Raghav told me, “Mummy, here you will get that facility.”
Girindra Behani: Even the space inside. The design, the space, even the corridor. Also the height of the doors and windows, that’s fantastic.
Sangeeta Behani: Yeah, corridor is one.
Girindra Behani: You will not find this in this kind of budget.
Sangeeta Behani: Your four-bedroom with maid room is amazing.
Girindra Behani: Which is definitely very premium. That’s what is our feeling.
Devansh Bansal: You’ve already mentioned that you saw the model flat later. So can you tell me a little bit more about that? When you finally saw the model flat and stepped into it with your family, how was your feeling? What did you think of the space or the decision that you’ve made?
Girindra Behani: The day we came here and saw your model flat, we were convinced that our decision is 100% right. Because when you buy a house, it involves a lot of money and it is not easy to leave one area and move to another area. In that, the kind of setup we saw, the kind of openness we felt inside the flat, it is quite open and there is plenty of light, natural light and all that.
Devansh Bansal: Very nice to know. Anything from your side, ma’am, regarding this?
Sangeeta Behani: For me, because I am in Secunderabad since last 25–26 years. And my setup is there. Still I am worried. I don’t know. But now it doesn’t feel that way. Such large societies are coming up, so we will be able to settle.
Devansh Bansal: I understand that. Everyone has a place in their home or society where they personally like to spend time. My grandparents like spending their time in the balcony and enjoying their morning cup of tea. I like spending more time on the terrace in the evening. So in this project, since you’ve come multiple times, which is the one place where both of you feel you will spend the most time?
Girindra Behani: Because no doubt, there is always the balcony. But here, one thing I really liked is the space you have created on the terrace. Where we can spend time in the morning hours and even when we have a small get-together we can do it there. That is not available in whatever projects we have seen. That’s very good.
Sangeeta Behani: The terrace accessibility is there here.
Devansh Bansal: Sir, you had also mentioned that changes in the flat were a very major decision maker for you. So what kind of changes did you opt for in the flat and what was your thinking behind them?
Sangeeta Behani: We basically opted for a puja room, space for a puja room. And there is some change in the storeroom and kitchen. We have connected the store and kitchen. But I will go and see today. I think it’s coming.
Devansh Bansal: Of course.
Sangeeta Behani: Because seeing it in the drawing and seeing it physically, it’s different.
Devansh Bansal: I completely understand.
Devansh Bansal: Good to know, sir. And how is coming to this location going to change your life, your children’s life, your grandchildren’s life? From the perspective of work, social life, the High Court is coming, metro connectivity is coming soon, the airport is close by. What are your thoughts?
Sangeeta Behani: All the marriage function halls are here. We have to come there. The airport is close by. My main concern is about schools. Which school is coming up, I am not aware in this area. Because my granddaughter is four years old and my grandson is one and a half.
Devansh Bansal: A lot of my friends from Jubilee Hills, Shamshabad, Shankarpalli, Mokila come here for their schools. We have Aga Khan Academy firstly here.
Sangeeta Behani: Which one?
Devansh Bansal: Aga Khan Academy. Which is supposed to be one of the best in the city. We have a lot of other schools here existing as well. And I cannot say this publicly, but I know a lot of other school occupiers who are looking for land here to open their schools.
Sangeeta Behani: DPS is coming, I have heard.
Devansh Bansal: DPS is coming, I have heard. I don’t want to name any names because nothing is final yet. But there will not be a school problem.
Sangeeta Behani: I think when we will shift here, next year, by occupancy.
Devansh Bansal: You will have a lot of options.
Girindra Behani: What happens? This area, Rajendra Nagar, is growing very fast. This is the most upcoming area. Down the line after five years, it will be the area.
Sangeeta Behani: It’s south of the city, no? So we have a belief, or as per Vastu, always the south part of the city grows very nicely.
Girindra Behani: It happened with South Bombay.
Sangeeta Behani: South Kolkata.
Girindra Behani: South Kolkata.
Devansh Bansal: South Hyderabad now.
Sangeeta Behani: Yeah, they say it like that.
Sangeeta Behani: I have met so many friends. They said “ Did you buy from DEV, even we bought from them!”
Girindra Behani: We have come across at least more than five or six.
Sangeeta Behani: Because once you book any property, you know, we just don’t disclose it. We think, let some progress happen first, then we will inform people. But suddenly, just casually, someone says, “Oh, we also bought in Dev.” Two or three of my close friends turned out to have bought here.
Devansh Bansal: That’s very nice. I was going to ask you my next question about the society and community. I am very happy that you’ve already found some.
Sangeeta Behani: One or two friends I have. They are also here.
Devansh Bansal: One very important question that comes to my mind is, see, the building has not been completed. The project is not completed yet. So booking a house before it is finished requires a certain level of trust and a lot of confidence. What gave you that confidence that you can purchase with us?
Girindra Behani: I have three points in that. When you walk in straight away and do your own assessment, you get an opinion by talking to the people. And then, as I told you, my son is in investment banking and is a chartered accountant. He does his homework in his own way about the builder, their background, everything. And then talking to some of the people, we found that there is no problem. Very, very happy. The first time we saw Dev was in the morning. The feeling we got at that time is still continuing today.
Devansh Bansal: Very nice. Thank you sir.
Devansh Bansal: One more question about Dev. Since you’ve had so much trust and confidence in us, what makes you think this project stands out compared to any other project here?
Sangeeta Behani: Terrace Accessibility.
Girindra Behani: Yes, accessibility.
Sangeeta Behani: And it is compact. We saw another project where my relatives have settled. It is so scattered. Going from the clubhouse to their apartment and all. Here, I don’t think that problem will happen.
Girindra Behani: There is a calculation of per acre and number of flats, right? Density is definitely, here it is.
Sangeeta Behani: Yeah
Girindra Behani: That is one calculation. Secondly, overall the product you explained, the product your team showed me, and now while it is being built, I have gone and seen the other floors, you are using the same product the way you had shown. And just before this talk, we discussed with you. When all this Gulf issue happened, we understood.
Sangeeta Behani: I am in business. I know what kind of prices are going up.
Girindra Behani: Due to the issue, Morbi is giving a lot of problems and all branded products are being manufactured. But still you have a total grip on that.
Devansh Bansal: And that is not impacting.
Girindra Behani: Neither the pricing nor the delivery. That is superb. I think we had a thought that this project may get delayed by six more months.
Devansh Bansal: Okay.
Girindra Behani: But now you are saying otherwise.
Devansh Bansal: There will not be such a delay, that I can assure you.
Girindra Behani: That indicates your professionalism. Look at your team. You understand the value of money because you are valuing the customer’s money.
Devansh Bansal: Definitely, you will continue to grow.
Girindra Behani: It should be one of the projects in Hyderabad because this kind of facility, 100 plus amenities, what you have given, I have not seen anywhere here or in so many places in Mumbai also among good brands.
Devansh Bansal: Very nice to know.
Devansh Bansal: Sir, one last question for you and ma’am before we close. How do you think you will feel when we give you the keys in a very short amount of time and you’ll be entering into your own flat?
Girindra Behani: For me, it will be a dream come true.
Sangeeta Behani: Same. Because anyone who is buying their first house.
Devansh Bansal: Very nice to know, sir.
Sangeeta Behani: Because we have our house in our native place.
Girindra Behani: We were not sure where my son was going to settle down, but he is ultimately settling down here. So then we thought okay. But shifting over from Secunderabad to this area, we had a lot of thoughts. Then we considered Gachibowli and all other places. But finally we decided here.
Devansh Bansal: That’s very nice to know. We are very happy that you have picked us from this entire market. And we are very glad that you’ve liked what we are delivering. Thank you so much.
Girindra Behani: Right. Thank you so much. Thank you.
Devansh Bansal: Thank you so much.
