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A firm built on the deals we refused

Twenty-two years, three cities, nineteen people — and one rule that has never moved.

Our Story

It started with one desk and one refusal.

In 2003, Shanthi Meenakshi was a schoolteacher who had just helped her brother avoid buying a plot with a disputed patta. Word travelled the way it does in Coimbatore, and within a year she was doing it full time — checking documents for families who did not know what to check.

The firm has grown since. There is a Chennai desk, a Madurai desk, a commercial team and a loan desk. What has not changed is the founding position: a broker who is paid by both sides has to be honest with both sides, or the business does not deserve to exist.

We still turn down roughly one listing in three. Unclear encumbrance, unapproved layout, a seller unwilling to produce thirty years of documents — those properties do not go on our books, and we tell the owner exactly why.

Shanthi Properties advisors with clients
2003 the year we opened, in a single rented room on Avinashi Road
By the Numbers

Twenty-two years, counted honestly

1400+

Transactions closed

960 Cr

Total value transacted

0

Title disputes post-registration

68%

Business from referrals

What We Hold To

Four commitments, in writing

These are printed on the engagement letter every client signs, and we have never negotiated one of them away.

01

The fee is fixed before you see the first property

One per cent from each side on resale, nil from the buyer on builder inventory. Stated in writing, and never revised at the registration desk.

02

We tell you the faults before you ask

Every shortlist comes with the problems listed alongside the merits — road width, drainage, neighbour disputes, resale difficulty. All of it, up front.

03

Independent legal opinion, at our cost

An advocate we do not employ reviews every purchase. If the opinion is negative, we walk away from the transaction with you.

04

The relationship does not end at registration

Mutation, patta transfer, EB name change, tax updates and the first year's queries are included. You should not have to chase us afterwards.

The People

Who you will actually be dealing with

No call centre, no rotating agents. One advisor stays with you from the first call to the last document.

Shanthi Meenakshi

Shanthi Meenakshi

Founder & Principal Broker

Twenty-two years in Coimbatore property. Handles heritage and legacy family transactions personally.

Karthik Raman

Karthik Raman

Senior Property Advisor

Leads the Coimbatore residential desk. Civil engineer by training, which shows on every site inspection.

Divya Sundaram

Divya Sundaram

Chennai Regional Head

Runs the Chennai and commercial desks, and our NRI transaction practice across four time zones.

Arun Prakash

Arun Prakash

Land & Investment Desk

Specialises in agricultural land, approved layouts and long-hold investment parcels across western Tamil Nadu.

Milestones

How the firm grew

2003

One room on Avinashi Road

Shanthi Meenakshi registers the firm and closes eleven transactions in the first year, all in Coimbatore, all by referral.

2009

The legal desk

After a near-miss on a plot with a fabricated EC, we bring title verification in-house and make independent advocate opinion mandatory.

2014

Madurai opens

A second office, opened to serve the families who kept travelling to Coimbatore for our help with Madurai property.

2019

RERA registration & Chennai

Registered as a RERA agent under TN/Agent/0142/2019, and the Chennai desk opens with a commercial leasing practice.

2023

The NRI desk

A dedicated team for remote buyers — video diligence, FEMA-compliant routing, POA registration and post-purchase management.

Today

Nineteen people, one standard

Three cities, six desks, and a referral rate that has never dropped below sixty per cent of new business.

In Their Words

Clients, unedited

Come and Meet Us

Coffee, no obligation.

Walk into the Peelamedu office any weekday, or ask us to come to you. Most of our clients start with a conversation that had nothing to sell.