How much cash should remain after buying a Bengaluru home?

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eli.pike

First-time buyer
A large-looking cash balance can become thin once the first few payments arrive. My specific concern is whether ₹1,754,000 provides enough room after buying a 2-bed detached home in Bengaluru for about ₹109,400,000 and paying the deposit and projected transaction expenses.

Before allocating anything to furniture, I would reserve the move, the first mortgage payment and work marked urgent by the inspection. I also need to keep a genuine emergency fund and check whether the development charges service fees despite the house being detached. For example, an immediate plumbing repair should not force me to use money needed for normal monthly expenses.

What would change your answer most: my essential monthly outgoings, the inspection results or the timing of any service-charge bill? If those commitments leave too little untouched cash, I will reduce my purchase budget.
 
I would not give furniture its own meaningful budget yet. First ring-fence household emergencies, the move, the first mortgage payment and any repair the inspection marks as urgent. Keep an additional amount untouched for insurance excess or overlooked charges. Furniture can then be bought gradually from later income; an under-furnished home is inconvenient, but an unfunded repair is worse.
 
What are your monthly essential expenses, and does the ₹1,754,000 remain after setting aside the first mortgage payment? Those two details matter more than the purchase price when sizing the emergency portion.

Also, are there service charges despite it being detached, perhaps because it is within a managed development? If so, include the first bill rather than treating it as a future monthly expense.
 
I would be more cautious than rosa. Even with delayed furniture, ₹1,754,000 looks like a fairly limited cushion beside a ₹109,400,000 purchase if the inspection findings are not yet known. A fixed “six months of expenses” rule can also mislead: it may be plenty for unemployment but inadequate for several urgent property items. If buying slightly cheaper preserves a clearly separate repair reserve, that is not excessive caution.
 
Before deciding, make a dated cash schedule rather than four rough percentages. List the closing date, moving payment, insurance excess, any service charge, and when the first mortgage payment is due. Then sort inspection items into: required immediately, needed within the first year, and cosmetic.

Fund the first category plus a contingency, leave the emergency fund untouched, and limit initial furniture to essentials. If those columns cannot all be covered from ₹1,754,000, you have a concrete reason to lower the target price.
 
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