CAM charges in Gurgaon commercial property: calculate the rent nobody advertises
Separate base rent from common-area maintenance, tax, utilities, marketing levies and owner-only costs before underwriting a shop or office.
The tenant pays for occupation, not just carpet area.
Commercial listings often headline base rent or an assured rent while common-area maintenance sits elsewhere. CAM can change tenant affordability, owner cash flow and vacancy cost, especially in service-heavy retail and mixed-use projects.
There is no safe citywide CAM assumption. Read the actual budget and lease allocation.
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This article answers this specific buyer question. It does not replace Villow's corridor overviews, project records or transaction-specific legal, tax, lending and technical advice.
Rebuild the occupancy bill
Recurring CAM
Identify security, housekeeping, common electricity, HVAC, lifts, landscaping, fire systems, management and repairs—and the area basis used to allocate them.
Utilities and tax
Separate metered electricity and water, backup power, property tax, insurance and statutory charges. Record who bears each item.
Capital expenditure
Clarify whether major plant replacement, facade work and sinking funds sit inside CAM, outside it, or with the owner.
Vacancy
Confirm which charges continue when the unit is empty and whether any minimum utility or marketing fee applies.
Ask for budget, reconciliation and arrears
Collect the current budget, prior-year actual reconciliation, allocation formula, audit or certification, and unit arrears. Compare the lease wording with the facility invoice.
Model gross rent, every owner-paid cost and vacancy CAM to reach net operating income.
Your working checklist
- CAM scope itemized
- Area allocation basis checked
- Prior reconciliation reviewed
- Owner/tenant split marked
- Vacancy charges confirmed
- Net operating income recalculated
A quoted yield before CAM allocation is not a net yield.
Villow's evidence rule
Ask for the exact property, current document and date behind every material claim. Asking prices are not achieved transactions; infrastructure proposals are not completion dates; a registration number is not a substitute for reading the record.
This is general buyer education, not a valuation, return forecast or legal, tax, lending or engineering opinion.
Sources & citations›
- Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 — especially sections 3, 4, 11, 13, 14, 18 and 19; use the official project record for transaction-specific facts.
- Villow editorial method: compare the exact property, dated primary documents and observed access; no corridor average is presented as a valuation or return forecast.
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