Five types of DDA flats up for grabs

Delhiites are making beelines and the craze to own a DDA flats has even crashed the authority's website. These are the five different types of flats up for grabs:

1. One bedroom flats: Of the total 25,000-odd flats on offer, 22,627 are 1 bedroom flats. These are one bedroom units with a drawing room, kitchen and bathroom. The price of these range between Rs 14.34 and Rs 27.85 lakh. Here is the link

2. Janta flats: Then there are the most modest Janta flats and 1,125 of these are available in the 2014 draw. These cost around Rs 5.4 lakh.

3. EWS flats: there are 700 of these flats meant for the economically weaker section. These cost vary between Rs 5.87 and 9.95 lakh. DDA website crashes as 2014 housing scheme kicks off

4. Two bedroom flats: There are 561 of these flats. These are two bedroom units with a drawing room, kitchen and bathroom, which have price tags between Rs 42 lakh and Rs 69.62 lakh.

5. Three bedroom flats: There are only 21 of these flats available in 2014. These are priced between Rs 37.5 lakh and Rs 1.2 crore. DDA flats scheme: How to apply online?

So for the cheapest one available one can get a janta flat in Raghubir Nagar for Rs 5.4 lakh while for the most expensive one in Motia Khan you have to shell out 1.2 crore.

The area of an EWS flat is 18.85-40sqm, one bedroom flat 31.34-73.99sqm, two bedroom ones give you somewhere between 33.29-126.17sqm while you get 84.82-153.61sqm with a three bedroom flat. DDA flats registration 2014: 10 things you must know

Any Indian citizen, who doesn't own a property in Delhi individually or jointly, is allowed to apply for a flat.

The draw of lots for the scheme is expected to be held between 25 and 31 October and DDA promises to hand over all flats by March 2015. The draw will be held by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), which had held the draw for DDA's 2010 housing scheme too.

There is also a five years lock-in period during which a flat can't be sold.

"This is to cut out the middleman and reduce the scope of speculative buying. After five years, the DDA will formally execute a conveyance deed in their favour," a DDA official said.