How an NRI Family Secured a Derabassi Farmhouse Without Flying Down

A Toronto-based family had almost given up on buying land near their hometown after two agents showed them disputed parcels. Here is how a verified listing and remote handling changed that.

For the Sethi family, settled in Toronto for over a decade, buying a farmhouse near their hometown had become a source of stress rather than joy. Two separate agents had shown them parcels that later turned out to have title disputes and unclear mutation records. Sitting 11,000 kilometres away, they had no way to verify anything themselves.

When they approached Certified Acres, the first thing our team did was slow the process down. Before showing them a single option, we pulled and examined the title chain, jamabandi and mutation records of every shortlisted property across the previous 15 years. Only one — a 2-acre estate off the Ambala–Chandigarh highway — cleared every check.

Our in-house Legal and CA teams handled the entire due diligence, drafted and vetted the agreement, and coordinated the registration. The family reviewed scanned documents and joined video walkthroughs of the property and its boundaries. Payments moved through proper banking channels with full documentation, and a family representative signed on their behalf under a registered power of attorney we helped arrange.

The deal closed in under six weeks. The Sethis never had to board a flight until they came to enjoy the home. Today, our Rental & Property Management team looks after the estate year-round — site inspections, upkeep, and periodic reporting — so the family has genuine peace of mind about an asset they own from across the world.

We had stopped believing a clean, honest land deal was possible from abroad," the family told us. "Certified Acres proved us wrong.