Vol. 4, Issue 1, Part A (2018)

Abstract
The housing and construction sector is the second largest generator of employment after agriculture in India (CREDAI and Cushman & Wakefield, 2013). Almost 80 percent of real estate developed in India is residential space and the rest comprises of offices, shopping malls, hotels and hospitals (Girish Shah, 2015). According to National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), construction and real estate sector is set to become the major employment generator in India, registering the maximum rise in human resource requirement during 2013-2022 (Ranjeet Mehta, 2016). The present study has been conducted among 300 apartment owner residents in Coimbatore to identify the pre-purchase expectations of apartment owner residents in Coimbatore. The results show that good ventilation is expected by most of the respondents before buying apartments and that there is a significant difference in the expectation of apartment features based on previous house type of stay.