Pandemic spurs demand for luxury villas, farmhouses SECTIONS Share Synopsis Even as the second wave subsides, more enquiries have started pouring in, said property brokers and developers. That has meant the share of such farmhouse and luxury properties has gone up substantially in the top end of the property market, said Amit Goyal, CEO-India at Sotheby's International Realty. Agencies International buyers are also looking at buying such luxury properties and subsequently, professional management companies have been roped in to manage these luxury houses. Bijwasan and Mehrauli – or Tungarli in Lonavala and the Dona Paula waterfront in Goa - are now much more than just weekend homes for the swish set in Delhi or Mumbai. In Covid-ravaged India, where space in townhouses is a luxury even for the rich, luxury villas and farmhouses – often at locations far from the madding crowd – are drawing affluent city buyers.