Hi all,
This info is not a complaint but rather a concern, I am a software engineer currently in the wedge of shifting my house but thinking whether I should accept my landlord (10% increases in the rent as per the agreement) and continue or should I find another place.
I would like to bring the following info into the notice
Advance: here in Bangalore is 10 months rent (I cant accept the logic behind the deposit, i feel this should have been 2 months rent roughly estimated cost of the accessories that are present in the premises eg: Fans, Geysers, Lights, Washbasin etc 20K/25K should be more than enough)
Renewal: Every year 10 percent which is quiet illogical (Roughly in Bangalore you cannot find any average house below 8K/month, that means we need to pay extra 10000 Rs for the coming year not even i do think we will get hike of 10K hereafter)
Maintenance: When you leave the house you are supposed to pay another charge for maintenance (claim for painting) most of the time this will be hitting around 10K. I don’t think they are spending not even 2 K while doing painting. I do remember my owner had been delaying to give the house key bcoz it is not painted, on a fine morning he called me & told they had done painting, the same house which I didn’t find any work done the previous day. So the entire painting is done on the night itself, anyway it was clean when he handed me the key
I don’t feel the owner’s intension behind this is to give the house very clean (just to loot the 10K when u leaves). Are we supposed to give this amount isn’t it like they earned & they had to spend from what they earned. Will it end up taxi drivers asking for an extra fee for dusting the car once you reach the destination as he could have washed the car when he started in morning?
If i want to find another house i need to chase an agent (he may charge another 8K/one month advance) & for shipment of household items i need to spend another 3-5K. Owner will take 10K so my loss is going to be around 20K which i am thinking can be substituted with the 10% increase in rent, (I will save at least 10 K in this case)
How long we can continue promoting this kind of activities? Can the govt bring in some laws (like rent per/sqft on specific areas should be defined)? Does any of the newspaper focus on these kind of activities
Hope the above is not only my concern, but for most of the people around here in bangalore
Regards
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