Hi all,,, it has been a
long time since I posted anything. Well I have been busy. I located to new
place and then I went for a vacation!
Today’s post is going to
be about house hunting. Here is the scenario... You have just landed a new
job.. You are away from your family in an alien city and you don’t want to
continue living in any dingy hostel... this is the time when you are desperate
to rent a home for your own. A peaceful place where you can lead your life as
you like!! As good it may sound, finding your own dream place is nothing more
of a nightmare... here is my list of struggles you can go through while house
hunting!
1. Decrypting the Ads:
Have you ever came across
those advertisement which sounds too good to be true?
The rent is just in your
budget. It is close to your place of work /university. It has all the things
which you had mentioned in your checklist! And the next thing you do is say
“Shut up and take my money”. Well, my advice is to find the invisible * sign of
the terms and condition applied!
No deal and I repeat no
deal is perfect. You should have thorough knowledge of what you are getting
into before signing any agreement. Yup, that huge room as posted in the ad
sadly shrinks the day you visit it.
2. Obnoxious landlord/tenants:
Now I don’t want to sound
judgemental but all of us are creepy in some way or the other. But what
completely baffle me is how the person who is renting out his/her home is so
ridiculous with their demands. If you live in India , then you must be familiar
with the ads which have too many terms and condition. Some of them are..
·
You should be vegetarian
·
You should non-smoker/non-drinker
·
You should follow a particular religion only
·
You should be a virgin OR should be married with minimum two
kids
·
You should be an adarsh balak(ideal boy)
·
You should have six packs abs
Okay I admit that I have
exaggerated few points but most of them are true!
Just explain me one
thing... if the tenants are so paranoid about their home... why to rent it in
first place :/
3. Locating the house:
So now it is the time to
go and take a tour of the house, you are interested in. The address mentioned
in the ad suggests that it is “really” close to the nearest taxi stand or the
bus stop thus making it such a tempting location. Well, best of luck finding
that apartment in the first place. Now the definition of “really” close may vary
from person to person, it appears. Oh and don’t forget to wear your jogging
shoes as it is going to be a long walk ;)
4. Cynical society
authorities:
The worst of them all!
These are breed of old, retired uncles or bored middle aged aunts whose only mission
remaining in the life is to hassle the young generation. They will ridicule you
with their judgement which dates back to the Victorian era. They will list out
“rules” which has to be followed at any cost. They will give you dirty looks
whenever you come late or even pass aside them. They take their role of society
secretary/treasurer way too seriously... and to some extent where you want to
tell them to calm the f**k down!
5. Your wallet:
Last but definitely not
the least... your beloved wallet i.e your bank balance. You did your research,
went through many resources and finally zeroed down to your dream place when
suddenly you read about the deposit to be submitted! Good bye dream house..
let’s look for some other mediocre place.
But hey after going
through this path of fire, we definitely find that “home sweet home” for us.
So never lose hope and
keep hunting!
Finally
Three cheers for the
search engines
For making our hunts
easier!!!
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