House Hunting in Delhi - Helpful tips

I have been transferred to Delhi; and will report into Delhi Office from May first week..

The last two weeks I have spent most of the time, searching for a place in Delhi, that fits my requirements and most importantly, my budget. The rent in Delhi have sky rocketed, since my last sojourn (in terms of house hunting) here in 2002... Places considered far and not worthy are today prime localities for stay (i mean, NOIDA, Dwaraka, Vasant Kunj, etc)

Well, this time of the year, happens to be wrong time to search for a house in Delhi... hey, but the 'brighter side' (other than the sun:)) is that it cannot go any worse than now..

Here are some helpful tips for people searching for a house in Delhi -

1) Check online for the properties available... you may not find many owner requests, but you surely will find a whole lot of property agents database -
Check out sites like

indiaproperty.com
99acres.com
magicbricks.com
indiaproperties.com
sulekha.com
makaan.com

2) Check the local classifieds that comes during the weekends in Hindustan Times and Times of India

3) Call the agents and be very specific on your requirement (locality) and also on your budget

4) If you are looking at a flat - always prefer the floors in between... DO NOT take anything on the top floor or ground floor (until or unless it is necessary). You will thank me during peak summers and winters :)

5)Check on the water situation... the whole of Delhi has water scarcity problem.. check on the back up storage tanks - its capacity, and the number of motors and the power of the motors. The best thing is to check out if the neighbours have any plants, and if they are watered or not :)

6) Power outage is frequent in Delhi... check if they have back-up or if an inverter would be provided

7) Check for the minimum cupboards in the flats - most of them do not have any

8) Always speak to the owners as soon as possible... the agents would always tell higher price for their own benefit

9) Pitch the agents amongst themselves, by saying that someone else have shown you similar flat for less amount, etc

10) have a proper lease agreement signed before hand

11) Pray - for miracles can happen :)


My search is still on...

Cheers

Santosh

Comments

Anonymous said…
Great! Wel come to the town. :)
3:59 AM
Web Satan said…
Hey where are you looking for a place??
4:04 AM
Web Satan said…
So Did you finalize???
6:37 PM
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