Rent a flat or a house in Chennai

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ChristineViP05 August 2011 12:12:04

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Finding a place to live is a priority when settling in Chennai. Your experience will be of a great help for the members who want to settle in Chennai.

Therefore, we have prepared some questions for you:

Is it hard to find a flat or a house for rent in Chennai?

How to find a home in Chennai: classifieds, real estate portals, real estate agencies?

How much is the rental for a house, an apartment?

What are the formalities or the required documents for renting an accommodation?

Which advice would you give?

Thanks in advance for participating!

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Snandhu2 Member

Member since 14 August 2011

Snandhu2Member14 August 2011 05:54:30

(moderated: please post in the classifieds section and not on the forum. Thank you.)

pg123123 Member

Member since 31 January 2013

pg123123Member31 January 2013 07:53:44

Its not hard at all to find a place. Most newspapers carry real estate ads once/twice a week. There are lots of websites too.
Rent ranges from 15000 to 3 lakh rupees depending upon the class of accomodation.

I have a 3 bedroom independent house to let out in South Chennai.(moderated: please post your ad in the housing in Chennai section)

Suchithra Member

Member since 12 February 2013

SuchithraMember12 February 2013 07:56:57

[Moderated: No free ad on the forum]

CJ-EBF Active member

Member since 26 January 2010

CJ-EBFActive member18 February 2013 09:43:27

Like everything in India, housing is fraught with peril, corruption, greed and middle men trying to horn in on the deal, sometimes several middle men.

The first trick is to have a local find the place and do the negotiating before you show your expat face or the price will double. Fraudulent deals abound and the terms are userous.

Watch out for agents that show you a total dump at 70,000 to convince you that 2 lakh is what you really need to be paying. You really need a trusted local to do the talking and play the game. Like everything else, the real price may be 40% of the first quote.

Only pay one commission. Figuring out who it goes to can be hard but you only pay one guy and let them figure it out. If your agent does not know the landlord, you have the wrong guy.

Try and go direct to the landlord if you can. It saves a lot of grief later.

Location, location, location. Most important is proximity to work because the traffic is a noisy, disorganized, nightmare. Second is proximity to services that you can walk to easily. There are nice places all over, do not live in Anna Nagar if the office is in Velacherry.

markgeo Member

Member since 09 March 2013

markgeoMember22 March 2013 10:59:19

Looking for a flat is some what easy it depends on the amount that you are looking for and the rent is depend on the area where you are looking in the high class area like anna nagar, t nagar, ashok nagar the rent are some what costly.

nirmalaober Member

Member since 22 January 2014

nirmalaoberMember02 February 2014 12:02:04

[Moderated: pls post an advert in the housing section]

dilipgeoffrey New member

Member since 27 October 2011

dilipgeoffreyNew member20 June 2014 14:40:58

Lots of classified websites available for rent/buy/sell.. just google for "rent in chennai" you get all website listing of rented houses in chennai in all locations. hope this helps if any help regarding anything about chennai will help