PROBLEMS FOR RENT.
The Roti, Kapada or Makhan, Three must have survival kit for every human being. In English Bread, Cloths and house is the basics required for any man in this world, and is in fact the reason for many people to die trying to make the two ends meet, while having the most urgent necessities for the man kind.
First two necessities are somehow made, if one is willing to work and earn, while the third most important necessity of owning a house is the most terrifying aspect which not many can own or build a house in their life time. That is the reason why people have to live in rented houses as they can not afford to build a house due to their meager income. Though, banks have been lending for house building or home loans, the individuals eligible to take a loan are only those who can earn a good salary so as to pay the EMI of Housing loan and still have about 50 percent of their salary to spend on other necessities.
Living in a rented house can be the worst nightmare a person may have to undergo as there are so many conditions from place to place before one can actually get a house on rent. The first and foremost being the amount of advance one is required to pay some times as high as ten times of your monthly rent. Once the advance is paid your problems only starts there, as there are other requirements such as electricity bill, water bill, phone bill etc.
Adding to all these woes is the conditions. First you can not entertain guests as the numbers of people staying on most occasions are bound by the owner’s whims and fancies, and one has to maintain below the declared number actually living with you for 365 days.
As the guests arrive your blood pressure is bound to go up thinking of ways to be a good host and also have to make sure that you don’t invite the house owners’ anger, if the guests overstay for a few days more. How can you tell your guests that the house owner will not like if he or she stays for more than a day or two. In Tamilnadu due to the water scarcity the triggering point normally is water related quarrels. If you succeed in some how managing with the available water the second problem crops up that you and your families along with your guests are responsible for the septic tank often filling up and has to be emptied. You are bound to attract the ire of the house owner on such occasions too.
People normally forget that a house requires maintenance in every once in 5 or 10 years. The house owner will blame you for all the silly maintenance of painting and cleaning up the surroundings. The blame on most occasions is that the tenant is not looking after the house properly and due to the same the painting and cleaning up periodically will also be put on your head by giving some flimsy excuses. If the house owner is staying with you on another portion or floor of the house, then you can not live peacefully for he will always be making complaints on your children’s behavior or the sound of the TV or the frequent guests, even if it is your own mother who may wish to spend a few days with you.
I have gone through hell staying in rented houses, though I own a house but not near to my daughter’s school and my office. Convenience was the reason for me to search for a rented house near to my daughter’s school instead of staying in our own house peacefully. Some how, I have managed so far to have good relations with my house owners thanks to my wife who took most of the brunt, while my family members and relatives understandingly avoided staying with me. I do feel guilty for I could not be as hospitable as one would expect a true gentleman to be. The years have gone by so quickly that my aunts and uncles are now too old to travel or live else where other than their own places. I could not do justice to my own relatives and friends due to the problems of living in rented house.
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