The drudgeries of life
Monday, April 30, 2007
Moving out
Two months ago, the seven of them got a rude shock when their landlord told them they had one month to "clear orf" (Goon's style in the Five Find-outers and Dog) and find a new place to stay. They had spent only 5 months there but still it's a place they had learnt to call home...
Gosh! I was amazed when I stepped into the B-601 of Prakrtii Apartments on New Year's eve! The place was spic and span, girls generally see to that, but still they had done a neat job of making the place somewhere you'd want to return to after a tiring day! A shocking contrast was A-701 of the same society one of the inhabitants of which is yours truly! But still, no matter what the state of our apartments, the girls and us guys cherish our respective apartments, not to forget the awesome society in which we've been living since October last year! So, it was a bolt from the blue, the news for the girls to move out.
Their landlord was off to Tanzania and he was shifting all his luggage into this house, and so he gave the girls a one month notice! Those were trying times! In addition to the sorrow of vacating this flat, they had to undergo the torture of searching for another one! And they had office work to take care of to! People might imagine house-hunting to be a delightful activity, but take my word for it, it isn't. Period.
That month of march was hectic! The onset of summer saw the girls running from pillar to post trying to ensure that they stayed at the same society only! It's outrageous the way people rub their hands in glee when they see that you're in trouble and realize that they take advantage of your helplessness! That's exactly what these girls faced. Either the rent quoted was too high or the deposit, or sometimes both! Some people plain and simple refused to have a group of 7 girls as their tenants :O! Something I discovered which is quite common in Pune... boys are preferred as tenants rather than the fairer sex! Hmmm
A boon in the form of a one-month extension on the notice saw to it that the girls took it a little easy for some time. By the mid of April they had landed a flat in the same society! All was well until the penultimate day of the expiry of the notice when it was realized that the to-be landlady had goofed up big time and had failed to give the present tenants a notice! So, the girls were literally one step away from being homeless! It's just not possible to procure an agreement in one day and move into an apartment right away.... or so I thought!
Saturday, the 28th of April, the girls found out about the landlady's goof-up! On Monday, the 30th of April, their landlord was supposed to make an appearnace to deprive them of the house! Optimism seemed like foolishness at this point... they couldn;t find a house in 2 months, forget about finding one in a single day!! Oh well! Luck was on their side and they managed to find a place, that too in the same society! Miracles keep happening!
So yesterday was a perfect end to a rather tiring weekend. Me and Anand were there to help the ladies in shifting their luggage and what not! We heaved, we huffed and puffed, we took breaks, we chatted, we laughed, took snaps, we heaved again, we sweated (profusely at that), and when it all got over at 8 PM, we just flopped down exhausted! Happy they were, yes, but then who likes these kind of changes? Charu's taking me to the window in her ex-bedroom showing me the beautiful view from there and talking about how she used to stare out of it at night and admitting the fact that she'll miss it left an impression! The others weren't so forthcoming but not everyone is... everyone had her own way of expressing what B-601 meant to them!
Anyway, Sunday was one helluva long day! Going for a swim in the pool was soooo relaxing! Dinner at their new residence was a silent affair... It does take time to settle in, to feel at home! One thing I learned from this experience is that once you get used to a place, letting go of it is tough... and if that place is home, even a second home for that matter, boy o boy! Just the thought of that made me vow never to delay the rent due to our landlord! Anyway, another thing I will keep in mind is to not go down without a fight:p
Anyways, to all the folks having exams, concerts, tests, et cetera, wish you all loads of luck!
Gosh! I was amazed when I stepped into the B-601 of Prakrtii Apartments on New Year's eve! The place was spic and span, girls generally see to that, but still they had done a neat job of making the place somewhere you'd want to return to after a tiring day! A shocking contrast was A-701 of the same society one of the inhabitants of which is yours truly! But still, no matter what the state of our apartments, the girls and us guys cherish our respective apartments, not to forget the awesome society in which we've been living since October last year! So, it was a bolt from the blue, the news for the girls to move out.
Their landlord was off to Tanzania and he was shifting all his luggage into this house, and so he gave the girls a one month notice! Those were trying times! In addition to the sorrow of vacating this flat, they had to undergo the torture of searching for another one! And they had office work to take care of to! People might imagine house-hunting to be a delightful activity, but take my word for it, it isn't. Period.
That month of march was hectic! The onset of summer saw the girls running from pillar to post trying to ensure that they stayed at the same society only! It's outrageous the way people rub their hands in glee when they see that you're in trouble and realize that they take advantage of your helplessness! That's exactly what these girls faced. Either the rent quoted was too high or the deposit, or sometimes both! Some people plain and simple refused to have a group of 7 girls as their tenants :O! Something I discovered which is quite common in Pune... boys are preferred as tenants rather than the fairer sex! Hmmm
A boon in the form of a one-month extension on the notice saw to it that the girls took it a little easy for some time. By the mid of April they had landed a flat in the same society! All was well until the penultimate day of the expiry of the notice when it was realized that the to-be landlady had goofed up big time and had failed to give the present tenants a notice! So, the girls were literally one step away from being homeless! It's just not possible to procure an agreement in one day and move into an apartment right away.... or so I thought!
Saturday, the 28th of April, the girls found out about the landlady's goof-up! On Monday, the 30th of April, their landlord was supposed to make an appearnace to deprive them of the house! Optimism seemed like foolishness at this point... they couldn;t find a house in 2 months, forget about finding one in a single day!! Oh well! Luck was on their side and they managed to find a place, that too in the same society! Miracles keep happening!
So yesterday was a perfect end to a rather tiring weekend. Me and Anand were there to help the ladies in shifting their luggage and what not! We heaved, we huffed and puffed, we took breaks, we chatted, we laughed, took snaps, we heaved again, we sweated (profusely at that), and when it all got over at 8 PM, we just flopped down exhausted! Happy they were, yes, but then who likes these kind of changes? Charu's taking me to the window in her ex-bedroom showing me the beautiful view from there and talking about how she used to stare out of it at night and admitting the fact that she'll miss it left an impression! The others weren't so forthcoming but not everyone is... everyone had her own way of expressing what B-601 meant to them!
Anyway, Sunday was one helluva long day! Going for a swim in the pool was soooo relaxing! Dinner at their new residence was a silent affair... It does take time to settle in, to feel at home! One thing I learned from this experience is that once you get used to a place, letting go of it is tough... and if that place is home, even a second home for that matter, boy o boy! Just the thought of that made me vow never to delay the rent due to our landlord! Anyway, another thing I will keep in mind is to not go down without a fight:p
Anyways, to all the folks having exams, concerts, tests, et cetera, wish you all loads of luck!
Labels: Moving out, Sigh, Weekends
7 Comments:
wow and i thought it was tough to find an apartment in ny! yeah when i was planning my trip to pune i wanted to rent a flat, not stay in a hotel, but my friends couldn't find a landlord who would rent to a girl alone, much less 7! glad they found a place, and how lucky they are to have such lovely friends as u and anand to help out. :) and they say good men r hard to find...not true at all! cheers!
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*HUG* just a hug to make you feel better during such depressing times...
dont worry you ll settle down soon enough :D
@Jen
Yep! Luck plays an important role in all that we do!
Thanks so much... we were just being good friends:)
@dc
yeah right:p! now i know whose moving i shouldn't be assisting in! tq
@phoenix
wow! thanks! feeling like i've never felt before! just that i'm not the one who shifted houses;)!
frst i thought u r th one who wr shiftin aftr seein th title
thght raja mishra wud have done some stoopid act :P
anyway it seems u had fun, got to strech ur bisceps n show thm n anand had a fun too
if th process of shiftin n lifting leads to somethng good plz keep me informed bro ;)
Alls well that ends well..atleast u all are in the same society still.
Hey, I was wondering if you could tell me what the current rents at Prakrtii are like?
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