MY FIRST PROPERTY AGENT IN HYDERABAD

My First property agent in Hyderabad

The property agent in general, is not a new term anymore. The property agent is the one who possesses the property or knows the whereabouts of the property for the purpose of rent, purchase, or sell-off trade in and around the local area.

As I am new to Hyderabad, the organization with which I am associated has provided me with a temporary accommodation facility, but that would last for only another week.
I have been looking for permanent housing since the first day I stepped in Hyderabad. The challenge is to look out for a house nearby to my office and convenient in terms of the ”added facility” as well.

We (I mean, a friend, Anurag, who is willing to be my room partner and I) met a property agent here, and what an experience it was! We got the referral of the agent through an advertisement in the Hyderabad premier newspaper, The Hyderabad Times. We met him at his office. Before showing any flats, he asked for the registration fee. And I got furious and was not willing to accept that. Later on, we came to the conclusion to go ahead with the trend of paying the registration charge of Rupees 200 only.

He was the typical South Indian guy. He instructed his guy in Telugu to show us some flats. We left his office in besotted mood. The young child, Krishna, seems to be his sub-agent, and was in his hero cycle. We were riding through the way in Anurag’s bike. We reached the first place safely and it was the furnished house—one of our top priorities. We went upstairs along with Krishna, and then discovered that the room had already been booked. We were disappointed because that could have been our best option. Everything was there: TV, fridge, chairs, beds, cupboards, and, of course, air cooler.

Then we moved on to another property with the hope of getting a better option. Krishna took us to the fourth floor in some lavish apartments. He tried the door keys he had gotten from the security guard. Believe me, it was pure fun to watch. He tried all of them, but in vain. Then he got another bunch of keys, and again the master key could not be identified.

We desperately moved on to the third flat. It was in the locality called Kishna Nagar towards the city. There were some MBA girls staying at that location. They warned us of a water problem there. So we also turned down that option. Kishna traversed his entire journey in grease-painted cycle and the cycle chain got derailed a number of times all the way along. Unfortunately, this flat also did not materialize.

Then we moved to our next venture. We went to the core of the city as instructed by the dude, Krishna. We reached the landmark point well in advance of him. We reached our last hide-out place and that was better than the rest of the seen places. But the only factor that intrigued me was the obsequious behavior of the security guard out there. Moreover, there were some police officers questioning some of the men there. So, we decided not to have that flat as well.

We were very particular about our choice and I was reluctant not to look at any place other than the places nearby to the core city. We felt tired and wanted to come back to the Guest House. We came back and had our lunch. I was ready for another venture but Anurag turned down the offer. Moreover, since the bike is his, I can’t make a strong demand. Hence, we rested at the guest house for the rest of the day.

I have a firm belief in the saying, “Whatever happens, happens for the good.” I believe that God had some different plans for us.

In the next week, I came across the washer man (locally, called a dhobi) in our guest house, who does property dealing in his spare time. He showed us a flat—well-furnished, ventilated, marble floor, wooden cupboards, huge kitchen storage, and, of course, a good location. These factors fall under our liking of “added facility” that we were looking for. So we called up the builder, Mr. Reddy. He was very clear about his approach not to negotiate for the rent. We got his point straightway and were okay with it. We added some more features to our “added facility” list, like geyser, water supply, and all that. And he agreed to those. We finalized the deal then and there and came back to the guest house with big smiles on our faces.

Frankly speaking, the place is not in the hub of the city and so doesn’t fall under my preference in terms of location. Apart from that, everything is fantabulous and hence things seem to be rolling on in our lives as well. Happy to see things happening here, now all set!