How To Find A Rental House In Delhi At A Reasonable Rent?

If you shout ‘Ok Google’ followed by ‘find a house on rent in Delhi’, then you’ll probably end up with one. But we know you’re asking about an affordable one here. And not a duplex with an attached jacuzzi. So you need to give better instructions to Google. And you also need to know more ways of finding budget-friendly accommodation than just depending on a search engine.

Don’t worry though. We’ve got you covered. Cause it’s only our full-time job at Stanza Living – to help out young migrants as you settle in a new city. And it’s also why our co-living spaces and managed flats take all the household chores off your hands. Like cooking, cleaning, doing laundry, and plenty more. But we don’t mind you exploring other options too (coz we’re too confident for that lol). Now, just move on and read on. So you can sing praises for our free advice for a long time to come. Ok Google, tell us how to be humble, please?

Steps I can Follow to Find an Affordable House On Rent In Delhi

Sometimes, your wallet makes you feel like you’re walking on a tightrope. But until you replace that tightrope with a red carpet – and fill the empty space in your wallet – try these ways to find an affordable house to rent in Delhi.

• Make Google Work Harder
• Look for Flatmates On Social Media
• Take a Walk Around Your Preferred Locality

Make Google Work Harder

So this is where you learn to give better instructions to Google. Now, there are two ways of using Google to find affordable housing. First, it’s by finding the right rental listing websites and giving the right input. For that, type an exact keyword like ‘rent house in Delhi under 5000’ and some of the rental websites will directly show you houses under that budget. But for the ones that don’t, they’d most probably have filters where you can choose the listings from ‘low price to high price’.

Now, the second way of going about using Google is to search for co-living spaces or managed flats. Once you land at one like Stanza Living, you just need to select the type of accommodation, the type of occupancy, the preferred locality, and most importantly, your budget range. After that, you’ll just be one step closer to your – and your wallet’s – dream house.

Look for Flatmates On Social Media

You see, sometimes you can directly find an affordable house using the above ways. And sometimes, you’ll find one that’s slightly more pricey than you can afford. In that case, find flatmates in order to share the rent.

For that, just put up a story on social media asking for flatmates. And trust us, there are high chances that you’ll find them. Or in some cases, you may find someone who’s looking for a flatmate too. So if you find their property good enough, you can move there instead.

Just do a vibe check with them before you move in tho. You never know if they turn out to be annoying. Or worse, too nice that it’s almost suffocating like daily soap heroines. Who’ll even fight a bulldozer if they’re told to?

Take a Walk Around Your Preferred Locality

Here’s the last resort for you to find an affordable house on rent if all else fails. That’s the old-school of walking around the neighborhood and looking for too-late signs. This way, you might just find cheap rental rooms that were not put up on rental listing websites. And don’t worry, if it’s one of the popular student areas in North Campus, most probably you’d find one within an hour of walking around. Also as a byproduct, you can complete your daily step count too, woohoo!

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