Hunt for a house or an apartment for rent is indeed a laborious task in crowded cities like Bengaluru where there is a high demand for rented accommodations.
However, if you thought that finding an apartment for rent in Bengaluru involves just running across localities and scrolling through ads on various property websites and apps, you may be in for a surprise, as a young professional, Goutham, in the city realised.
Goutham took to social media to share an update on day 12 of his house hunting in Bengaluru's Indiranagar.
He shared screenshots of his Whatsapp interaction with the broker in which he was told that rent for a 2 bhk apartment in Indiranagar was Rs 75,000. When Goutham asked if he could come and see the apartment in the evening, he was asked to share his LinkedIn profile.
The broker said the owner of the house was asking for his LinkedIn profile.
As if this wasn't enough, the broker asked Goutham to "share a small write-up" about him.
Reacting to his tweets, a user wrote: "This is happening quite a lot in bengaluru, I know a couple of my friends who are ready to pay a good amount for rent but they're asked a lot of questions with and then the rent is quoted again with an increased price... They're still hunting for a house"
"In Bengaluru after cracking the job interview, you also need to crack the house interview!," wrote another user.
"They judge according to the company you're working with , specially in indiranagar, kormangala," another user observed.