OLD AND HOME ALONE
The aged and single, living all alone in big houses, are an easy target for unscrupulous tenants, says
Sarthak
Tripti (name changed) has been living all alone in her spacious East of Kailash house. After the recent demise of her husband, this 76-year-old lady is looking for a tenant for her first floor house. Before leaving for England, her married son, who came to attend the last rites of his father, told several realtors in the area to look for a “tenant for our first floor house, who has a small family. Like one or two kids, and who can also provide some medical aid to my mother as when she is not well. Those who can drive her car, at least occasionally, will be preferred.”
Interestingly enough, for sheer numbers, old ladies outnumbers old men living alone in their big houses in posh localities in the capital. Their kids either live in some other city or abroad. If we talk about ladies alone, there are many instances when they have not married at all, and in their ripe age, they are left as the sole guardian of their houses, which they got in inheritance.
Kajol Makhijani of Mak Realtors says finding right tenants for such weak and weary ladies is a huge task for them. They take extra effort in order to find the right person who can occupy the house. “While we see and ensure that the prospective tenant has the right credential, we also make our own enquiry to see if he or she create trouble for their former landlords,” says Kajol.
Realtors say that in almost all the private localities of the capital, one can easily find a large number of old couple, as well as single men or women, living all alone. It goes with out saying that all types of shady characters try to gab the properties of these people, and sadly, many of them have lost their lives at the hands of these elements.
Anu Gupta of South Delhi based DGS Realtors says that it is wrong to believe that senior citizens are under constant threat only from outsiders. The fact of he matter is, in many instances, they have badly suffered at the hands of their own close relatives or so called friends. Giving a shocking example of former DU teacher, Prof Lotika Sarkar, Anu Gupta says that as Lotika is very old and alone, her tenants tried to fudge ownership papers of her posh South Delhi colony house, which is worth crores. The aim was to grab her house. But for timely exposure by the Times of India, the house of Lotika Sarkar would have been grabbed by those who claimed to be her well-wishers. “Keeping this in mind, as and when senior citizens requests us to find tenant for his or her house, we take extra precaution in order to ascertain the background of the possible tenant.” Many Realtors says they do not rush into these things an bid their time for the right person. When they feel they have found the right candidate, only then do they make their next move and introduce him or her to their clients. There are many senior citizens who prefer to let a part of their houses to single women only. They somehow think that workingwomen will not create problems for them at any stage. East Delhi-based realtor, Pramod Kumar Chopra, says he has recently found a tenant for his Nirman Vihar client. The lady was looking for a workingwoman who could also take her to doctor, at least once or twice a month. She was ready to give her house on lower rent than the prevailing market rates.
Courtesy:- TOI dtd:- 28-03-09
Sarthak
Tripti (name changed) has been living all alone in her spacious East of Kailash house. After the recent demise of her husband, this 76-year-old lady is looking for a tenant for her first floor house. Before leaving for England, her married son, who came to attend the last rites of his father, told several realtors in the area to look for a “tenant for our first floor house, who has a small family. Like one or two kids, and who can also provide some medical aid to my mother as when she is not well. Those who can drive her car, at least occasionally, will be preferred.”
Interestingly enough, for sheer numbers, old ladies outnumbers old men living alone in their big houses in posh localities in the capital. Their kids either live in some other city or abroad. If we talk about ladies alone, there are many instances when they have not married at all, and in their ripe age, they are left as the sole guardian of their houses, which they got in inheritance.
Kajol Makhijani of Mak Realtors says finding right tenants for such weak and weary ladies is a huge task for them. They take extra effort in order to find the right person who can occupy the house. “While we see and ensure that the prospective tenant has the right credential, we also make our own enquiry to see if he or she create trouble for their former landlords,” says Kajol.
Realtors say that in almost all the private localities of the capital, one can easily find a large number of old couple, as well as single men or women, living all alone. It goes with out saying that all types of shady characters try to gab the properties of these people, and sadly, many of them have lost their lives at the hands of these elements.
Anu Gupta of South Delhi based DGS Realtors says that it is wrong to believe that senior citizens are under constant threat only from outsiders. The fact of he matter is, in many instances, they have badly suffered at the hands of their own close relatives or so called friends. Giving a shocking example of former DU teacher, Prof Lotika Sarkar, Anu Gupta says that as Lotika is very old and alone, her tenants tried to fudge ownership papers of her posh South Delhi colony house, which is worth crores. The aim was to grab her house. But for timely exposure by the Times of India, the house of Lotika Sarkar would have been grabbed by those who claimed to be her well-wishers. “Keeping this in mind, as and when senior citizens requests us to find tenant for his or her house, we take extra precaution in order to ascertain the background of the possible tenant.” Many Realtors says they do not rush into these things an bid their time for the right person. When they feel they have found the right candidate, only then do they make their next move and introduce him or her to their clients. There are many senior citizens who prefer to let a part of their houses to single women only. They somehow think that workingwomen will not create problems for them at any stage. East Delhi-based realtor, Pramod Kumar Chopra, says he has recently found a tenant for his Nirman Vihar client. The lady was looking for a workingwoman who could also take her to doctor, at least once or twice a month. She was ready to give her house on lower rent than the prevailing market rates.
Courtesy:- TOI dtd:- 28-03-09
