Bips finds apart-RENT

Mumbai:

It's not just the common man who finds it difficult to buy or rent a house; even celebrities face the brunt. Bipasha Basu, had to struggle for more than a month to find rental accommodation. She is looking for alternate accommodation because her current apartment in Khar is being renovated.

The actress, whose film Bachna Ae Haseeno, releases today, says, "House-hunting is a tiresome job. After searching for months, I have now found a place to stay. It's a crazy situation: trying to handle my shootings and the interiors of both houses the rental and my own. I am going mad."

Finding a place

According to brokers from the Khar-Bandra area, the actress had been house hunting since a month, but couldn't find one. Says an estate agent from the area, "Her budget for rent was between Rs 1.06 and Rs 1.10 lakh, and she was looking for a 3BHK apartment. Apart from her budget, the other problem was her schedule.

"Bipasha could not see places on week days and was available only on Sundays, which further delayed the matter."

Bipasha is currently staying in her own apartment, on the topmost floor of Muktangan, which used to be Rakhee Gulzar's bungalow. She adds that she's lucky to have found a place close-by.

"It's not easy finding a flat these days. We can't just make a home anywhere there are certain prerequisites to making one. It has to be in the right neighbourhood, the place has to be good, and secure, as I live alone. And the one I've found is perfect and it has nice neighbours."

Free now

Now that the rented apartment is done up, Bips will shift there, while work on her apartment will start, "Only the finishing touches are left. It has to be done well as I will be staying there for eight months. I will shift to my new flat in five days. Now that Bachna releases today, barring a couple of functions I am quite free to concentrate on my flat in Muktangan along with interior designer Ahsaan."