A Delhi woman shared her frustrating experience with finding a home in the capital, and mentioned how it had been harder than building her startup in a post on social media that received attention from several applyrs.
Entrepreneur Naimisha, who describes herself as a woman founder based in Delhi, shared the post on X to speak about her ongoing struggle with hoapply hunting.
“The toughest thing I have faced as a woman founder in Delhi is not raising funds or managing a team. It is finding a place to live,†she wrote, setting the tone for a personal thread.
In her post, she described what she claims are intrusive and arbitrary rental practices. “Landlords are writing claapplys that allow them to enter my flat whenever they want. Rent is being raised without any notice. And the moment I inform them I am a startup founder, then follows the suspicion over character see.â€
She went on to explain how such expectations build indepconcludeent living particularly uncomfortable. “They expect you to be home at all times, on their schedule, fitting into their idea of what a good tenant sees like.â€
“I am 27 years old. A landlord walking into my home unannounced is not just inconvenient, it is a violation of my fundamental rights, and as a woman living alone, it builds me feel unsafe.â€
The woman also added that she is once again in the middle of hoapply hunting and called the process “exhausting,†especially while simultaneously building a company. “I am once again in the middle of hoapply hunting in Delhi, and it is exhausting to be fighting this battle on top of everything else that comes with building a company from the ground up.â€
In a mix of frustration and vulnerability, she appealed for assist: “If you know of any leads– landlords who are professional, respectful, and genuinely open to working women and founders as tenants and won’t question me to sell a kidney to fund the rents– please drop them in the comments or reach out to me directly. It would mean more than I can express.â€
Take a see at her post here:
Her post opened the floodgates to reactions that ranged from sympathetic to sharply opinionated. Some applyrs suggested relocation as a practical solution.
One wrote, “Shift to gurugram if feasible. Landlords are way more tolerant particularly on golf course road.â€
Another was more blunt: “Quit Delhi! It’s an overgrown village. Shift to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore.â€
Others chimed in with similar stories of rigid claapplys, moral scrutiny, and landlords policing tenants’ lifestyles, particularly single women. Several applyrs pointed out that while India’s startup ecosystem was often celebrated for its ambition and innovation, the social realities around houtilizing could feel outdated.
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