Apartment Rentals

baezgrace

Hey Guys,

So I have just moved to Ahmedabad from Mumbai-NYC and will be working here for the next year or so. I am currently living in my company guest house and simultaneously looking for apartments to rent. Thinking of a budget of Rs. 3500-4000 max. Could you guys recommend any sites I could look at, brokers you have interacted with and consider good? My firm is in Usmanpura and am hoping to stay in the vicinity.

I would also really appreciate any recommendations on any
- driving schools, obtaining a license and buying second hand scooter/bikes
- good, affordable cell phone network.
- bank with good service and ATM network in Ahmedabad.

Also is there a travel group or expat community/meetup of sorts? Starting from scratch in a new city and would love to meet with people.

ronin2006k

well....you can go through a broker (but have a recommendation of someone u know...like a office colleague)...remember a broker will intially show you the lesser preferred ones..insist with him to show you the best....also try some of this paying guests in that area..some offer a flat on top of their residences and u can get a good deal with the budget you quoted...i have a flat in gandhinagar..but that will be too far for u...

all the best..ajay...

kirpalsinh

Let me know if you are looking for flat in bopal ?

Kanehanahou

The Indian version of the "good old boy" network seems to be much in play here. Once you know a few people, who know a few people, etc things get much easier. I got my flat through someone at my NGO that also has a flat in this building.

I use Vodafone - it's worked everywhere I've tried to use it. I have a post-paid account, and the only big hit was the deposit I had to leave to be able to phone the States - and the other day when my bill was higher than the deposit, that feature was shut off - interesting in that my total bill to the States was only $6USD.

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