Woman shares why finding a place to live in Delhi is harder than building a startup

A Delhi-based woman shared her exhausting experience of house hunting amid intrusive landlord practices in the city, and asked social media users for leads and advice in her post.

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 users.

Entrepreneur Naimisha, who describes herself as a woman founder based in Delhi, shared the post on X to speak about her ongoing struggle with house 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 clauses that allow them to enter my flat whenever they want. Rent is being raised without any notice. And the moment I tell them I am a startup founder, then follows the suspicion over character look.”

She went on to explain how such expectations make independent living particularly uncomfortable. “They expect you to be home at all times, on their schedule, fitting into their idea of what a good tenant looks like.”

“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 makes me feel unsafe.”