How do I find a flat in Bengaluru without brokerage?

Take over a room somebody is leaving. The agreement carries on, the deposit transfers between the two tenants, and there is no agent to pay. FlatHunt lists exactly these handovers across Koramangala, HSR Layout and Indiranagar and the rest of Bengaluru.

How much deposit is normal in Bengaluru?

Typically two months of rent for a shared flat, though it is negotiable and a replacement usually means taking over the outgoing tenant's deposit rather than paying a fresh one.

Can I find flatmates in Bengaluru rather than a whole flat?

Yes. The Flatmates side of the app is people in Bengaluru looking to team up and hunt together, which is the harder half of the problem — a flat is findable in a week, three people who can live together is not.

How do I know a listing in Bengaluru is genuine?

Posters can verify through LinkedIn, so a tick means LinkedIn confirming who somebody is rather than the app taking their word. Phone numbers are never shown in a listing, and anyone can be reported or blocked.

Flats, PGs and flatmates in Bengaluru — without a broker.

Rooms in shared flats, whole flats and PG beds in Bengaluru — posted by the tenant leaving, the owner letting it, or the PG running it. Never by a broker, and never with a brokerage fee.

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Why flat hunting in Bengaluru works like this

Bengaluru runs on people who moved here for a job and share a 2 or 3BHK with people they met online. Leases are annual, jobs are not, and somebody leaves a flat in the middle of an agreement every single week.

A replacement is the cheapest way that handover can happen. The rent agreement carries on, the deposit transfers between the two of you, and nobody pays a month's rent to an agent for an introduction. What is hard is not the paperwork — it is finding the person at the moment the room comes free, which is what the app is for.

Areas covered in Bengaluru

Rooms, flats and PG beds across 20 areas of Bengaluru, filterable by the Purple and Green Metro lines, and the Outer Ring Road that most of the tech corridor commutes along, by what the room actually costs all-in, and by who you would be living with.

Indiranagar
Koramangala
HSR Layout
BTM Layout
Whitefield
Marathahalli
Bellandur
Sarjapur Road
Electronic City
JP Nagar
Jayanagar
Hebbal
Yelahanka
Rajajinagar
Banashankari
Basavanagudi
Malleshwaram
Kammanahalli
Hennur
Bommanahalli

What you can filter by

Commute time, not distance. Set where you have to get to and filter to rooms within 20, 30, 45 or 60 minutes of it. Eight kilometres in Bengaluru can be fifteen minutes or fifty, and no locality name tells you which.
The all-in monthly figure — rent plus maintenance, utilities and the rest, so two rooms are comparable before you message anybody.
The one-time setup cost, itemised. The number that ambushes people on the day they move in.
Who already lives there — how many, house rules on food, smoking and guests, and whether the flat is quiet or social.
Verified posters. A tick means the account signed in through LinkedIn, so it is LinkedIn confirming who somebody is.

Common questions about flats in Bengaluru

How do I find a flat in Bengaluru without brokerage?: Take over a room somebody is leaving. The agreement carries on, the deposit transfers between the two tenants, and there is no agent to pay. FlatHunt lists exactly these handovers across Koramangala, HSR Layout and Indiranagar and the rest of Bengaluru.
How much deposit is normal in Bengaluru?: Typically two months of rent for a shared flat, though it is negotiable and a replacement usually means taking over the outgoing tenant's deposit rather than paying a fresh one.
Can I find flatmates in Bengaluru rather than a whole flat?: Yes. The Flatmates side of the app is people in Bengaluru looking to team up and hunt together, which is the harder half of the problem — a flat is findable in a week, three people who can live together is not.
How do I know a listing in Bengaluru is genuine?: Posters can verify through LinkedIn, so a tick means LinkedIn confirming who somebody is rather than the app taking their word. Phone numbers are never shown in a listing, and anyone can be reported or blocked.

Looking for flatmates rather than a flat in Bengaluru?

If you have nobody to share with yet, the Flatmates side of the app is people looking to team up and hunt together — post what you are after, or answer somebody who already has. That is the harder half of the problem in Bengaluru: a flat is findable in a week, three people who can actually live together is not.