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Bringing A Pet Home In Bengaluru? Be Ready For A Quiet Spike In Your House Rent
5+ hour, 52+ min ago (975+ words) Bengaluru is a city where dogs go to caf's, cats sit by sunny windows, and every second street has someone walking a Beagle like it's a badge of honour. Pets are part of the rhythm here. Morning joggers in HRBR Layout greet each other by their dog's name, not their own. In JP Nagar, pet bakeries outnumber hardware stores. This is a city that treats its pets like family. Yet, that affection fades the moment the rental agreement comes out of the drawer. In the last year, more and more tenants have begun encountering a new add-on: a flat Rs 10002000 per month as pet rent. Then gated societies in Bellandur, Kadubeesanahalli and Whitefield began surfacing with their own unwritten expectations. Brokers started slipping lines such as "pet is fine, but owner wants extra 1500 for cleaning issues" or "society people ask…...