The flat of the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput has been finally rented in Mumbai after laying vacant for three years. The NRI owner to whom the flat began finally covered up the loss and the apartment is set to be rented soon, as per a new report. Rafique Merchant, a real-estate broker in Mumbai, averred that the flat’s owner was approached for the property few months before.
Rafique further mentioned that the flat was looking for prospects and the tenant enquired for it. The flat was rented out for ₹5 lakh per month. The owners will be given a security deposit of ₹30 lakh, equated to six months of rent in all. The actor was found dead in his apartment on June 14, 2020.
According to India Today, Rafique said, “We have found somebody (a tenant). We are in the final stage of talks with the family to finalise things. People are now relaxed about it (Sushant’s death) because they say it has been a while.”
Earlier, while facing hard times finding a tenant, Rafique spoke to Bollywood Hungama, “People are scared to move into this flat. When prospective tenants would hear that this is the same apartment where he died, they would not even visit the flat. Nowadays, people are at least visiting the flat as the news of his death has become old. Yet, the deal is not getting finalised. The owner is also hell-bent and doesn’t want to come down on the rent. If he does, it’ll be sold quickly. Since he’s selling it at the market price, tenants prefer buying some other flat of a similar size in the same area since it would come without the baggage of controversy that this flat is associated with.”
“The parties are told in advance that this is where Sushant used to stay. Some people don’t mind the history and want to go for it. But their friends and family members discourage them from going ahead with the deal. Now the owner doesn’t want to rent out the flat to a film celeb, no matter who or how big he or she is. He’s clear that he wants to hand over the flat to a corporate person,” he mentioned.
The flat is a sea-facing duplex, elite Mont Blanc Apartments, 4BHK, channelized in 2,500 sq. feet with a terrace. It is located on Carter Road in Mumbai’s Bandra West.
