‘These Expensive Buildings Are…’: Bengaluru Techie Shows Water Leakage in Rs 1.5 Crore Apartment

An image shared by a Bengaluru techie has gone viral on the internet in which he criticizes the high price of real estate in the city, which is being built with low quality. Ripudaman, the X user who shared the picture of water leakage in a room in his apartment worth Rs 1.5 crore, posted a photograph of the room located on the 5th or 16th floor of the building. The image clearly showed a large patch of dampness on the ceiling.

He wrote, “My room in a 1.5 CR apartment on the 5th/16th floor is leaking water. These expensive buildings are such a scam, bro! The civil engineer inside me can't comprehend this.” Ripudaman, a 22-year-old software engineer in the city, shared this on X and soon his post went viral, with users commenting on it.

Check out the viral post:

Users' reactions to the post:

“Actually, that costs only 50L to build or less,” said one user.

Another said, “It might be a leakage in the floor above you. This happened to us. The upper floor had a leakage in the pipe, and this started happening. If not fixed, drops will start falling slowly 🥲 Best is to have a standalone house.”

A third user said, “These expensive buildings are such a scam, bro! The civil engineer inside me can't comprehend this.”

One user wrote, “I know why—because the builder usually cuts costs when it comes to providing premium waterproofing systems. I have seen big companies (the top 4) opting for a basic waterproofing system from years ago for flats worth crores.”

Another said, “Unfortunately, this is what is happening in most places. The materials they use are not of premium quality, though they charge a premium for the apartments.”