An emerging trend has been to rent furniture and appliances, especially among the young and mobile. Renting household goods like furniture and appliances, or even clothes for that matter, is still looked down upon in large parts of the country. In the long-run, he says, he will pay 10% more for the convenience of renting things over owning them. His family supports his decision.Prachee Passi first had to fight her own perception of renting household articles when she moved from Lonavala to Mumbai for work. But she met a lot of people who were already renting stuff in their rented apartments.

Source: Economic Times May 26, 2018 17:45 UTC