Bengaluru Flat Owner’s Wild Cost-Cutting Plan: Ditch Guards, CCTVs & Generators
Resident’s email suggests axing security and backups to slash maintenance fees.
A Bengaluru apartment owner’s email proposing drastic measures to reduce monthly maintenance charges has ignited a heated debate online. Shared on the r/bangalore subreddit, the suggestions range from practical tweaks to highly controversial ideas, prompting residents and netizens to question safety, convenience, and common sense in society living. The anonymous poster highlighted the email as an unusual attempt at cost optimization in their complex.
The five-point proposal begins with replacing gardeners by installing automated drip irrigation systems to water plants, aiming to eliminate monthly gardener expenses. It then suggests switching common area lights to dim yellow bulbs and enforcing strict playtime rules for children—limiting outdoor activities to before sunset—to cut electricity bills significantly.
Further ideas include overhauling garbage collection by hiring “really good people” willing to work at lower costs, and restricting security guards to daytime hours only. The owner argued that night guards face inhumane working conditions and proposed locking the apartment gates by 9pm or 10pm, with strict resident in-time rules to ensure safety without overnight staff.
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The most contentious points advocate removing CCTV cameras entirely, calling them an invasion of residents’ privacy, and eliminating diesel generator (DG) power backups during outages. The email claimed going without power occasionally is “eco-friendly” and beneficial, dismissing the need for uninterrupted electricity supply.
The Reddit post quickly went viral, garnering nearly 2,000 upvotes and hundreds of comments. Reactions ranged from amusement to sharp criticism, with users mocking phrases like hiring cheap yet “good” workers and comparing the escalation to extreme cost-cutting mindsets. Many pointed out serious risks to security, child safety, and emergency preparedness, while some found the initial drip irrigation suggestion somewhat reasonable before the ideas turned impractical.
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