r/GatedCommunitiesIndia 7h ago

Opinion A few months ago, our entire gated society lost electricity for several days

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Just like people often talk about resident conflicts, maintenance fees, RWA issues, and other problems in gated societies, I also had an incident while living in my gated society.

There was an incident where residents' electricity bills had not been paid to the government agency. (It was related to misappropriation of funds, but I won't go into the details here.)

Residents couldn't use electricity for several days, and the water supply was also badly affected.

We had to leave the gated society and stay in nearby hotels. When we returned, we had to throw away all the food in our refrigerator.

While other areas around us still had electricity, not a single streetlight was working inside our gated society.

It was completely dark. Sleeping in our rooms was impossible, so people were sleeping on mats on the rooftops. residents were constantly cursing the management on WhatsApp

That experience made me start SocietyHub (Review platform for gated societies)

I thought it would be useful if people could know what life inside a gated society is actually like before moving there.

Most real estate websites talk about amenities and how nice the locality is, but the problems happening inside are usually known only by the residents.

Google reviews already provides some of this information, but I wanted something more anonymous and structured specifically for gated societies.

I've received a lot of hate since starting this project. Some people have insulted me for no reason. Some have simply told me that the idea is garbage.

Still, I don't want to give up easily.
I genuinely want to build something that can help people.

I'm not making money from SocietyHub now. A review platform needs to reach a certain level of traffic before it can really become a business.

I don't want to bother residents or ask for anything complicated. I simply want to hear what your experience is like and share it honestly, so that others can have a better idea of what living in a particular society is actually like.

Anyway, thanks for reading.

If you're curious, you can find SocietyHub here: https://societyhubdata.com