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Flats for rent in Santacruz West

We read the owners' asking rents around Santacruz West's centre, 53 listings on NoBroker, read 25 Oct 2026. Then we matched every live listing we could to a building: 154 listings in 43 buildings of the 127 buildings in our book, read 14 to 24 Oct 2026. The owners' figure leads. The building figure is below it.

We find you a home
( SANTACRUZ WEST AT A GLANCE )
12 min
THE STATION · SANTACRUZ · WALK, ESTIMATED
127
BUILDINGS ON RECORD
127
MAHARERA PROJECTS
53
OWNER LISTINGS READ
H/W
MCGM WARD AT THE CENTRE
( OWNERS' ASKING RENTS · NOBROKER · 53 LISTINGS · READ 25 OCT 2026 )
1 RK
OWNERS' MEDIAN ASK thin (6 listings)
1 BHK
OWNERS' MEDIAN ASK thin (7 listings)
2 BHK
OWNERS' MEDIAN ASK ₹75,000 18 listings · read 25 Oct
ASKS MATCHED TO BUILDINGS · A DIFFERENT SAMPLE ₹1,50,000 65 listings in 24 buildings · read 14 to 24 Oct
3 BHK
OWNERS' MEDIAN ASK ₹1,82,500 10 listings · read 25 Oct
ASKS MATCHED TO BUILDINGS · A DIFFERENT SAMPLE ₹2,47,500 66 listings in 26 buildings · read 14 to 24 Oct
4+ BHK
OWNERS' MEDIAN ASK thin (3 listings)
ASKS MATCHED TO BUILDINGS · A DIFFERENT SAMPLE ₹5,11,000 19 listings in 8 buildings · read 14 to 24 Oct

The first figure is what owners ask on NoBroker within 1.3 km of the centre. The second counts live listings matched to a named building, each listing once, from Square Yards, NoBroker and MagicBricks. Two samples, so the figures differ.

WHAT OWNERS ASK
SIZE LISTINGS LOWER QUARTILE MEDIAN UPPER QUARTILE DEPOSIT
1 RK Too few read this month
1 BHK Too few read this month
2 BHK 18 ₹66,300 ₹75,000 ₹1.1 lakh 3 months
3 BHK 10 ₹1.5 lakh ₹1.8 lakh ₹2.8 lakh 5.5 months
4+ BHK Too few read this month
Inside the area, 2 BHK flats

Every locality read here runs within 10% of the area median.

Brokers list 2 BHK flats on Square Yards at a median of ₹1.3 lakh (26 listings), 67% above what owners ask.

Owners' asking rents on NoBroker, 53 listings within 1.3 km of Santacruz West's centre, active in the 90 days to 25 Oct 2026; 2 more set aside as a room, a share or out of line with the area. A median stands on asks in 3 buildings or more. Asking rents, never agreed rents.
HOW WE READ RENT

Owners' asking rents on NoBroker, 53 listings within 1.3 km of Santacruz West's centre, active in the 90 days to 25 Oct 2026; 2 more set aside as a room, a share or out of line with the area. A median stands on asks in 3 buildings or more. Asking rents, never agreed rents. The building figure counts live listings on Square Yards, NoBroker and MagicBricks that we matched to a named building, each listing once, read 14 to 24 Oct 2026.

( BUILDINGS )

127 buildings

43 with an asking rent read, 127 registered with MahaRERA.
( LIFE )

What a renter should know in Santacruz West

LIVE LISTINGS BY BUILDING Live listings matched to a building, read 14 to 24 Oct 2026: 1 BHK ₹95,000 (4 listings, 4 buildings; thin); 2 BHK ₹1,50,000 (65 listings, 24 buildings); 3 BHK ₹2,47,500 (66 listings, 26 buildings); 4+ BHK ₹5,11,000 (19 listings, 8 buildings). A different sample from the owners' read above, so the numbers differ. One building, Rustomjee Paramount, holds 9 of the 19 4+ BHK asks.
THE TRIP TO WORK Door to door, our estimate, median over the 38 of 127 buildings with an exact position: BKC 22 min, Lower Parel 42 min, Nariman Point 59 min, Andheri East MIDC 33 min, Powai 47 min. Slow trains on published timetables, 4 minutes to board, 8 per change. Rough: fewer than half the buildings here have an exact position.
THE MONEY Deposit asked: a median of 3 to 5.5 months on the owners' read (25 Oct 2026). Your deposit and rent go straight to the owner. Never through us.
THE AGREEMENT Every leave and licence in Mumbai must be written and registered, eleven months included. Registering is the owner's legal duty (Maharashtra Rent Control Act 1999, section 55). Stamp duty is 0.25 per cent of the rent for the term plus 10 per cent a year notional interest on the refundable deposit (Maharashtra Stamp Act, Article 36A). Registration can be done online with an Aadhaar fingerprint check on both sides (IGR Leave and License, read 14 Oct 2026).
THE POLICE FORM The owner files Mumbai Police's online tenant form before you move in. The Mumbai Police page says no police NOC is needed to rent a flat (read 21 Oct 2026). Societies still ask for the copy.
THE SOCIETY Under the model bye-laws the owner tells the society 8 days before and hands in the registered agreement and the police form. A society often charges for moving in or out, ₹1,000 to ₹5,000 is common; no law sets it. Some buildings turn away bachelors, pets or non-vegetarian cooking. We ask at every building and tell you before a viewing.
REDEVELOPMENT Many older buildings here are being redeveloped, and several of our records are new launches. A licence near a redevelopment can end early. We ask about it at every building.
HOMES 127 buildings with a page here: 127 registered with MahaRERA (read 14 Oct 2026), 43 with an asking rent read.
EVERYDAY LIFE 8 places to eat, 11 schools and 15 hospitals mapped near the centre on OpenStreetMap, read 14 Oct 2026.
GETTING AROUND Santacruz station, 0.7 km from the centre in a straight line: about 12 minutes on foot, an estimate rather than a measured route. This page is its West side. Lines: Western line; Harbour line (Mumbai CSMT to Goregaon services) (Western Railway and MMRDA pages, read 14 Oct 2026). MCGM ward H/W (55%), K/W (22%), H/E (22%), K/E (0%) of the ring.
( MAP )

Santacruz West

The ring is 1.3 km around the centre, on the West side of Santacruz station.

OPENSTREETMAP. NOT PLACES WE RECOMMEND.
( YOUR EVERYDAY RADIUS )
EAT
  • Gracias Granny350 m
  • Starbucks350 m
  • Mazi400 m
and 5 more
EVERYDAY
  • Radiance Laser Vision Centre250 m
  • Society Stores350 m
  • Mumbai Retina Centre400 m
and 16 more
SCHOOLS
  • Smt. Lilavatibai Podar High School150 m
  • St. Lawrence School200 m
  • Podar International School300 m
and 8 more
OUTDOORS
  • Saraswat Park250 m
  • Triangular Park350 m
  • Poddar Sports Academy350 m
and 11 more
WORK
  • Telecom Complex650 m
MOVE
  • Santa Cruz600 m
STRAIGHT-LINE DISTANCE FROM THE CENTRE OF SANTACRUZ WEST.
( COMPARE )

Compare Santacruz West

COMPARE Santacruz West or Khar West 2 BHK, owners: ₹75,000 and ₹1,10,000 Side by side, with the trip to five office districts COMPARE Santacruz West or Bandra West 2 BHK, owners: ₹75,000 and ₹1,20,000 Side by side, with the trip to five office districts GUIDE Cost of living in Mumbai Rent by area and the cash on day one Eight areas, Bandra to Borivali GUIDE Moving to Mumbai for a job Where to live, the train, the agreement Leave and licence, step by step
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