House hunting

It's not quite like the last Bollywod horror film 13-B, but yes, this tale does involve a house and, trying to live in that house, is
Bollywood hottie Bipasha Basu! Bips, who has a penthouse in a Santacruz high-rise, was forced to move out when this place took a beating in the savage rains of 26/7 in 2005. "I had to get my home renovated after that horrible incident," says the Bengali beauty, who moved in to a rented apartment a few lanes away while the interior work began in her devastated penthouse. And, here comes the twist in the tale.

"I started getting a lot of negative vibes," admits Bipasha, "I just didn't feel good living there." What's worse, since it was a rented place, she had to send her pet dog Poshto, a Chilhuahua the actress obsolutely dotes on, to live with her parents at their suburban home.

But the bad vibes in rented apartment really took their toll on her in the last couple of months. And finally, Bips locked up the place and began virtually living out of a suit case. "I'm even endorsing a luggage brand only for this," she jokes.

She's started looking forward to outdoor shoots now,"because because that way I don't have to go around Mumbai looking for a roof over my head."

Lest you get the idea that the Bengali bomb shell is on the lookout for accommodation, chill... While her own apartment is still two months away from completion, a PUJA and a "nice, big housewarming party there", she alternatively takes up residence with either her parents or beau John Abraham. He, too has a penthouse at Land's End in Bandra. And it's big enough for two!