Simi Garewal has been living in the same apartment from the time she first moved to Mumbai. In September 2008, she vacated the place for urgent repairs.

The actress-turned TV host rues, "My designer is Kiran Patki (of Space Consultants) and the contractor was Jaffer Chejara, who gave me in writing that the work would be completed within 60 days. I shifted into a hotel on Sept 15." The wait has been never-ending. Simi talks about her problems...

When did the problem start?
Within three weeks of the work commencing I found that none of the designs were being executed according to the blue-prints given. Although Jaffer had charged the highest rates, he had employed apprentices for the job. None of his carpenters were able to read so the designs were never consulted. The furniture was not as per design specifications. The materials used were substandard. My meter was running at the hotel, the work had already exceeded 60 days.u00a0