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Medavakkam
ChennaiLink road600100
A cheaper base for an OMR job, if and only if you commute against the flow.
Medavakkam connects to Sholinganallur along the 200 ft link road, the main lateral out of OMR toward Tambaram and Velachery. The deciding factor is direction rather than distance.
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01 — Find your place
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02 — What it costs
What you'll
actually pay
Most people in Medavakkam pay ₹6,500–8,000 a month — the middle half of 35 room prices owners have listed with us.
- TripleMost pay ₹7,000–8,500median ₹7,500
- 4 sharingMost pay ₹5,500–7,500median ₹6,500
Your deposit
A PG cannot ask you for more than three months' rent as a deposit, and must return it within one month of you moving out.
Section 11, Tamil Nadu Regulation of Rights and Responsibilities of Landlords and Tenants Act, 2017. On a ₹7,000 room that caps the deposit at ₹21,000. General information, not legal advice.
Read the Act03 — At a glance
Medavakkam in a minute
The link-road area
Medavakkam connects to Sholinganallur along the 200 ft road, the main lateral out of OMR toward Tambaram and Velachery.
Better piped-water odds
Medavakkam is one of the named beneficiaries of the Nemmeli Phase 2 allocation, which puts it ahead of most of the corridor on piped supply.
A residential area, not a corridor
An established residential belt with its own markets and schools rather than a strip of service-road development.
Medavakkam1ELCOT SEZ, Sholinganallur2Velachery3Tidel Park, Taramani4Tambaram5Chennai Airport
© OpenStreetMap · © CARTO04 — Getting to work
How long it actually takes
Peak-hour times, measured rather than estimated.
- 1ELCOT SEZ, SholinganallurCab or bus, link road east14 min · 5.2 km
- 2VelacheryShare auto north17 min · 7.7 km
- 3Tidel Park, TaramaniCab north-east25 min · 12 km
- 4TambaramCab west24 min · 11 km
- 5Chennai AirportCab via GST Road27 min · 13 km
05 — The practical stuff
Water, power and the monsoon
Water sourceNamed in the Nemmeli Phase 2 allocation, so piped odds are better here than on the corridor. Still ask what this building runs on.
Power backupAsk what the backup runs and whether it covers the water pump.
MonsoonDecember 2023 is South Chennai's benchmark event. Ask what happened on this street that month.
06 — The neighbourhood
What's around Medavakkam?
An established residential belt with roads out in every direction.
The lateral out of OMR
The 200 ft link road east to Sholinganallur defines the area. Velachery is north and Tambaram west, which gives Medavakkam more directions out than most of the corridor.
200 ft link road east to Sholinganallur
Velachery north
Tambaram west
A proper neighbourhood
Markets, schools, clinics and shops sit inside the residential grid rather than along a service road, which makes daily life more walkable than on OMR proper.
Medavakkam junction market daily needs
Velachery shopping north
Offices, east and north
Nothing large is in Medavakkam itself. It works as a base because the Sholinganallur cluster is a short lateral run east and Velachery and Guindy are reachable north.
ELCOT SEZ, Sholinganallur east
Tidel Park, Taramani north-east
07 — Good to know
Before you choose a place in Medavakkam
01Check your direction, not your distanceThis is a cheaper base for an OMR job if, and only if, you're commuting against the Sholinganallur-junction flow. Make the trip once at your actual hour, in your actual direction, before you decide.
02The water odds are better here, but ask anywayBeing named in the Nemmeli Phase 2 allocation improves the chance of a piped connection. That's an area-level probability, not a building-level guarantee.
03You're trading corridor life for neighbourhood lifeMore walkable daily needs, fewer late-night options, and a longer trip to the OMR food strip. Visit in the evening and see which you prefer.
08 — Nearby
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East is the corridor, north is the city, and the rents rise in both directions.
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Medavakkam, answered
Can I live in Medavakkam and work on OMR?
Yes, and it's one of the more sensible budget options, but the deciding factor is direction. The 200 ft link road east to Sholinganallur is the connection, and commuting into the junction at peak hour is a different experience from commuting out of it.
How is water supply in Medavakkam?
Better than most of the OMR corridor. Medavakkam is among the areas named in the allocation from the 150 MLD Nemmeli Phase 2 plant, which improves the odds of a piped Metrowater connection. It's still an area-level probability, so ask each PG about source and storage.
What's Medavakkam like day to day?
More like a neighbourhood than a corridor. Markets, schools, clinics and shops sit inside the residential grid rather than along a service road, so daily needs are walkable. The trade-off is fewer late-night options and a longer trip to the OMR food strip.