They rent it out for $2,225 a month, about $1,000 less than their mortgage and maintenance costs.
I believe that I rented about 10 movies per month - a great deal.
He rents about seven a week, he said, for $1,100 to $1,400.
Those who rent space pay about $190 a month for a 10-foot-by-10-foot storage room, a price traders say has doubled over the last year.
"You can probably rent a thatching machine for about $65 a day," he said.
"We rented just about every movie made," he said.
If no buyer of their current house comes forward, they will seek to rent it for about $1,700 a month.
The smallest apartment - a 460-square-foot studio - will rent on a middle floor for about $14,720 a year, or $1,220 a month.
Now, the state spends $13 million a year renting about 900,000 square feet of private office space.
I'd rented a car and driver from a Madras hotel for about $100 a day.