Mhairi

We've just booked our flights to Sydney for 27 July. We'll be arriving with our 2 young daughters having never visited Australia before - and we don't know a soul (yes, I realise this is a bit crazy).

We'll have about 6 weeks to get ourselves organised before I start work in the Lane Cove area.

We were thinking of booking a holiday let for a couple of weeks upon arrival - do you think this the most practical option and will 2 weeks give us sufficient time to find a furnished rental as I've heard the they are hard to come by.

Any advice on accommodation and/or tips on what else we should be doing in these 6 weeks would be very gratefully received.

Mhairi

Wendy

I know just how you feel. We are going the first week in July, well that's if we can get a flight, we haven't booked yet :scared:

I'm at a loss of what to do as well, but I find just doing a few things at a time is getting it done.

I need to sort out accomodation, which I'll do next week. I have to wait for cable to take the international call barring off, I asked them to do it last month and the month before

I'm sure we will get there in the end.

Good luck to you

steve`o

hi wends your not on ntl are you

Wendy

No, Telewest

suzimc

Hi Mhairi,

there is some advice on renting both temporary accommodation and something a bit more permanent here: www.yellabrickroad.com/tempaccom and www.yellabrickroad.com/propertyrent

They should point you in the direction of some of the places you can try.

Where abouts in Sydney are you aiming for? I believe the competition is quite steep for rentals especially furnished, but being prepared certainly seems to help!

steve`o

have you checked
http://www.realestate.com.au/cgi-bin...ch?a=bhp&t=ren

Mhairi

Frenchs Forest and Davidson look like a reasonable commute (on the map!!) to Lane Cove which is where my job is, so were thinking of ultimately buying in that area. Thank you for the links to temp and rental, I'll check these out. Despite the difficulties in finding rental accommodation, I'm assuming it's still best to do this upon arrival rather than in advance as I've head the descriptions do not always reflect reality.

Mhairi

sparks124

haven't NTL taken over Telewest???

suzimc

Ah but those mapss can be deceptive because they are on such a different scale to the UK! I'm not really familiar with those areas so I don't know, I am experienced with taking 4 hours to drive a distance we estimated to take about an hour and a half though!

Personally I believe it's better to wait until you get there to find a rental, it is so hard to judge something from a picture and a description, especially when at times it can be inacurate, but i know there are others who will differ. The other advantage of waiting until you get there is that it gives you the chance to check out the area before signing up to be there for 6 months or a year.

steve`o

i wouldn't advocate getting a rental via the web either
but it is a good tool to see how many rentals that are in the area of your choice and how much rent is been asked for these properties

Mhairi

That's good advice. I guess we should book some temporary accommodation before we arrive though, at least for the first couple of weeks. Can anyone recommend a decent holiday letting agency/mobile home site or reasonable hotel in North Sydney? We will be arriving at 10.00 am in the morning, but I'm sure we'll be too knackered to start searching for something then.

Wendy

Try these.

http://www.big4.com.au/public/index....d=40&stateid=2

suzimc

I would definitely suggest getting that bit booked up front. There are some great deals if you look on some of the last minute sites, and once you find something you can check it out on Trip Advisor www.tripadvisor.com to make sure it does what it says on the tin before you commit yourself to it. The place Wendy suggested seems to be recommended often too.

Luma

As far as I know yes they have.