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Don't you have to get a qualified, licensed electrical contractor to do that? ;)

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I think thats an American thing.

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If you don't try you'll never know.
I wouldn't say you've gone through the hardest part but you're more than half way so why turn back now?

Good luck with whatever you decide.:thumbsup:

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I never understand people who can do that. I have my cat and would never do that, any time I’ve rented and she wasn’t allowed I just hid her when there was an inspection, they never knew and I got all my bond back.

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In a lot of ways, honesty never pays. Keep your pets. What people dont know wont hurt 'em.

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I'm Australian and that's one thing I don't like about Australia - all those weird rules when renting like 'no cats or dogs'. It reflects IMO the Aussie bias towards buying a house and not living in flats (and look where that got us! :blink:) Anyway when I lived in Sydney I had a cat and used to hide her when they did inspections or take her to my mum's place for the day.

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Youre not alone there.

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Sure, but making major financial/life changing decisions based on opinions that you read on an internet forum is nuts. Anyone who does is a f**kwit and deserves to be ripped off/lose money.

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I think there are worse sources of information, such as the media and professional 'advisors' (i.e. sales persons). Casting a wide net for information anecdotal or factual can't hurt the decision making process. I saved my financial health from Irish bubble by keeping my eyes and ears well and truly open.

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I knew I should have listened to that little man on my shoulder instead:rofl:

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How true,especially in such uncertain times.Do nothing in haste and get to know your new ground as throughly as possible.

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Got a lot stricter over recent years. Guess it doesn't do the local housing market any harm. People bail out of rentals for such reasons into what they perceive as the freedom of owing ones own pile.
Okay in times past perhaps ...but in such an inflated market as recent times??

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Would you make financial decisions based on what posters say on BE?

I wouldn't.

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His opinion is more relevant than those on BE!

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Luckily it doesn’t seem to be an issue in the ACT. When I moved here from Sydney, every rental add said “Pets allowed”.

The apartment complex I live in now allows pets, it’s great, I don’t have to hide the cat anymore. All the neighbours have cats and little dogs. Never seen it an issue anywhere else in the world, just in Australia... just happy the people in the ACT live in the real world.