How long for initial lease??
May 7th 2011, 6:24 pm
#1
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How long for initial lease??
Hi all
We are looking to fly out in October and, are looking at fully furnished leases online for our arrival. What is the recommended time for the first lease? We have no idea where we want to settle and need to locate a carpentry job for hubbie and a good primary school, so dont want to be tied in too long.
A lot of sites say around 6 weeks, to give you time to look around longer term rentals and decide on a more permanent location.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
We are looking to fly out in October and, are looking at fully furnished leases online for our arrival. What is the recommended time for the first lease? We have no idea where we want to settle and need to locate a carpentry job for hubbie and a good primary school, so dont want to be tied in too long.
A lot of sites say around 6 weeks, to give you time to look around longer term rentals and decide on a more permanent location.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
May 7th 2011, 11:17 pm
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Re: How long for initial lease??
We took 7 weeks ourselves, but that was 4 years ago and where we were looking rentals were very scarce at the time.
We now have our own rental for new arrivals, and from their experiences, 3-5 weeks seems to be the ideal period here in Victoria, and the other states seem to be similar.
As you have mentioned, you need time to look around at areas, schools etc, but you will also find on all the various expat sites a mine of information on areas, schools, job situations etc. so you should have quite a good idea before you arrive as to where you might like to settle.
We now have our own rental for new arrivals, and from their experiences, 3-5 weeks seems to be the ideal period here in Victoria, and the other states seem to be similar.
As you have mentioned, you need time to look around at areas, schools etc, but you will also find on all the various expat sites a mine of information on areas, schools, job situations etc. so you should have quite a good idea before you arrive as to where you might like to settle.
May 7th 2011, 11:47 pm
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Re: How long for initial lease??
We have been finding that our tenants are surprised at how long it's taking to get a longer term lease here in WA - we have had people stay with us for six weeks who have had to extend their stay. Not sure how home opens are conducted in the UK but here in WA at least there's usually a specified time eg. 1-1:30pm on a Saturday, and when you turn up there are up to 30 other couples. This sounds like it's different to the way things are done in the UK. Also it's the only way you can actually apply for a rental (by going to the home open) - you can't apply without having seen the property. Plus sometimes properties are advertised that won't be available immediately to rent, so you may have to wait up to a month for the property to be vacated, even if you're the successful applicant.
Based on our tenants' experiences I would say minimum six weeks in a short term rental is a good start.
Based on our tenants' experiences I would say minimum six weeks in a short term rental is a good start.
May 8th 2011, 8:30 am
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Re: How long for initial lease??
We have been finding that our tenants are surprised at how long it's taking to get a longer term lease here in WA - we have had people stay with us for six weeks who have had to extend their stay. Not sure how home opens are conducted in the UK but here in WA at least there's usually a specified time eg. 1-1:30pm on a Saturday, and when you turn up there are up to 30 other couples. This sounds like it's different to the way things are done in the UK. Also it's the only way you can actually apply for a rental (by going to the home open) - you can't apply without having seen the property. Plus sometimes properties are advertised that won't be available immediately to rent, so you may have to wait up to a month for the property to be vacated, even if you're the successful applicant.
Based on our tenants' experiences I would say minimum six weeks in a short term rental is a good start.
Based on our tenants' experiences I would say minimum six weeks in a short term rental is a good start.
May 8th 2011, 9:45 am
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Re: How long for initial lease??
We booked 4 weeks serviced accomodation before arriving and ended up extending by 2 weeks as it took longer than expected to find a rental and sort out the new furniture/electricals (we didnt ship a great deal of stuff).
May 10th 2011, 8:47 pm
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Re: How long for initial lease??
Hi Sue have Pm'd you
Hi all
We are looking to fly out in October and, are looking at fully furnished leases online for our arrival. What is the recommended time for the first lease? We have no idea where we want to settle and need to locate a carpentry job for hubbie and a good primary school, so dont want to be tied in too long.
A lot of sites say around 6 weeks, to give you time to look around longer term rentals and decide on a more permanent location.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
We are looking to fly out in October and, are looking at fully furnished leases online for our arrival. What is the recommended time for the first lease? We have no idea where we want to settle and need to locate a carpentry job for hubbie and a good primary school, so dont want to be tied in too long.
A lot of sites say around 6 weeks, to give you time to look around longer term rentals and decide on a more permanent location.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
May 15th 2011, 2:20 am
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Re: How long for initial lease??
Hi all
We are looking to fly out in October and, are looking at fully furnished leases online for our arrival. What is the recommended time for the first lease? We have no idea where we want to settle and need to locate a carpentry job for hubbie and a good primary school, so dont want to be tied in too long.
A lot of sites say around 6 weeks, to give you time to look around longer term rentals and decide on a more permanent location.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
We are looking to fly out in October and, are looking at fully furnished leases online for our arrival. What is the recommended time for the first lease? We have no idea where we want to settle and need to locate a carpentry job for hubbie and a good primary school, so dont want to be tied in too long.
A lot of sites say around 6 weeks, to give you time to look around longer term rentals and decide on a more permanent location.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I think 6 weeks is the average, even tho we did have one family that were with us for almost 3 months - sorry dont want to scare you
May 15th 2011, 5:56 am
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Re: How long for initial lease??
In Scotland it is different from England as we have found out. You go see the property and put in your application and then the landlord looks at all the applications and decides who they want, we have had a few instances where we have been sat waiting for weeks to find out only to find out someone else has been offered the property. In England it was very much first come first served, as long as you references checked out
May 15th 2011, 9:02 am
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Re: How long for initial lease??
We are doing one for 6 weeks.
