karen135

Hi we are emigrating to Australia in August and we need to find somewere to rent we have sent real estate agents emails but they all reply with see us when you arrive.The problem we have is we want to sort out a place to rent for when we arrive which we don't seem to be able to do can anyone help.

We are moving to Perth area and i will be working in Victoria Park so anywhere within 1/2 hour of this would be great.We have about $250 a week to spend and we need a 3 bed property.

Karen

jojo90

I've been looking into the same thing. I know that this is possible through some of the websites such as poms in perth and movetoperth.com but wanted some recommnedations regarding reliabilty/reputation of these companies.

karen135

We tried move to perth.com we found them to be expensive most of the properties they have are about $500 per week so to expensive for us i sent them a reply to see if they had anything in our price range but as of yet we haven't had a reply.

Karen

woody1cruiser

I have been checking out a few websites but not been in a position to follow them up yet.

http://www.realestate.com.au/

this seems to be the most popular one for the area we want to move to and there are several agents advertising on the one site.

Debs

thebears

Hi Karen

We faced the same problem - they claimed that there was a risk that once we saw the property, it might not be what we wanted and we could therefore waste them the opportunity of renting to someone else.

They are also a bit slow over here in getting new tenants when existing tenants are about to move out. They wait for the property to be fully vacate before doing viewings.

Perhaps you might find it more helpful telephoning a particular agent who has the properties you seek. I did read on here somewhere that someone got a friend to view a property and send digital views. They completed the application by fax. - Decide on area and hopefully a really, really nice BE person may help you We would but are on the other coast.

This has be en our experience anyway.

Kiwi

johnnie7au

Cheapest 3 bedroom home in my area is around $ 220 - 230 per week. That is unfurnished.

When we arrived we used a motel for a few nights and then rented unfurnished so that we could actually see a few places first.

Camping in an empty home using "bubblewrap" as bedding, cooking out of two saucepans just added to the adventure!

karen135

Hi Kiwi

Thanks for your reply i have since had a couple agents say the same thing.

Thanks for your help

Karen

karen135

Hi Debs

Thanks for this

Karen