hi
we are going...hopefully in november.
got job and being sponsored for PR..now just need to find somewhere to live!

accepted offer on house yesterday! this is the second buyer so i am not holding my breath until we exchange.

good luck on your viewing!!!

sending you karma

see you all in WA

debbie

Welcome to BE debbie

You will find lots of usefull information on this site

use the search bar at the top of the page

everyone is very friendly here and will soon will be able to answer you question

Unfortunatley i cant, sorry

Any way, enjoy the ride

Doc

Hey Good Luck

Hi debbieuk

Welcome, and good luck with your house exchange. Sorry I can't help you about your cats, although I'm sure rental properties permitting animals exist.

Moved to Perth in 2006 after visiting most of Oz - we did a house swap and within two weeks did a mad thing and bought a house. It was the best thing we ever did. Perth is beautiful and the people are just great.
Yes, you will get homesick but every time you go out you will know you have done the right thing. All good things come to those who wait - the visa process. - just ask where yourself where you want to be in 5 years time and if its not the Uk, then Perth is a great place to be going.

Good luck - doing this on your own is very brave. Get out there and meet lots of people that enrich your life and your never look back.

pstanton

Looks like I will be heading out anytime between Oct this year to Feb next year - negotiating exit from my current employers!

Validated visa back in 2005, finally looks like I will be off. Perth first then likely I will end up over east as that's where the work is for me but you never know!?

Hi DebbieUK - Rentals that allow pets are available in Perth, we have a dog at our rental in Como (just near South Perth). It's actually getting a rental that is quite difficult in WA. We moved here from Brisbane in January and it took us until the end of March to actually get a house. Lucky we had old friends here that were happy to take us our dog and our three kids for two and a half months. Rental properties are scarce and the property managers are milking it for all it's worth.

You can't apply for a rental property without viewing it, then you can only view it when the property manager feels they have enough people interested in it. Then everyone that views the property can put in an application, but, now here's the big "but" you need to provide a weeks rent with the application. If you are successful with the application, they keep the week's rent. This means that if you put in several applications and are successful for each and every one of them, you forfeit the rent on the places you don't take.

The rental market may have settled down a little now hopefully. January is always a bad time to find a rental in Australia because everyone moves in the summer holidays for the start of the school year in January.

We're off to Dubai now, so we're having to break the lease here in Perth. Hopefully we'll have an easier time finding a rental in Dubai.

Apart from the rental nightmares, Perth is a great place to live, much slower than the east coast of Oz. My kids love it here more than anywhere they've lived though.

Hope you have a great move and don't encounter anything too problematic.

You can't apply for a rental property without viewing it, then you can only view it when the property manager feels they have enough people interested in it. Then everyone that views the property can put in an application, but, now here's the big "but" you need to provide a weeks rent with the application. If you are successful with the application, they keep the week's rent. This means that if you put in several applications and are successful for each and every one of them, you forfeit the rent on the places you don't take.

The rental market may have settled down a little now hopefully. January is always a bad time to find a rental in Australia because everyone moves in the summer holidays for the start of the school year in January.

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Hi Kim

I didn't realise they keep the weeks rent. I would be looking to rent initially in Perth. Originally would have gone in Oz winter, but now now looks like summer, the busiest time! Hope its before Dec. Mind you, if the house sale takes forever it may well be winter
Good luck finding somewhere in Dubai.

Hey All,

Also heading to Perth for hopefully around Feb/Mar09.
Most likely will end up in the hills somewhere.

Same time as me, I will be staying at mu parents place in Mount Nasura initially while I go about sorting a job!

we are hoping to go around christmas / new year. got visa (finally) and now getting house on market. if its not gone by christmas will look at renting it out. we are looking at the hills area too.

lee, christina and baby eleanor.

Hi All!

We are also off to Perth, hopefully by Jan09. Going on a 457 (I'm a nurse) Taking OH and our 2 kids aged 11 and 2. Been looking at Joondalup and Rockhampton areas but not sure yet.

I'm going to work at the Royal Perth Hospital. Good luck to everyone hope your visas come soon!,

Fiona x

Al reet every one?

Anyone found any good web pages that does renting?

Looking at renting north of Perth, Geraldton etc

Just seeing if any one can point me in the right direction please.

Doc

You may know them already but here's a couple just in case:

http://reiwa.com/lst/lst-resrent-search.cfm
http://www.realestate.com.au/

cheer for the link,

i have found the major ones online but was thinking more like local newpapers who advertise private rentals or a smaller company that does rentings etc

no rush like, as the visa is still about 7 years away,

doc