Rental references
 

I've been looking online at properties to let and most seem to require references. What kind of references are these? Do we have to bring something from the UK? Will a bank or employer reference do?

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Usually you would just write two referrees name and address's on the application form you need to complete when you find somewhere. My property agent did not check them though.

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Thanks for that :D

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We had a reference from our l/lord of 5 years in UK (written 6 months earlier), the agents here were complete arses telling the l/lord our ref's were outdated. I remedied the situation by writing new ref's which the landlord found glowing - worked a treat :)
Just remeber here often you are 'competing' for a property. They have open days, people view and if you want it you have to apply and be 'chosen'. Offering a sum to help lay a claim does help with some real estate agents too.
Good luck

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i was also told writting a statement about yr family works well as well.

get written ref from yr new job saying that oh has a job so can afford the rent.

get refs from friends etc old work etc

estate agent also said if you rented a holiday home ask them to give you a ref the people we rented our holiday home with in april readily agreed to do a ref

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I've been told to get a ref from our uk neighbours about our dog!! Not sure if it applies to any of you, but if you are hoping to rent with a pet it might be an idea.

Just to say that he is an outside dog and well controlled etc :D

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any news midwife????

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No!!! But I have spoken to someone who says it doesnt matter and that they know because I've trained in uk I'll have my 40 deliveries, just these forms dont actually admit that do they :sneaky:

Apologies to op for hijacking the thread a bit xx

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Another thing not advertised is the offering of a 'pet bond'. This is enough to satisfy some landlords/agents

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pm you



sorry freckle !!!:wub::wub:

tiff

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what about if you have a cat ? pet bond????

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some places may be more open to a cat as opposed to a dog living there.
some are just anti pets - if thats the case though, the pet bond may persuade an agent/landlord to let to you anyway.
If pets are allowed, dont even mention it though. The pet bond isnt a norm just a way of possibly securing a rental thats advertised as 'no pets'. By offering an extra bond for the pets, the l/lord knows if you cat/ dog damages the property they are covered.
Also offering fumigation for fleas goes down well IF you're having problems

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emmm interesting thanks for that

all my cat does is sleep and eat now she is as the vet said on thursday nrly 80 yrs old in human terms!!!!

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ahhhhh bless.
an ol biddy
x

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old biddie she maybe but she can still bring down and kill a pigeon like she did yesterday.

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What if:

a) you've never been a tenant before;
and/or
b) you know no one in Australia?

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all of the above would be ok

hitchcock

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We E-mailed a few rental agency's and told them we have no references, but said we could offer a lump sum, they said that, that would do nicely :thumbsup:

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:D money talks, eh? :D

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OK. So, how much did they want? Six months' rent? a year's?

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Hi,
I would get as many references as you can.. if you have just sold a house get the estate agent to write a reference saying that your house was in good condition, if they have a brochure with a photo of the good parts of the house take that as well. previous employers character reference is also good.

Cheers

Chris

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Hi

We owned our house in the UK before leaving so didn't have any references from landlords. We asked the estate agent we sold our house throughto write a letter to say that the house was in good, clean order when it was sold. The rental agent we used in Perth seemed quite happy with this.

Good luck :)

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Thanks mr and mrs chrispy for the top tip :D Just got to sell the bloody house first :curse:

I hope your both in perth and not just chrispy??!!

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In addition to the stuff mentioned above:

Back in the UK we chose to use a dogsitter/minder (as opposed to kennels) whenever we went on holiday.

We asked the dogsitter/minder to provide us with a reference to say that our dog was house-trained, of good temperament, clean, not a nibbler etc and we provided this reference to the real estate agent when we (successfully) applied for our first rental a week after arriving in Australia.

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some would except 3 months and others 6 months, none said they would expect over the 6 months.