Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
Aug 9th 2010, 3:00 pm
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
Sorry, we are going way off topic now. Luckily the OP is not a newbie, so will probably be used to this!
Aug 9th 2010, 3:04 pm
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
But then many people couldn't work out why I wanted a toilet plumbed into my lounge so I didn't have to miss out on any of the F1 by going to the bathroom. 
Edit: @ Pollyana - WTF?? That's just crazy. Do ozzies generally not bother washing their clothes? I wouldn't rent/buy anywhere that didn't have room for a washing machine. I could kind of cope with a communal laundry room, but to have it outside...
Anyway, I fear this is going a little off topic. Sorry.
Edit: @ Pollyana - WTF?? That's just crazy. Do ozzies generally not bother washing their clothes? I wouldn't rent/buy anywhere that didn't have room for a washing machine. I could kind of cope with a communal laundry room, but to have it outside...
Anyway, I fear this is going a little off topic. Sorry.
Aug 9th 2010, 3:09 pm
#18
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
Place I live now has a completely open space under the units - open to passers-by, the weather, any cat looking for something to pee on....... and the only space for the three units to put washing machines is there, by three huge sinks under the units. No option really as there is nowhere to fit the machine inside the unit, even if it could be got up the steps. Means for one thing the machine can't be covered by insurance, which is insane. I'm quite resigned to the fact I'll come home one day and find it either gone, or destroyed by a storm and I'll have to fork out for a new one
Aug 9th 2010, 3:15 pm
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
So basically I will most likely have to buy a fridge/freezer and possibly a friggin washing machine too?! And have it in the bathroom??
I HATE laundrettes, HATE! I used to spend time in one in Streatham (doing laundry, not just casually hanging out...) and it was the most depressing place in the world. Made me feel like I was living in Eastenders...
Maybe I'll just 'weekend' at my brothers in the 'Gong, he has a utility room outside the house right next to the washing line in the yard, makes perfect sense to me.
Aug 9th 2010, 3:53 pm
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Aug 9th 2010, 3:56 pm
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
Haha! well used to it
So basically I will most likely have to buy a fridge/freezer and possibly a friggin washing machine too?! And have it in the bathroom??
I HATE laundrettes, HATE! I used to spend time in one in Streatham (doing laundry, not just casually hanging out...) and it was the most depressing place in the world. Made me feel like I was living in Eastenders...
Maybe I'll just 'weekend' at my brothers in the 'Gong, he has a utility room outside the house right next to the washing line in the yard, makes perfect sense to me.
So basically I will most likely have to buy a fridge/freezer and possibly a friggin washing machine too?! And have it in the bathroom??
I HATE laundrettes, HATE! I used to spend time in one in Streatham (doing laundry, not just casually hanging out...) and it was the most depressing place in the world. Made me feel like I was living in Eastenders...
Maybe I'll just 'weekend' at my brothers in the 'Gong, he has a utility room outside the house right next to the washing line in the yard, makes perfect sense to me.
Know the feeling about launderettes - when I was at college I had a part-time job in one. Three lasting memories - the hairdressing salon that used to bring in approx 300 towels for service washes each day; the local vet who used to bring in DOG BLANKETS covered in all sorts of yuck to be washed each night (never did my washing there once I realised that!), and the old men who used to bring in carrier bags of clothes for service washes...you can imagine what they smelt of
Worst job I ever had, I was soooo glad to leave and move up in the world to telesales for double-glazing 
Aug 9th 2010, 9:49 pm
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
Hi RedT, am I right in thinking you're going to end up in Sydney in a smallish house or an apartment?
You'll probably have a "laundry" in a cupboard, maybe in your bathroom. Alternatively if you get an apartment in a converted house, an outdoor laundry. (Mmmm, spiders ) Either way, the washing machine will likely be down to you, and almost certainly the FF will be.
Are you shipping yours over? If so, you can lease them short-term.
You'll probably have a "laundry" in a cupboard, maybe in your bathroom. Alternatively if you get an apartment in a converted house, an outdoor laundry. (Mmmm, spiders
) Either way, the washing machine will likely be down to you, and almost certainly the FF will be.Are you shipping yours over? If so, you can lease them short-term.
Aug 10th 2010, 1:52 am
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
I had a bad experience renting a fridge from a rental company: in short, it was old when they promised me a new one, and it had cockroaches living in it. I will name and shame later today bc I have forgotten the company name (they are a chain).
If you're buying, go to Winnings APpliances or somewhere similar - they sell Bosch and other factory returns, overstocks etc. Many are brand new in box, all with the usual guarantees and delivery.
http://www.winningappliances.com.au/
If you're buying, go to Winnings APpliances or somewhere similar - they sell Bosch and other factory returns, overstocks etc. Many are brand new in box, all with the usual guarantees and delivery.
http://www.winningappliances.com.au/
Aug 10th 2010, 4:35 am
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
or $195 shopping around
Aug 10th 2010, 5:55 am
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Well I won't be visiting you any time soon. I don't do open doors/windows/walls unless there is a screen door closed in the space. I get really twitchy going to houses where they leave the doors and screen doors open, I'm always imagining a plate sized spider or cockroach to come running towards me
I don't do open doors/windows/walls unless there is a screen door closed in the space. I get really twitchy going to houses where they leave the doors and screen doors open, I'm always imagining a plate sized spider or cockroach to come running towards me
Aug 10th 2010, 6:54 am
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
Well I won't be visiting you any time soon. I don't do open doors/windows/walls unless there is a screen door closed in the space. I get really twitchy going to houses where they leave the doors and screen doors open, I'm always imagining a plate sized spider or cockroach to come running towards me
I don't do open doors/windows/walls unless there is a screen door closed in the space. I get really twitchy going to houses where they leave the doors and screen doors open, I'm always imagining a plate sized spider or cockroach to come running towards me 
, no fly screens here 
and surprisingly not too many insects 
except for the mozzies that used to eat Bernie, and they left when he did
Aug 10th 2010, 7:02 am
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
The 3 rentals we have lived in all had a cooker and 2 of them had dishwashers in them with rates we have not paid them at all the landlord does,water we didnt pay when we was in Mackay Queensland but here in New South Wales we are paying just for water use.
Aug 10th 2010, 1:06 pm
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
Lots of places have separate laundry rooms so you may well be OK.
Know the feeling about launderettes - when I was at college I had a part-time job in one. Three lasting memories - the hairdressing salon that used to bring in approx 300 towels for service washes each day; the local vet who used to bring in DOG BLANKETS covered in all sorts of yuck to be washed each night (never did my washing there once I realised that!), and the old men who used to bring in carrier bags of clothes for service washes...you can imagine what they smelt of Worst job I ever had, I was soooo glad to leave and move up in the world to telesales for double-glazing
Know the feeling about launderettes - when I was at college I had a part-time job in one. Three lasting memories - the hairdressing salon that used to bring in approx 300 towels for service washes each day; the local vet who used to bring in DOG BLANKETS covered in all sorts of yuck to be washed each night (never did my washing there once I realised that!), and the old men who used to bring in carrier bags of clothes for service washes...you can imagine what they smelt of
Worst job I ever had, I was soooo glad to leave and move up in the world to telesales for double-glazing
Aug 10th 2010, 1:08 pm
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Re: Renting in Oz - white goods/rates
Hi RedT, am I right in thinking you're going to end up in Sydney in a smallish house or an apartment?
You'll probably have a "laundry" in a cupboard, maybe in your bathroom. Alternatively if you get an apartment in a converted house, an outdoor laundry. (Mmmm, spiders ) Either way, the washing machine will likely be down to you, and almost certainly the FF will be.
Are you shipping yours over? If so, you can lease them short-term.
You'll probably have a "laundry" in a cupboard, maybe in your bathroom. Alternatively if you get an apartment in a converted house, an outdoor laundry. (Mmmm, spiders
) Either way, the washing machine will likely be down to you, and almost certainly the FF will be.Are you shipping yours over? If so, you can lease them short-term.
My bro has an outdoor laundry and I never saw any spiders...then again, I wasn't really looking
We're not shipping anything other than books, clothes etc, definitely no furniture or white good (maybe the hoover though once I saw the price of them in Oz!!
)Are you settled in to your new place yet?
Tx
