CharleneG

Hi everyone,

We are finally due to fly out for good in early March and are headed for Melbourne.

Can anyone recommend a place to rent initally for the first couple of weeks when we land?

We have looked at a few options but seem to be coming across more geared up to the long term rental market (which will be great further down the line) than aimed at people who have just got off the plane.

There are only 2 of us, no kids, no pets and no furniture!
We just want somewhere pretty inexpensive (or as cheap as we can get away with) that's either in or not too far out of town.

If anyone knows of anywhere or has any ideas (good or bad) then all suggestions will be gratefully received.

r1del

Hi There

click on the link below, we used this site to find our short term rental on arrival in melbourne. it can be expensive but the place we stayed was in fitzroy about 5 minute walk to the CBD. It had everything we needed right down to the pots and pans!!
hope this has helped you out. sabbaticalhomes.com/ -



Delboy.

Geelong Gent

http://www.moving-to-melbourne.co.uk...ommodation.htm

Hope the map also helps give you an indication of areas. Where do you intend to work/live in the longer term?

Note some places now offer free pickup from airport and even free car rental which really saves $$$.

CharleneG

Thanks, this is one of the sites we have already been looking at, OH was hoping for a bit more choice at less cost.

Longer term we will probably both be working fairly centrally, he is a recruitment consultant, I'm a financial controller so I may be more industrial area kind of based.
We are happy to let the jobs dictate the longer term rental location so we don't have the commutes we do at the moment (I take 90 mins to do 30 miles, his is 75 mins for a similar distance in the opposite direction).

UK-2-OZ

Hi Charlene
You could maybe stay in the caravan parks, there is a Big 4 close to Melbourne. http://melbourne-holiday-park.vic.big4.com.au/
For 4 weeks in March you would be looking at:
$2220 for a standard cabin (it is not en suite and you use the toilet/shower blocks)
or for a better quality cabin you would be looking at $4330.
You would still have the expense of getting a taxi to the accommodation and hiring a car so it probably would work out a lot more expensive.

Your other alternative is to stay in a back packers hostel, there are quite a few around the city, not a great place for a long stay but if it is for a couple of days it may be another option.

CH33ZEBURG3R

Book ahead i say, we left it a bit late to book our accomadation and found it hard to get somewhere, nothing was cheap either for short term but we did arrive late Sept so places were getting snapped up quickly also find a place with Wi-Fi thats a must in my books, like i said find somewhere asap, we stayed in a caravan park fo 2 weeks while finding a long term rental so thats worth a look.

UK-2-OZ

Forgot to say you also have the Quest Apartment Chain, however, when I priced up for a client recently the cheapest one was $155 per night ($1085) and went up to $320 per night ($2240 per week)

Geelong Gent

The other caravan park people have found useful is Crystal brooks but for the money (which is still very good value for money) you are along way from town and without a car the public transport makes it a long journey into CBD.

In the end you will need to weigh up location versus cost (and it will be material). Also be wary of really really cheap accomodation in the city - there is usually a good reason ie fleas, noise, space, the additional costs ie having too eat out all the time due to lack of kitchen/food storage.

As you are travelling out of rush hour expect to be travelling Frankston/Mornington to CBD inside 40 mins by car just over an hour using public transport. You may find this site useful for gauging travel time:
http://www3.visitvictoria.com/displa...047C/vvt.vhtml

CharleneG

Yes, I must admit out of curiosity I did look at hotels but the the price jumps up around the last weekend of March - I wonder why that could be

I can't really complain as we have already sorted out tickets for the Grand Prix - talk about getting your priorities right, no where to live but F1 tickets booked!

ittakesages

Hi
We used these http://www.accommodate-oz.com.au/ Very good - you can be picked up at the airport and taken to the house and they will even arrange for groceries of your choice to be at the house waiting. It's a husband and wife team who have been through the same experience and so are a wealth of knowledge too. Good luck!

calNgary

I have an idea use moving to melbourne or accommodate oz both have a good rep, with these companys you will have a much needed helping hand, from someone who has done it all before.