Temp accommodation
Apr 2nd 2019, 7:46 pm
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Temp accommodation
Hi everyone sorry if this has been asked before.
Hoping to be making the big move by end of next summer (Melbourne, Altona/Williamstown area). I was just looking for some advice around initial accommodation. Ideally I would like to have a rental in place for our arrival, is this something you can arrange over the internet/telephone prior to arrival? I know its risky as not seeing homes in person but I would prefer it rather than move my little boy around staying in Air bnb etc.
Thanks in advance!
Hoping to be making the big move by end of next summer (Melbourne, Altona/Williamstown area). I was just looking for some advice around initial accommodation. Ideally I would like to have a rental in place for our arrival, is this something you can arrange over the internet/telephone prior to arrival? I know its risky as not seeing homes in person but I would prefer it rather than move my little boy around staying in Air bnb etc.
Thanks in advance!
Apr 2nd 2019, 10:10 pm
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Re: Temp accommodation
You will find it hard to secure a rental without either you seeing it in person or have someone view on your behalf. There is a very good reason for agents to request this. Often pictures are not only deceiving but years (sometimes decades) old.
We we actually did manage to secure a rental as our good friends viewed for us and we knew the area well. Even then many agents would not entertain the arrangement so limited the choice.
There is also the consideration of when your furniture will arrive and clear customs. We had to hire furniture till ours arrived.
The second time time we moved out we booked temp furnished for a few weeks and got the keys to a rental two days before the furniture was delivered.
I would book book three or four weeks in a holiday let or serviced apartments. I would never sign up for 6 months or a year to a place I hadn’t seen. Seriously some places that looked great on the internet were FAR from acceptable in real life!
We we actually did manage to secure a rental as our good friends viewed for us and we knew the area well. Even then many agents would not entertain the arrangement so limited the choice.
There is also the consideration of when your furniture will arrive and clear customs. We had to hire furniture till ours arrived.
The second time time we moved out we booked temp furnished for a few weeks and got the keys to a rental two days before the furniture was delivered.
I would book book three or four weeks in a holiday let or serviced apartments. I would never sign up for 6 months or a year to a place I hadn’t seen. Seriously some places that looked great on the internet were FAR from acceptable in real life!
Apr 3rd 2019, 12:57 am
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Re: Temp accommodation
Hi Bean85, I agree - I really would get a serviced apartment or AirBnB for a few weeks, sure your little one will be fine. We did secure a rental before we moved but we had a relocation agent and came on a looksee. As rammygirl, we also had to rent furniture for a month and our stuff only came from Singapore, not the Boro (I'm from Redcar).
Apr 3rd 2019, 6:30 am
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Re: Temp accommodation
Hi Bean85, I agree - I really would get a serviced apartment or AirBnB for a few weeks, sure your little one will be fine. We did secure a rental before we moved but we had a relocation agent and came on a looksee. As rammygirl, we also had to rent furniture for a month and our stuff only came from Singapore, not the Boro (I'm from Redcar).
Apr 3rd 2019, 6:31 am
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Re: Temp accommodation
You will find it hard to secure a rental without either you seeing it in person or have someone view on your behalf. There is a very good reason for agents to request this. Often pictures are not only deceiving but years (sometimes decades) old.
We we actually did manage to secure a rental as our good friends viewed for us and we knew the area well. Even then many agents would not entertain the arrangement so limited the choice.
There is also the consideration of when your furniture will arrive and clear customs. We had to hire furniture till ours arrived.
The second time time we moved out we booked temp furnished for a few weeks and got the keys to a rental two days before the furniture was delivered.
I would book book three or four weeks in a holiday let or serviced apartments. I would never sign up for 6 months or a year to a place I hadn’t seen. Seriously some places that looked great on the internet were FAR from acceptable in real life!
We we actually did manage to secure a rental as our good friends viewed for us and we knew the area well. Even then many agents would not entertain the arrangement so limited the choice.
There is also the consideration of when your furniture will arrive and clear customs. We had to hire furniture till ours arrived.
The second time time we moved out we booked temp furnished for a few weeks and got the keys to a rental two days before the furniture was delivered.
I would book book three or four weeks in a holiday let or serviced apartments. I would never sign up for 6 months or a year to a place I hadn’t seen. Seriously some places that looked great on the internet were FAR from acceptable in real life!
Apr 4th 2019, 4:26 am
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Re: Temp accommodation
When I moved recently and my old place was put up for rent again by the agents, they used the same photos they used when I moved in - over 10 years ago.
Apr 4th 2019, 11:47 pm
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Re: Temp accommodation
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Apr 7th 2019, 7:49 am
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Re: Temp accommodation
What visa are you arriving on?
Apr 7th 2019, 11:16 am
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Apr 7th 2019, 11:17 am
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Apr 7th 2019, 11:18 am
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Apr 7th 2019, 11:51 am
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Re: Temp accommodation
Then AirBnB is the way to go for about a month. It isn't recommended to try and secure long-term accommodation before arriving as you are unable to inspect it.
Apr 14th 2019, 5:59 am
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Re: Temp accommodation
i employed a relocation agent and great as they were usless. absolutly no one would rent us a house without us ourselves specifically viewing it first, then we had to put 3 months up front and a bond. do a cheap air b and b and get on the ground we secured a decent enough house after 5 days and 18 open houses. we got refused on most but there you go. good luck 
