edie209

what does everyone do when you take a rental before your stuff arrives from the UK.

We have just found ourselves in this situation, we have nothing but a laptop cloths and car

Kooky.

Rented furniture, kitchen equipment, etc., for a month.

snow-white

hi edie
we rented basic furniture that we needed until container arrived, bought picnic sets ie plastic plates cups etc and rented fridge washer, pm me and can send you some info on who we used etc bought air beds also from kmart and just managed for the 10 weeks we waited for the things to arrive
lesley

edie209

Renting sounds good who do we rent from are there any recommended people to use?

snow-white

pabs rentals is who we used they were really helpful and have loads items available to rent
lesley

jayr

I also recommend Pabs. They do evertyting down to table lamps.

We long-term rented beds from them (then bought them subsequently).

Also, use places like Radio Rentals for white and brown goods.

A few camp chairs (under $10 each) is a good idea.

By a $200 outdoor setting (such as round table and 4 chairs) to use in kitchen.

I'm sure your Aussie house will be bigger than UK one so go and get a few chairs and cheap tables from IKEA.

TillyG

We went to Ikea in the fortnight before we moved into our rental - we knew we weren't shipping beds over so we bought them and had them delivered the day after we got the keys to the rental. Same with white goods and other bits.

I do remember seeing a leaflet at the real estate agents office about rental firms - so maybe ask them if they have any info?

calNgary

We did that its great living off take away, we rented a wagon (estate car) for 4 weeks then went to vinnys like oxfam in uk got everything we needed apart from tv that came from cash converter & 3 camping beds from supermarket think we spent about $600

emelems

We bought a couple of blow up mattresses, used our camping table and 4 chairs and the basic kitchen stuff bought from Big W that came from our winnebago..

It was basic.. boring.. and a bit depressing, but we survived for 6 weeks without all the normal things! We did have our laptops so we watched DVDs on them in the evenings if we were in ... or surfed the net..

We also went out in the evenings far more than since our stuff has arrived..

Em x

PoppetUK

We purchased a cheap mattress for ourselves. Kids slept in travel cot and blow up bed. We bought white goods that weren't in transit. Ikea for essentials. Small childrens table and chairs. Didn't worry about a tv.

Lived on absolute basics. Still thought it would be cheaper than a fully furnished holiday home and it was.

JAMMIE DODGER

Ikea

ACE

We rented a fully furnished apartment in a holiday complex for the first month and just treated it like a holiday until we found somewhere we wanted to stay long term. We moved into an empty house and went out and bought a 4 piece dining set, 4 sets of cutlery, 4 glasses, 4 mugs, one electric frying pan, 1 saucepan, a portable TV and bedding. We also bought a garden furniture set which we used for dining and at night we used the cushions on the floor and the children slept on the cushions on the sun beds.

snow-white

everyone gets by doing roughly the same thing for the couple months your wating for your things to arrive , its usually airbeds plastic cups cutlery etc just the basic essentials plus the time here goes so quick before you know it you will be saying god remember when we all slept on air beds blash blah blah
lesley x

Burkins

We had a travel cot and ready bed for the kids, our new next door neighbour let us have the spare matress from her shed to sleep on.

We bought from Kmart a small kids table and garden chairs to sit on, plastic plates, 2 mugs, 4 glasses. Ate all meals tood up for 3 weeks but we got by.

Another neighbour gave us a couch for a couple of weeks.

Hate to say it but just have too - Everyone needs good neighbours......

moneypenny20

Best way is to have your stuff sent over about 2 months before you leave the UK. That way it arrives when you do and you have it delivered to your empty rental when you move in.

You borrow stuff from friends and family to continue living in your own home until you move out and go to the airport.

Simple

Doesn't work if you're already here though, sorry