Hi guys just had a thought when i move to Tapping
my container will not have arrived what do you suggest i do
as it will be me the OH and 2 daughters one eight and one two.
should i rent a furnished apartment for a few weeks and try and tie up a rental so it ties in with the delviery of my container.

as i wont have beds cutlery etc
if anyone has rental contacts for short and lonmng term please let me know


please adivse

Mick

I'd suggest a short-term holiday rental until your container arrives. Either that or buy cheaply and get stuff for a rental if you find one before your container arrives.

When we came over in May 2007, we had an unfurnished rental (hubby was here a month before rest of the family and got the house), and rented the basics from a furniture rental place. Worked for us, till our container arrived

We went round all the neighbours and cadged all their furniture off them lol...

Very expensive to rent fully furnished, just buy some camp beds, cheap cutlery etc and make do. It's all about being adventurous.

Look for the rental that you plan to live in (for however long) once your container arrives.. moving in one place, then moving into another? nah.. not for me!

This is what I did when I first got here...

Just buy a couple of blow up beds, some knives and forks and plates and some camping chairs from Big W... **shrugs** it's not overally expensive.. buy a saucepan (one pot dinners for weeks! haha!) and a bbq for the outdoors... if you have one coming over in the container, then buy a portable bbq for when you do the great outdoors thing that apparently all expats should be doing! lmao!

Re refridgerators... if you have one coming over, then buy yourself a little bar/beer fridge... you can never have enough refridgeration in this country.. I got mine from a garage sale for about a 100 bucks.. plus i bought fans and some other tat from garage sales to get me through the first month (actually it was about 6 weeks) living in the rental "sans" our stuff..

Plus it enabled me to get the telephone connect, the internet sorted out and to suss out the decent eating out places! Also, I knew where I was living and didnt' have to try and tie in renting the "right place" with the container arriving the next day.. in the time waiting for stuff to arrive, I also sorted out buying a car...

Good luck with your move

Em x

Thanks for the help and advice sounds like a good idea will need to try and sort it out sooner rather than later.

Cheers

Mick

We stayed in cheap accommodation in a low-cost country for a few weeks stopover on the way while our container travelled round the world. The idea was to get to Australia at much the same time as it did.

Buzzy

We stayed in a holiday flat for a month whilst we got stuff sorted out. The plan was to move into the rental we found at the same time as our stuff, but due to delays (thanks French dockers) we camped out for a couple of months much as Em did, borrowing stuff from DD's school and parents of her new friends and getting cheap stuff from garage sales and K-mart/Target. We bought our white goods new tho as in the UK we had a fully fitted kitchen so could bring nothing with us. Out here you will need a massive fridge as you have to keep everything in it to stop it going off as you watch!

Can your new employer assist you with relocation facilities??? Mine gave me short term rental until I found a place and even then supplied furniture until our container arrived. Also, did you not consider Air Freight for your immediate needs, bedding, clothes, kitchenware???

We just got here and have done what others above suggested. 2 adults and 2 pre-teen kids.

We moved into our long term rental, bought the appliances we needed to use anyway, and rented basic furniture: couch, beds,table & chairs. We needed to buy a BBQ and treated ourselves to a good BBQ utensil set which doubles up for the kitchen,

Instead of air freight, we used our airline overbaggage limits to bring plastic cups, plates, bowls; two pots, basic cooking & eating utensils, large & small knives, a sheet set & pillow for each person (it's summer - don't need blankets), a couple towels, dish rags & clothes, oven mitts, a mixing bowl or two, etc.

The cost of the overbaggage, some furniture rental & the few purchases we made were way cheaper than staying in a furnished holiday rental.

We planned for a month in this condition and will now probably have to wait longer still - no guarantees it seems with shipping dates - but we will survive.

Its like Christmas when your boxes arrive with your stuff... only all the presents that you are "opening" are full of stuff that you actually want and need!

Ah.. go on.. you don't need any of this fully-furnished melarky... go basic and find what is really important in life! (like internet and eating out!)...

Em x

Good tips.

Never thought of that. Will consider doing that now as I really don't want two kettles etc...

The furniture rental company we used even had rentals for fridges, toasters, kettles, pots & pans, etc. They also offered a kitchen pack with all dishes, cultery, laundry and cleaning essentials, etc. Check around and see who has what.

We used Furniture Hire & Sales Australia in Perth Ph: 9475 2000

We also used that company when we arrived. Would recommend for sure.