Serious House Hunting...
...Honestly, for something so basic as a shelter over ones head, it sure is complicated.
-First we have to look for an appropriate house in an area we like! Our search is based in a radius of about 26 minutes from where we are now, no further. We are looking for a 3 bedroom with either air conditioning or a pool. And close to parks and a village type shopping center.
-Next we have to view the property/ies we are interested in, which usually means packing a quick lunch and drink for the kids, finding the house, and then sitting in a hot car while we wait for the real estate agent.
-Then we have to submit an application form with: 6 different types of ID plus payslips, and a letter confirming employment??! And then you have to wait and see if the application is approved!
Its a long painful process.
I know they are only trying to keep the landlord safe from the millions of fraudsters out there! But when your just looking for a place to call home for you and your family, its frustrating filling out tons of applications and then waiting for them!
The property market is so volatile here especially with interest rates going up some people can't afford to keep their houses or they default on their mortgage. Leaving the renter without a roof over their head!
We are seriously thinking about buying, even though we never planned on staying long, it looks like we need to buy just to have a secure roof over our heads that isn't going to be whipped out from underneath us. I think probalby the market is slightly weak at the moment, so hopefully within the next few months we can look at something.
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When My honey and I were first married our wedding presents we got really went a long way to providiing us with everything we needed to start a new house. When we did get our own place, we bought all the appliances from Mhoney's uncle, plus table, chairs and lounge suite, oh, and a set of golf clubs??! (I guess they must be very important when moving into a new house!!)
Coming here without our household effects has caused us to start all over again. Its frustrating to know that everything you need is across the sea at home, while here its basically a nap sack on your back.
I've set a goal for myself:
Buy everything we need for a house for $500.00!! So I'm on Ebay, Freecycle, looking in the local newspapers, going to the fleamarkets, second hand stores and garage sales. And for the new things, in my opinion, you can't go past IKEA!!
So far we've got:
tv bench $10 Ebay
coffee table $20 Ebay
electric frypan Xmas present
wok Free
frypan Free
roaster Free
Cutlery x 12plc $80 (good set)
Cutlery x 6plc $12.95 (everyday set) IKEA
Mugs mine
TV mine
Table $18 Ebay
utencils 6.95 IKEA
Beds girls our own
Beds GG his own
OUR $18 table!!
And thats it...
...I'd better do some more looking.
What am I doing on here I'd better go and Ebay a fride and washing machine.
Bye world
-First we have to look for an appropriate house in an area we like! Our search is based in a radius of about 26 minutes from where we are now, no further. We are looking for a 3 bedroom with either air conditioning or a pool. And close to parks and a village type shopping center.
-Next we have to view the property/ies we are interested in, which usually means packing a quick lunch and drink for the kids, finding the house, and then sitting in a hot car while we wait for the real estate agent.
-Then we have to submit an application form with: 6 different types of ID plus payslips, and a letter confirming employment??! And then you have to wait and see if the application is approved!
Its a long painful process.
I know they are only trying to keep the landlord safe from the millions of fraudsters out there! But when your just looking for a place to call home for you and your family, its frustrating filling out tons of applications and then waiting for them!
The property market is so volatile here especially with interest rates going up some people can't afford to keep their houses or they default on their mortgage. Leaving the renter without a roof over their head!
We are seriously thinking about buying, even though we never planned on staying long, it looks like we need to buy just to have a secure roof over our heads that isn't going to be whipped out from underneath us. I think probalby the market is slightly weak at the moment, so hopefully within the next few months we can look at something.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When My honey and I were first married our wedding presents we got really went a long way to providiing us with everything we needed to start a new house. When we did get our own place, we bought all the appliances from Mhoney's uncle, plus table, chairs and lounge suite, oh, and a set of golf clubs??! (I guess they must be very important when moving into a new house!!)
Coming here without our household effects has caused us to start all over again. Its frustrating to know that everything you need is across the sea at home, while here its basically a nap sack on your back.
I've set a goal for myself:
Buy everything we need for a house for $500.00!! So I'm on Ebay, Freecycle, looking in the local newspapers, going to the fleamarkets, second hand stores and garage sales. And for the new things, in my opinion, you can't go past IKEA!!
So far we've got:
tv bench $10 Ebay
coffee table $20 Ebay
electric frypan Xmas present
wok Free
frypan Free
roaster Free
Cutlery x 12plc $80 (good set)
Cutlery x 6plc $12.95 (everyday set) IKEA
Mugs mine
TV mine
Table $18 Ebay
utencils 6.95 IKEA
Beds girls our own
Beds GG his own
OUR $18 table!!
And thats it...
...I'd better do some more looking.
What am I doing on here I'd better go and Ebay a fride and washing machine.
Bye world
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