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Hi all,

 

We plan to arrive in Perth May next year. I am looking at holiday lets for when we arrive but unsure how long we should get one for? We will want to get a longer term rental but not sure how long this could take. We were thinking of booking the holiday let for perhaps 4 weeks?

 

Thanks for any advice,

 

Lucy.

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Just to add, we have found a holiday let unit for less then $500 pw, and now thinking 4 weeks will go pretty quick, so thinking 8 weeks would be better. May give us more time to settle and get things sorted. I just don't want us to be stranded!!

 

Hi Lucysdream, can I ask where the holiday rental you found was and the name of it? we are heading over in June and the same thing is on my mind now. Many thanks Sharon. x

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Hi

 

We rented for 2 weeks (we were very optimistic looking back) but ended up needing to take it for a month, we landed in May so it was "low" season. I would say a month would be enough. I would start looking on the internet on places like www.realestate.com.au and you can see the opening times for viewing rentals etc in your preferred areas and try and get one step ahead, maybe also check if your holiday let has any availability for the time after the month?

 

Good Luck

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If it helps in thinking about how long you'll need a rental for, there's very little flexibility in when you can view longer term rental properties and nearly all viewings are in office hours. So if you'll be working straight away, getting to view a property can be a bit of a hassle - you have to really want to see it to get the time off work etc. In my experience, the agents are pretty useless at being agents, you'll need to be very much on top of the process (things like they'll SMS you to let you know a property you've asked about isn't available but they'll make no effort to suggest similar ones they have on their books - that's up to you to find out!). Many viewings will only be arranged when the agent has got confirmation for quite a few people for a particular date/time - group viewings are the thing. A lot of the agents won't take your interest seriously unless you can confirm you've driven past the property to inspect it first. And if it helps with budgeting etc, they'll ask for a "fee" when you fill in your application to rent the place (stops people putting in many applications then pulling out). The process can be lengthy!

One thing we found useful was to prepare a "pack" of why we'd be good tenants. Not having any prior Australian landlord references, we just put together a nice (but short) letter explaining why we're good tenants, copies of job contracts, copies of mortgage statements from the UK, copies of our visa. Basically, just stuff to explain that we'd be good tenants, pay on time and treat the property with respect.

Two other sites to check out - homehound.com.au and reiwa.com.au

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hi Lucy we booked our holiday home for 10 weeks, we have now got a rental sorted and only took 3 weeks !! BUT we have now been told our stuff coming over from England is not going to be with us until end of jan, so have a house and no furniture !! so take your time and enjoy moment

good luck Jane and Matt

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  • 3 weeks later...

Cooperative...........as you have always been.... anyway ,I request you to suggest way-out for following two :

 

1-the letter you prepared was generic one or specifically edited for each and every property viewings and application?

 

2-how would you rate property websites and which one is best - there are innumerable websites out there,to name a few, realestate and domain in addition to the two you have told us .

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

One thing we found useful was to prepare a "pack" of why we'd be good tenants. Not having any prior Australian landlord references, we just put together a nice (but short) letter explaining why we're good tenants, copies of job contracts, copies of mortgage statements from the UK, copies of our visa. Basically, just stuff to explain that we'd be good tenants, pay on time and treat the property with respect.

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It is a question of timing.

 

We sent our shipment 3 weeks before we arrived and had a holiday let for 7 weeks. The shipment arrived and 2 weeks later (following customs and quarantine inspection) we had it delivered to coincide with taking up our long term let. We had less than a week left from our holiday let so cut it fine!

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Thanks all for the replies. For some reason only had an e-mail today to say I had replies to this thread unless I missed it previously. We decided to book ours for 8 weeks. We do not want to rush when we arrive and will probably just have a little holiday to begin with. We also want to visit all areas as never never been to WA to see where we would like to live.

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Hi Lucysdream, can I ask where the holiday rental you found was and the name of it? we are heading over in June and the same thing is on my mind now. Many thanks Sharon. x

 

Hi Sharon, we booked on airbnb.com

 

It's a site mainly where people let a room in their house etc.... We have got a separate unit all to ourselves. It's worth a look with your dates to see what's available.

 

Lucy.

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Be prepared to pay double rent, ie the holiday home you are in and the long term let you have just found, we found a long term let within 3 weeks of taking our holiday home which we booked for 7 weeks, only to find the agents are not negotiable on your move in date on the long term rental, if the advert says available NOW, and you get it, you have to take it from NOW or lose it, the agents are useless and totally uncoperative, be prepared for totally unpleasant frustrating experiance, we made the mistake of telling the agent we were prepared to pay rent to secure the property, but didnt actually want to move in until our container arrived in 6 weeks, we lost the property because of this comment, dont tell them anything

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Hi Lucy;

 

We've almost the same arrival schedule in Perth,we are looking for short term accommodation nowadays.

 

Thanks for sharing that particular website,going to check it now....will revert to you in case of any assistance.

 

Regards.

 

 

Hi Sharon, we booked on airbnb.com

 

It's a site mainly where people let a room in their house etc.... We have got a separate unit all to ourselves. It's worth a look with your dates to see what's available.

 

Lucy.

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We are moving to Perth on the 1st of May and are organising a holiday let for 4 weeks. Hopefully we will find a long term let in that time. I think 4 weeks would be long enough to find somewhere to rent as its not peak season.

 

What date in May are you moving? we are counting down the days...he he

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We are moving to Perth on the 1st of May and are organising a holiday let for 4 weeks. Hopefully we will find a long term let in that time. I think 4 weeks would be long enough to find somewhere to rent as its not peak season.

 

What date in May are you moving? we are counting down the days...he he

 

We are leaving the UK on 5th May and will arrive late on the Sunday evening/Monday morning. We ended up booking our holiday let for 8 weeks as we don't want to rush in finding a new one, plus we want a little holiday to start with. Are you moving with family? It's just my other half and I going.

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