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I must say, the questions asked within the application forms are pretty invasive. They ask for your address, previous address, two references, employer details, salary information, pet information, next of kin information….the list goes on but we needed a house so were willing to comply.
We wanted the house (have I mentioned that yet) and having not had any previous landlord references we decided to follow the advice of many and offer additional rent paid up-front. We offered 6 months.
Having deposited our completed application form and $600 application deposit we felt pretty confident that we would be have a good chance of securing this property. We also had a private viewing booked a couple of days later at a property in a place called Gwelup.
When I asked my new work colleagues about Gwelup, the main thing I picked up is the fact that Gwelup is built on a swamp. Having said this, Gwelup was also near train stations, the freeway and about 10 minutes drive from School. The house looked lovely and was available at a more modest price.
The house was lovely,a single storage bungalow that had masses of open planned living space complemented by a beautiful wooden floor.
The only down side with this house was the fact that the property was only available on a three month lease as the owners had recently bought the house but were still to sell their property. This could be extended after the three months if the property was still to sell but no guarantees could be given by the agent.
We decided we’d go for this one to. At the end of the day if we got this house it would give us three months to find a longer term rental. It was a bit of a gamble as it also meant if we were offered either this or the Iluka house we’d loose our application deposit. Still we need to cover off a couple of bases so decided to go for this property to.
We filled in the application and felt confident that we had a good chance of securing the Gwelup property, the agent seemed optimistic and as we had been on a private viewing we knew that the numbers of people who had viewed the property would be kept to a minimum. Still, we decided to try and make it a ’sure thing’ by offering to pay the full three months rent up front.
We submitted both application forms and waitied….and waited….and waitied…
After three days we called up both agents to try and get an update. The worse thing that could have happened, well did just that, happened!
We hadn’t got either property!
In a nutshell, the Iluka property wouldn’t be available now until January (although they couldn’t say when) which was too late for us as we needed somewhere before Christmas and didn’t want to hang around waiting for a date to be confirmed.
The Gwelup couple decided in the end to rent the property out to their friends. They also had a cat allergy which didn’t help.
One thing whilst we are talking about the cats is the fact that we have found, having two furry felines dramatically reduces the number of properties you can view. Many properties are strictly NO PETS so if you are moving out here with your pet cat or dog make sure you allow some extra time to find the home you like.
So here we were, it was now Wednesday the 13th of December and we needed to vacate our property by 10am on Saturday 16th.
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