Actually, it's not that we didn't get it - the agent finally got in contact with the landlord who said that he wanted the property available for when his son got back to Australia, so really he was only thinking of a 3 month lease! WTF! The poor agent was mortified - she'd had no idea. What sort of an unrealistic landlord is he. I'm really angry with him for stuffing us around for almost a week - now the real estate office closes today until 7 Dec, and we have to be down there around 23 Jan for Michael to start school.
We are now madly looking at houses on Domain and RealEstate.com.au, but there's not a lot of choice. Some of them look ok on the web photos, but I know from visiting three of them, that there's a lot of hidden problems. Like kitchens without room for fridges, only one powerpoint which is taken up with a portable hotplate because no stove! Looks like Michael gets a rush trip down in early Jan to house hunt, or we put in an application sight unseen. And to add to the problem, we've got Gomez and Morticia!
Here's some pics of Brisbane Hill, the 1870s bluestone cottage in the middle of a property that we had wanted:
The property 
the front drive
The lounge areaI know that it needed some maintenance and there would be problems with getting our stuff in, internet connection, etc, but it was large, there was room for most of our stuff, with extra bedroom and it was away from everybody - a proper Tree Change.
1 comment:
that's a shame. It looks really nice too! I'd love to live there.
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