Ah real estate in Sydney. I love it. Well, actually I don't. I grit my teeth every time I head to the computer. I marvel at real estate agents and how they act here. Each office is just responsible for a certain area. If you know what area you want that's great. If you don't, well, learn which one you want and quickly.
It's definitely NOT a renter's market right now and it shows. Realtors don't return phone calls. They don't worry about open houses advertising what time they'll be on. They have that blase attitude that is humorous...or bloody annoying if you're in a hurry to find a house.
I called about a house yesterday and was informed that an application was in and she would call if it didn't go through. She asked if I was willing to spend more a week because she had another house to go online. As we have already upped our maximum I said no. Then she said ok and we hung up. Today I checked online and that same office, that same agent has listed another house and it's UNDER my price limit. She had to have known about it but didn't see the need in mentioning it too me. UGH. I'm going to call this woman back and swallow my tongue and my toes to keep myself from asking her if she swallowed the entire bottle of stupid pills or if it was natural.
1 have 3 houses that I'm desperate for 1 to work out. One is really far out, but nice and huge. 1 is nice, medium distance away, the last is a little far away, no yard but brand new. I have never been inside any of these houses and right now I want to put applications in on all 3...site unseen. Desperation is a bad, bad thing.
Real estate agents in Hornsby area - here is what I need.
House large enough so that my children have space not to kill each other. That means 4 bedrooms. Please. I need at least 2 bathrooms. Not the laundry plus spare toilet. 2 bathrooms. I need some kind of yard. Doesn't have to be huge. Has to exist. Must be in walking distance to train or bus. Real walking distance. Not something that Cain would look askance at. I'm not a snob but can use a stove larger than a hibachi grill. I can live with an external laundry. Let me keep my dog. I'll put her outside. Just let me keep her. It must be within 20 minutes of Normanhurst Public School.
Come on out there. SOMEONE must be getting ready to rent my house!
An American family living in Australia. While we all speak English here, I wouldn't say we all speak the same language.
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Guidelines for Renting a House in Sydney
Dear all Home owners trying to rent property in Sydney,
When listing a property for rent please take a moment to consider proper wording for your home listing. This will help make the process of finding renters as smooth as possible.
As you think about the selling features of your property please do not entice families in with your beautiful rooms, your huge kitchen, your built-in backyard cubby house and your sparkling clean in ground pool and then accept a family only to learn they have pets and then tell them they are welcome to rent as long as they give away their animals. It will save you a lot of time if you simply put the words, "No pets" on your listing. The real estate agent who spent the day checking the references of the applying family and drawing up the contracts because in his words, "This is the winner" will thank you. Particularly since he had already emailed the family prior to the home inspection saying that pets were ok. The family, who dragged 3 children to your open house and pried their fingers off the gate to the pool, and waited for 4 days for approval: only to learn they could have their dream home if they give away 2 members of their family, will thank you.
To the Home Owner of the home in question in Hornsby Heights. I know you will find a suitable family soon. There's no way a house as beautiful as yours will be vacant for long. Forgive me for being less than charitable when I wish beyond hope that your new, pet-less family has children that cover your beautiful built-in closets with fairy stickers, fills all the power points with play dough, has bowling practice through your picturesque lounge room window and decides to make the pool the biggest mud pie making facility in NSW.
Signed with Love and Regards,
Future Renters in Sydney
When listing a property for rent please take a moment to consider proper wording for your home listing. This will help make the process of finding renters as smooth as possible.
As you think about the selling features of your property please do not entice families in with your beautiful rooms, your huge kitchen, your built-in backyard cubby house and your sparkling clean in ground pool and then accept a family only to learn they have pets and then tell them they are welcome to rent as long as they give away their animals. It will save you a lot of time if you simply put the words, "No pets" on your listing. The real estate agent who spent the day checking the references of the applying family and drawing up the contracts because in his words, "This is the winner" will thank you. Particularly since he had already emailed the family prior to the home inspection saying that pets were ok. The family, who dragged 3 children to your open house and pried their fingers off the gate to the pool, and waited for 4 days for approval: only to learn they could have their dream home if they give away 2 members of their family, will thank you.
To the Home Owner of the home in question in Hornsby Heights. I know you will find a suitable family soon. There's no way a house as beautiful as yours will be vacant for long. Forgive me for being less than charitable when I wish beyond hope that your new, pet-less family has children that cover your beautiful built-in closets with fairy stickers, fills all the power points with play dough, has bowling practice through your picturesque lounge room window and decides to make the pool the biggest mud pie making facility in NSW.
Signed with Love and Regards,
Future Renters in Sydney
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