February 22nd, 2011
Hello All,
I’m moving to Mel by the end of May with my partner and is looking for a place for medium term accommodation, like about 3 – 6 months. My rent budget would be around $200 to max 300 pw. What do we get in this price?
Major considerations while looking for a location would be;
- access to public transport as we’re not planning to buy car immediately
- safety
- cosmopolitan area
We’re fine to travel for 30 min – 1 hour for work if needed to.
One bedroom or even studio apartments would be fine. Any recommendations on which suburbs to look for? With no local rental history, how do we approach for obtaining a rental (I heard it is very difficult to get a house without history). What is your opinion about realestate.com.au?
Thank You
Thank you all for your valuable time. Your answers are really helpful.
@Danijel Jefic: I am into the field of social work.
@Merry: Loved your response, for its comprehensiveness.
Hi … I am going to work backwards through your question!
Yes – realestate.com.au is good – other’s I have used include www.domain.com.au but really they largely have the same properties listed anyway!
As for rental history -if you have rented were you are then ask for a written reference. If you have not rented before get a personal reference from someone you have worked for or someone who knows you well (this person should be a professional who is well regarded in your area – such as a Dr, lawyer etc)
As for somewhere within 30 + mins of the city that is reasonably priced – look at where you would LOVE to live then look at the suburbs boardering these (the rent is usually more reasonable) ie St Kilda is great – but boardering suburbs such as Caulfield, Carnegie and even St Kilda East are a little cheaper.
Richmond – consider boardering suburbs such as Abbotsford and Collingwood, Northcote and Fairfield.
Other suburbs which are nice on many levels and still reasonable in terms of distance to CBD would be Glen Iris, Malvern East & Chadstone (would highly recommend these areas!)
Your price range is quite realistic – however, finding short term rental can be tricky – "short-term" is anything under 12 months and MOST rentals are based on this time period – it is possible to get short-term, there are just less of these to choose from!
Hope this helps
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