When it’s time for these inspections, agents have to give you seven days’ notice but a private landlord mightn’t do that. So, if the private landlord walks in to see your old newspapers, empty Bacardi Breezer bottles and VB cans all over the living room, your Guinness Book of Records attempt for the highest Pizza [...]
Archive > September 2011
Real Estate Agent or Private Landlord?
Should you rent privately or through a real estate agency? Who do you turn to for help when something goes wrong with your rented house or apartment? Naturally the agents are going to tell you they’re the best bet. And the truth is, unless you really know the private landlord personally, they probably are the [...]
Should I go For A House or A Apartment? Part (3)
Don’t forget this is going to be your house now . . . your home. I know you think you’re going to spend most of your time going out, but you’ll be amazed at how much time you do spend at home. Isuppose the biggest downfall of an apartment is that the neighbours are close.
Should I go For A House or A Apartment? Part (2)
The problems of lawns and gardens can be stomped on if you use your heads, however. If one of those regular garden services is too expensive (at perhaps $50 a time), why not ask if there are any local garden-loving pensioners or kids who’d do the job (with their own equipment) for $25 or so. [...]
Should I go For A House or A Apartment?
When you have decided what suburb or suburbs you want to move into, the next step is to decide whether you want to live in a house or a flat. There are reasons for and against both of these options and I guess it depends on heaps of things, including how much money you have, [...]
