Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Rental issue 13Apr 08, 2008 9:06 pm We this dilemma too and ended up going with the cheaper one....and still here. It's really ordinary with an oven from the 1950s but we figured it was better to spend the money on the new house rather than a temporary one. We've been here for 7 months now and like most things, after a while you adjust. PLUS we think about how much more we will appreciate the brand new house! Re: Rental issue 14Apr 12, 2008 7:12 pm Is that $600 one off or every month or every week?
Any way, my advice for the husband: If budget is not an issue, go with the cleaner/nicer one. If budget is an issue, cut down your BBQ, ciguarette, beer & friday night out drinks, and still go with the cleaner/nicer one. For the wife: If budget is not an issue, go with the cleaner/nicer one. If budget is an issue, still go with the cleaner/nicer one. Start nagging/whinging to your husband everyday, and he will fix everything... Re: Rental issue 15Apr 13, 2008 6:34 pm maybe keep looking, we are in the same boat right now viewed a crappy one in a ******* area rent only $260 but prefer to pay $320 for the brand new house in a slightly better area, kept looking though have found a few brand new & near new homes for about $290-300 that works well for us.
We are fortunate enough to have worked out a deal with the buyers that allows us to stay here for 3 months after the sale to find our own place so we have the luxury of time. Re: Rental issue 16Apr 13, 2008 7:31 pm We moved into a daggy rental when we sold our lovely house by the beach . For the first 6 months I absolutely despised the rental property, and regretted not moving to a nicer place. I would have paid more if I thought it wasn't a waste of money .
12 months later and I don't think it would have mattered where we lived ... as long as it was reasonably clean and the neighbourhood was ok. Time has passed swiftly and we will be moving again as soon as this lease has run out as the owner wants it back. So IMO I'd go with the cheaper one ... you need all the spare cash you can get and time flies ... before you know it the lease is over and you are in your new home . IMHO Re: Rental issue 17Apr 13, 2008 9:08 pm I agree with most of the posters here, go for the nicer house. Budget or not, $600 is a drop in the ocean compared to building or buying a new house.
piranha We are fortunate enough to have worked out a deal with the buyers that allows us to stay here for 3 months after the sale to find our own place so we have the luxury of time. Actually, we made that a firm condition of sale, to lease back for as long as we needed until our new house is ready. The consequence was that it took 4 months to sell, because we virtually had to have it marketed to investors, but at least we don't have to move twice. The buyer is happy too. He's working over in W.A. and doesn't care if we stay here for up to 12 months! Settlement is May 20th and we have an initial 4 month lease, with a month-by-month option after that. If the new house is on schedule the initial lease will cover it anyway, with a bit of overlap. The advantage there is that we won't have to move everything in one day. Geoff - Decophile. Re: Rental issue 18Apr 14, 2008 12:40 am Hey eager,
That was our original plan to rent it back of buyers as condition of sale so we didnt have to move but after a while on the market with little interest we decided to be more flexibl. A newlywed couple purchased and wanted to live in so we agreed on 3 months realising we really had no idea how long it would take us to build (owner builder) plus as we sold through reddirect.com.au we saved about $10k in agent fee's so we were happy. Re: Rental issue 19Apr 14, 2008 8:02 am Yeah, saving money came in to the calculations a bit for us too. If there was another advantage to the house not selling earlier, it's we don't have to pay rent for as long. But the downside is that we have to use more of the banks money instead of our own in the meantime for progress payments. I guess they kind of cancel each other out. Geoff - Decophile. DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Follow up question - any ideas on how to set up a portable air conditioner through this kind of window? 1 6241 |