[Melbourne-pm] Geek accomodation

[Daniel Pittman]

Toby Corkindale <tjc at wintrmute.net> writes:

> It was great to meet you the other week.. I'm back in Adelaide now,
> but it looks like I'll be back in Melbourne even sooner than I
> expected, as I've provisionally accepted a job offer in Melbourne..
>
> Another geekfriend in Melbourne said that I may have trouble renting a
> place on my own, as my rental history is all London based, as will be
> my work history. Do you know if that is realistically the case?

I can warn you that the housing market in Melbourne, especially in the
inner city area, is awful to be looking for a place in; my partner and I
have the ill luck to be hunting at the moment.

I don't imagine the biggest problem will be the rental history being
discarded so much as your needing to compete with twenty to fifty other
applications on any property you care to name.

        Daniel
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