Today we went to Ebel to rent a car, hyundai getz, for a week. The main reason that we rented it is to get around searching for a house. We have submitted several applications and made several appointments for house viewing. We just hope we could settle down this week. We bought the Brisbane UBD, you need to have it to get around the city. It is easy to understand the directory, I just need 10 minutes to get used of using it.
Oooo several things to point out relating to the house hunting. Now is the peak time, so competition is very high. There are some requirements, based on our experience, that we should aware and expected. 1. You have to go through agenst to find a house. 2. Some descrimination you will be expecting such as, you are Asian, you have a family, you have a children. That were some of the things that we think influence the success of an application, in this case our application. So we have noted down something or tips whilst searching for a house, 1. Dont bring your children along (which it is not possible), 2. Act like you know your way around here. 3. Act like you really like the rented unit, no matter what it rental cost.
And, we were advise that we should expect the rental cost will be higher this year. Initially we were looking for rental unit that will cost less than $250 per week. As it is getting harder to get that kinda price, for 2 bedrooms unit, we decided to increase our budget to max $300 per week, and that is final. With that kinda range, there were a lot of options available, but again we need to remember about that 2 things that I have mentioned above. Yup there are still some discrimination thing around here. I have in mind a few rental agents who are unmistakeable on this. But I wont mention it here. I will take it as an experience that I will never forget.
But the most important is you have to have faith, Allah knows everything you dont know. And Allah surely will give the best for you. And that kept us going.
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