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For a long term rental you should put together a pack with everything you can think of, bank statements, references from bank showing good mortgage payments, personal reference and previous rental references - if you are in short term accommodation when you first arrive, ask the owner for a reference. If you have a dog then get a reference for them too from neighbours. I've heard some people include pictures of their home in the UK showing good standard of upkeep etc, or a copy of the estate agent details if you are selling your UK house. Proof of earnings/job offer etc. Basically try to make it as easy as you can for them to choose you over any other possible renters. Oh and if you have kids make sure they don't run riot :chatterbox: Good luck Tracey

Hi Jen Great post!!! I was just going to post the same thing as I saw this article today also, people need to be careful to rent through a reputable company or agency, it seems that Gumtree is a favourite for these scammers. A colleague of mine got a call on Xmas Eve from a distraught family that turned up to their new rental only to find the owners still there and not prepared to move out, we really should try to collate a list of these dodgy scammers if we can. Tracey

Sorry you must have misunderstood me, you won't get a hotel for $35 per night :confused:

PERTH!!!!Love it here - seriously though if you are wondering between the two I would advise you to visit them both and make your own mind up - different people want different things out of the relocation and have different expectations. Tracey

January is peak season, and the areas you are looking at do command a high rent, for a 3 week stay you will be looking at around $1000 pw I'm afraid. But when you look at what it would cost for a hotel this option is a lot better as it only comes out to around $35pp per night. Good luck Tracey

Hi Suzanne I personally think you are going to be struggling The rental market is really tight here at the moment, with a lot of competition for unfurnished longer term properties, we always recommend that people coming here consider taking a furnished rental for up to 3 months, to give you enough time to get a feel of the suburbs you like and to secure a longer term rental in this competitive market. Yes it can be done in 4 weeks, but with Xmas in there when not a lot happens, I wouldn't like to chance it. Can you extend your stay at the Freo proeprty? If not let me know as we have a couple of properties that may suit for a further couple of weeks. When applying for rentals Include everything that you can, with the aim of making it easy for the RE agent to choose you over others Good luck Tracey

Thanks for correcting this, I'm intrigued as to the dodgy site it redirected to :biggrin: Regards Tracey