sambojambo

Oh my god, it's not as if you didn't give it a good go! I think life's too short to be miserable and your doing the right thing . You cannot shift a feeling on the fact the economy is better here. I would just ignore them. I'm sure they will be very happy your home once you are .

Oh I sooooo agree with you!! real estate agents make my blood boil. We rent a house for $650 a week in a ok suburb but nothing flash, the house had been painted and renovated and we were really happy with it. Within a month paint fell off the walls in the kitchen and stinky rising damp appeared all over the walls and it is foul. The once nice agent is now trying to blame us. I have rented in sydney for 10 years every time I have felt like a second class citizen the way they treat you . we always get the places we apply for because we bring all photo copies and a downloaded application from the website and offer more info than needed including references, we also offer $10 a week more..... it sucks but hey!! Im a bit of a " customer service police", and I really feel that they need to remember that we are the other half of the rental deal not some bit of dirt . PHEW!!! GOT THAT OUT. I feel for you i really do and by the way $50,000 is a decent wage , people earn a whole lot less and really I know this is a major world city but it is over priced and you don't get much for your hard earned money unfortunately. Hope you can find a place your happy with.