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    Thanks for the bump! Here is a link to the agent's listing!
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    Is anyone is looking for a place to rent immediately? We are leaving North Balwyn to move closer to work. This is a detached house with 3 bedrooms + study, massive dining/living area with double doors out to a stone patio and very large north-facing garden (gardener is included in the rent). There is also a double garage and plenty of off-street parking. The house has gas ducted heating throughout and air conditioning in the living room. It's extremely well-positioned in terms of transport - 2 min walk to the no. 48 tram (30-40 min to the CBD via Richmond) and Doncaster Road buses (25-30 min to Fitzroy) or a 5 min drive to the Eastern Freeway. It's also well serviced, with a 5 min walk to Coles (major supermarket) and local village shops (newsagent, bottle shop, fruit and veg, baker, butcher hairdressers, cafes/take-aways and small hardware/pet/boutique clothing shops, etc.). 10 min walk in the other direction there is a huge nature reserve that links up with a city-wide cycle path via the Yarra River. We don't have kids, but we understand that it is in a very good school zone. The area is very clean, safe and family-friendly. $650/week.
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    <p>Hi sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner - I've been working in the Middle East all summer and haven't had time to do anything fun.</p>

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    <p>Well done getting your visa in - hopefully by now you're most of the way through the process. Ours was really fast! </p>

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    <p>Our visa stuff was pretty much on hold the whole time I was away, but we did our medicals on Monday at Spire, Shawfair - yeah £290 each for not very much. I think I've had more invasive procedures at the airport! Anyway, when I checked the progress of our app yesterday everything has now been met! Just waiting on the official approval to come through with that all-important validation date. </p>

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    <p>Been keeping in touch with some of my friends who have already moved to Oz and they say this is the easy part over. We started to plan out all that needs to get done to actually move ourselves and our worldly possessions down under and it's a bit daunting. But so exciting - we're both mentally ready to go!</p>

     

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    <p>Got the skills assessment through today and scanned it through to Victoria. I'll update you once I hear back from them.</p>

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    <p>My colleague was surprised at the rejection - he'd spoken to a regional migration advisor who indicated funds weren't a huge issue, especially for someone willing to relocate to a regional area. He had been planning to get the visa granted and start lining up work opportunities from here, or going over himself to get work before bringing the kids over. Unfortunately they didn't seem to account for that.</p>

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    <p>We're just the two of us as well, so funds shouldn't be a huge issue. Just hoping to get this visa app off before the point system changes so I don't have to sit a English exam, LOL!</p>

     

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