day 4

Saturday is house inspection galore day. It is the day where you will find the most number of rental properties open for inspection.

We started the day early at 9am to a house at BoxHill North. Nice. Very nice. Weatherboard house (made of wooden slats on the outside), but looks very new probably due to renovation. Wooden floorboards everywhere, which means carpets or rugs will be needed in the bedrooms. Not a problem. Backyard is isn't large, but there is a large elevated deck at the back, where you can have your BBQs. Heating is via gas heating ducts. This is a cost effective way of heating the whole house. Better than electric-based heating because gas is cheaper. We like this one a lot. There was only another group of 2 asian girls there, so hopefully there aren't too many competitors. We submitted the application, so we should be able to get an answer by Monday or Tuesday.

Throughout the day we went on to view 7 more properties up until around 3pm. It was a very hectic and tight schedule. 5-7mins to view a house then another 5-10mins to zoom to the next house which could be several suburbs away. Thanks to our new Garmin C510 GPS, it helped to cut down the travel time - just key in the address and it guides you to the destination.

The final house we visited at Burwood was extremely popular. There was a huge crowd queuing up to enter the house, like there was some sale or freebies being given away. The property agent could be heard saying "quickly move along, lots of people viewing, closing soon". It was like a museum house where someone famous lived there, and everyone walks around admiring the furniture and paintings within. It was an odd experience. Nonetheless, despite the competition, we applied for it, offering $10/week more than the asking rate. :)

Ending the day dropping by all the agent offices to drop off the application forms. Tired.