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Comment on Discussion Thread 🕹 Monday 14 April 2025

I was unsuccessful in my rental application. ☹️

I’ve booked an inspection of another one which looks ok, but the photos on the website are the same photos it was sold with 7 years ago.

There is another maybe property which looks a bit too good for the price and has been listed for a while, so I am a bit sus about that one. It also has a patch of fake grass in bad condition and a number of very large yuccas.

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Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
the photos are often big lies

it’s best to visit in person

and what might be a catch for someone else is ok for you, so just cheack it

for my new place teh “catch” is it’s in the western suburbs and near a railway station, for a lot of people that’s not acceptable, for me it’s ok

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- RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That might be the only catch with this one too - maybe walking distance to the scrap metal yard is not a drawcard?
  
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Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Better luck next time and beware what looks too good to be true. There’s always a catch.

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- RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It might just be location. I’m learning the “poor” areas just by comparing rental prices. But I’d personally rather have an older house with a bit of yard space in a run down area than one of the cookie-cutter grey townhouses that comprise about 80% of the market. They are just not my style.
  
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  - Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah or something in the neighbourhood or surrounding area bringing the price down.
    
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    Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    the disused petrochemical facilities are about 2 km from where I live
    
    I can’t see them and there is no pollution or smell but I know they are there .
    
    is that any worse than densely populated urban areas with lots of noise and car pollution?
    
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Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Beware the yukkas 😹

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- MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I pruned mine on Friday and have the battle scars to show for it.
  
  Wore long sleeves too.
  
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- RustyRaven@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Unfortunately both actually have yuccas, but the other place has less of them, and they are tucked away down the side of the house.
  
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Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
good luck, gotta just keep trying

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melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
🤞

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