Pre-inspection rental application completed. I’m really missing the days when you would go to the real estate agent, grab the keys for anything you were interested in to go and have a look, and if you liked it you just showed some basic id & proof of income and the place was yours.
Discussion Thread 🕹 Monday 14 April 2025
Submitted 10 months ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 months ago
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Omg same. It’s awful the hoops you’ve got to jump through now!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
no hoops for landlords or REAs tho, none at all
just_kitten@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I’m afraid you’re quickly learning how dramatically different it is to 20 years ago. Welcome to what many of us younger ones are dealing with 😭
Catfish@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Yup! Many less hoops to jump through to get the mortgage than deal with a new rental app. Seems they want damn dna samples now, and it’s all in highly insecure third party databases.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 10 months ago
You’ve got to do a pre-inspection rental application?! 😅 It’s been a while for me.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Yeah, some you have to apply for and be accepted onto a shortlist before you get to inspect it. This one sends you the link for the application at the same time as the registration to inspect, I’m not actually sure if you have to do the application first but I figure it can’t hurt.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Ol’ boy finally found the piccys from a school trip we did to nepal back in 1999 (I was yr 9 at the time). 200 kids, bunch of teachers, 4 docs who were parents of kids (and went for free lol). And a fuckton of risk, they stopped the trip a year after that as a few kids ran into health troubles. Cheap as shit due to bulk kids.
Was before digital cams so pretty much only the adults had proper cameras. ol’ boy had a nice one and got heaps of shots. They’re all on slides and negatives.
Looks awful for now until I get them properly imaged but fuck me the memories.
Over easter doing a slide show on an old school slide projector from the 70’s that still works down the bellarine w/ the fam. Gonna be lit lol.
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 10 months ago
That’s calendar worthy. So pretty.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Everything sounds awesome, the trip, the pics, and your slide show evening 🙂
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Wow!!!
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 months ago
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.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months 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
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 months ago
That might be the only catch with this one too - maybe walking distance to the scrap metal yard is not a drawcard?
Duenan@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Better luck next time and beware what looks too good to be true. There’s always a catch.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 months 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.
Catfish@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Beware the yukkas 😹
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I pruned mine on Friday and have the battle scars to show for it.
Wore long sleeves too.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 months 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.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
good luck, gotta just keep trying
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 10 months ago
🤞
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Parma for dinner. Tomorrow nights probs loaded potato wedges that I stole the idea from Aldi. need to get back into miss match meals to use whats in the freezer.
Duenan@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I’m craving fried potato :(
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Medical
Well apparently the reason I’ve been feeling so bad is low phosphate levels and it’s apparently urgent to deal with 🙃
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
it’s good to have a name to what you have been feeling and direction to get to being better
hugs, I hope you are feeling better from now on
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Fingers crossed the treatment for that will help you feel a lot better
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Thanks. I really hope so!
I’m so used to having to suck it up and endure that I didn’t realise that wasn’t normal :/
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Hope there’s a plan of attack for you, good luck on feeling better!
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Yay it’s Monday! Can’t wait to start another week at work 😊🎂🙏🤝🥳
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 months ago
At least it is a short week, and next week even shorter.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 months ago
#blessed
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
R U OK?
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Last week was rough at work 😭
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
it was big, about 30 cm , bluish with pink edges
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Spent most of today learning how to navigate my new org’s SharePoint structure. Nearly 4 years in the same place and shit was embedded in my memory and almost automatic.
I feel like an infant learning how to crawl again.
sarahsquirrel@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Your org has a SharePoint structure? I’m very envious! At our place we have multiple SharePoint archipelagos and no map.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 10 months ago
My last job had SharePoint guidelines, which few followed.
This is one is seriously regimented. In saying that, the instructions are - copy the previous folder structure and do not deviate.
I’m down with that approach honestly.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I didn’t realise I had the same bug as the rest of the family until I finished my coffee in the office. I managed to get home alright without any problems. Another plus to the location of this place, the last thing you’d want is an hour long train trip after realising you’re sick
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 10 months ago
It’s just not fun till it’s firing out both ends hey
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I’ve only had one out the front so far. It seems like I’ve moved on to just more mild stomach aches now
bacon@aussie.zone 10 months ago
sky pretty
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
it’s been lovely 🙂
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 10 months ago
If you could afford to employ one full time staffers who would it be? Gardener, pool boy, administrator, butler etc.
dumblederp@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Personal Polynesian. Just a massive dude that hangs out and occasionally helps out with things.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Japanese house boy. No contest.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 10 months ago
A cleaner, absolutely hands down. Especially the bathroom. Everything else I can somehow handle but the #1 very first kind of help I would get if I had money is a cleaner. Then maybe an admin person (even just to make phone calls, I hate phone calls). Then maaaaybe a cook but I would be very very picky about what they make and how.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I also want a personal assistant and it was a close toss up between that and a cleaner
but I’m thinking with a full time cleaner my mind and time would be freer to do my own admin and I don’t care how awkward I am and how long things would take as I wouldn’t be under any pressure from other tasks
tone212_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I reckon a chef (who also cleans the kitchen one done), delicious meals prepared for me and time saved cooking / cleaning would transform my life.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Cat trainer lol
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
full time cleaner and laundry , including cat care
StudChud@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Last night I learned that Pluto and Charon are tidally locked with each other, so Charon appears to not move in Pluto’s sky.
Our moon is tidally locked with us, so it always shows us the same side, but it moves through the sky because Earth isn’t tidally locked with it.
Mind blown 🤯
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 10 months ago
gotta say the velvet’ed beef was incredible. Absolute game changer.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 10 months ago
just_kitten@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Today is definitely a two-coffee, suffer-no-fools kind of day. Even my colleagues are keeping their distance from my DON’T DISTURB ME vibe. Good.
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Just did another botched job of reversing into a parking space. I’m really stuffing up the initial angle. I’m sure I’ll get better eventually, but at the moment it is pretty nerve wracking.
Taleya@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Forgot to take the compost bin down last night, woke up to enterprising felines flinging lamb chop bones to the floor. The mishcat is untethered and her craves know no bounds
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I chased a moth around the room, gave it an almighty lob with the fly swatter and now I don’t know where it’s gone.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
it’s taking so long to unpack and set up house as it’s a house of 4 adults and 2 cats including the young Seagoons, this is their base here in Australia and where they keep their things.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
yay, pakige
coathangers and shoe organisers , so excitement
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Ahhh 3 hours more sleep yay!
Taleya@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Great googly moogly I've solved the kodi conundrum
Issue: Kodi has Very Specific Naming Conventions. So do I . We do not share these conventions. I refuse to bow to the machine. Solution: Symlinks Issue: I have a remote fileserver, you cannot UNC hard symlinks Resolution: Kodi does fine with soft symlinks Issue: Symlinks in windows are very different to linux, where they’re more like shortcuts as windows has them hard coded to the kernel. Every single machine running kodi - currently two, lounge and bedroom, possibly a third with the brewery - will need its own symbolic link of every. single. file. on my file server named correct in order to scrape them and show them. My fileserver has 12tb on it. Solution: Script written that will ask for a share name in UNC, then drill down every subdirectory and replicate the whole tree symlink form on local machine in directory of choice. Issue: Still not in kodi naming convention Solution: filebot portable, which is free. Rename symlinks to match TVDB. Original files untouched. Issue: faults will occur if source files are moved or renamed Solution: I just wrote another friggin’ script that will go through every single symlink and subdirectory and list all that do not resolve in a txt file called broken_links.txt. Run that once a month or so and update as required and I’m dancing. Then it’s just upkeep with new symlinks as files/folders added and double checking it scrapes ok.
Duenan@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Brewed coffee, maybe one spoon isn’t enough for the stovetop coffee, not as strong obviously but lacking some body to it.
Also in other news the price of the PS5 is to set to increase due to whatever reasoning Sony has given.
Increase of 70 dollars, makes me wonder if the rest of the tech industry will up their prices as well.
bacon@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Beep Beep 🚚
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early cat breakfast sorted
1st breakfast done
time for second sleep
busy day ahead after that
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Good night guys. Sweet dreams. 😘
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I have an assignment to finish by later tonight, but I just want to sit and play guitar. That will be my reward (tomorrow)
Catfish@aussie.zone 10 months ago
At this hour there is a perfect sunbathing spot on the stairs
black cat with sun halo
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Just makin’ sure it’s level.
Catfish@aussie.zone 10 months ago
One is quite markedly not
Duenan@aussie.zone 10 months ago
You even got a wave.