So, it turns out we have to move. Our lease expires on Feb 25. Which is timed, oh so nicely, with the start of our USA holiday, for which we leave on Feb 27.
We’ve been accepted for an apartment around the corner from our house, and we’re trying to stall that one.. because…
The house that we want may take another day for them to process our application.
I don’t understand this – what seems to be an arbitrary delay in processing applications.
The rental market in Melbourne at the moment seems to have a bit of a surplus. Probably because of Christmas / New Year only being a couple of weeks ago.
Anyway, the other real estate was able to process our application and approve us by 11am. This agent? Hasn’t even called any of Bryce or my references.
We’ve tried to call the agent a few times today, and the guy isn’t answering his phone, or returning messages.
Given a current surplus, low current demand, etc.. Why the delay? To me, it seems like they’d prefer to lose prospective tenants and uphold some form of bureaucracy and mandatory delays, rather than make a few phone calls.
Update, I eventually got through to the agent. He was out of the office all day. They’re looking to have it processed tomorrow, before lunchtime.
We’ll see how that goes.
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