Apartment secured!!!

After many weeks of searching, applications and disappointments we finally have secured an apartment! The apartment rental market is very tight here in Melbourne. There are many more people looking for apartment than there are apartments available, therefore it becomes very competitive and the owners can get large amounts of money for their tiny 2 to 3 bedroom apartments.  In addition the process is very complicated. You inspect a property (in a 15 minute time frame along with everyone else interested in the apartment) then you submit an application along with a number of supporting documents (bank statements, passports, proof of employment, and previous rental history, in our case mortgage statement records) and you wait to see if the agent chooses you to rent the apartment.  So it's important that you are nice and personable with the agent as they have a say in who rents. Nic will tell you that I laid it on thick when there was a place that I liked. The average cost for a 3 bedroom apartment in the CBD (central business district) ranges anywhere from $750-$1100 per week! CRAZY! Our apartment is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath apartment on Russell Street at Little Collins. It is right on the north end of the city, know as the Paris End. It is a half a block from the 5th Avenue or Michigan Ave of Melbourne CBD. I can see the Louis Vuitton and Gucci from our balcony! I'm very relieved to have found a place and now can get that off of my to do list! Now all I need is our container to arrive and to find a job! I'll post pictures soon!