Hi Tim,
Originally Posted by
Tim G
Now the next problem!! Finding a good rental....... The guys at Royston hospital are on the look out for me but if they are unsuccessful where is the best place to start looking?
Depends if you want to rent privately or through an agent. Quite a few agents list rental properties on TradeMe.co.nz, so that should give you an idea of prices etc.
We found a place privately in the local newspaper (Hawke's Bay Today). I haven't looked recently to see if there are many properties available lately, and being winter it might be a bit quiet. It really depends on how quickly you need to find something.
The pros of using an agent would be that you can get yourself slightly more organised before arriving. If you contacted the main agencies in the area they could send you listing of available properties etc. The downside of using an agent is the extra hoops you have to jump through in terms of applications, getting references etc. If you only have limited time to find something to move into then this can be an issue.
Like I said, we found a place privately, with a very laid-back landlord who never bothered with references etc and really couldn't have been more helpful. Obviously, your mileage may vary.
Originally Posted by
Tim G
One last Question... Car rental. We have planned to rent a station wagon from rent a dent for at least the first week. Is this the best option? Or is there any better?
No experience with rent-a-dent, but Metro (
http://www.metrorentals.co.nz/) are also pretty reasonable if you want to compare.
Good luck
Alistair