replaceablehead
Member
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2012
- Messages
- 8
- Reaction score
- 0
Right this is my first post; I was think of introducing myself but i'm a little short on time, so uh hi!
Ok so I'm in sydney australia. I don't know if theres many australians on this forum, but perhaps someone can give me some advice
Anyway I'd better explain exactly what I mean. I'm talking about renting places that for whatever reason can't normally be rented as "living spaces" for what ever reason. For example, I know a guy who rents a sort of storage shed near the beach for $30pw. he fits a double bed and fridge in there and showers at the beach facilities. I'll have to ask him but so far as I know the owners cool with it. Thats just one example, but i figure surely theres places out there that are only in need of a little tlc.
I know in the UK they have something called Property Guardians. Basically you pay greatly reduced rent to live in mostly commercial buildings acting as kind of sitter, only instead of houses it's things like empty pubs and shops and warehouses.
Anyway the problem I have is I wouldn't have a clue where to start looking, or how to approach an owner. Really I'd want them to be ok with it and negotiate some kind of deal. I mean I know people who've lived in places that by Australian law shouldn't technically have been rent able (don't we all!). My sister even rented a place through an estate agent that didn't have garbage service and had some pretty suspect repairs, but she got it dirt cheap.
So do these kind of things exist in sydney? and how does one find them? and what other are ways are there of negotiating cheap rent without going so far as to squat.
Oh my budgets like $100 if it was something neat, i need rehearsal space too, but less means i can save more.
Ok so I'm in sydney australia. I don't know if theres many australians on this forum, but perhaps someone can give me some advice
Anyway I'd better explain exactly what I mean. I'm talking about renting places that for whatever reason can't normally be rented as "living spaces" for what ever reason. For example, I know a guy who rents a sort of storage shed near the beach for $30pw. he fits a double bed and fridge in there and showers at the beach facilities. I'll have to ask him but so far as I know the owners cool with it. Thats just one example, but i figure surely theres places out there that are only in need of a little tlc.
I know in the UK they have something called Property Guardians. Basically you pay greatly reduced rent to live in mostly commercial buildings acting as kind of sitter, only instead of houses it's things like empty pubs and shops and warehouses.
Anyway the problem I have is I wouldn't have a clue where to start looking, or how to approach an owner. Really I'd want them to be ok with it and negotiate some kind of deal. I mean I know people who've lived in places that by Australian law shouldn't technically have been rent able (don't we all!). My sister even rented a place through an estate agent that didn't have garbage service and had some pretty suspect repairs, but she got it dirt cheap.
So do these kind of things exist in sydney? and how does one find them? and what other are ways are there of negotiating cheap rent without going so far as to squat.
Oh my budgets like $100 if it was something neat, i need rehearsal space too, but less means i can save more.