perthheart Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Me and a mate (also a converted heart fan) are moving to Melbourne mid next year for a year or two. Planning on doing it with coming over with nowt but a suitcase and go from there. Main things of interest are best suburbs to be looking in, how fucked the rental market is. Average kind of prices we'd be looking at for a shitty apartment/sharehouse rooms. Etc. Preferably within 30mins of cbd. Also likelihood of easily picking up bar work is a plus. Any info at all would be sweet. Cheers lads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tesla Posted September 20, 2013 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Main things of interest are best suburbs to be looking in, how fucked the rental market is. Average kind of prices we'd be looking at for a shitty apartment/sharehouse rooms. Etc. Preferably within 30mins of cbd.You want to stay out of scummy areas like Toorak, South Yarra, Camberwell, etc. if you dont want to get stabbed by a crackhead, look at the nicer areas like Sunshine, St Albans, etc. even if they cost a bit more it's worth it for the better lifestyle and safety 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 so much roff tesla anything around the city you could grab apartments for 350-400 a week and maybe one of the lads could get you a job at the imp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaik Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I moved across from dullsville about 5/6 years ago with my missus. As we both didn't have jobs it was impossible finding a rental, despite including bank statements showing we had 30k in our bank account and offering to pay 3 months rent in advance. Ended up having to do a share house for a few months until we could get our own.  The best places we found for sharehouses were probably Brunswick and St Kilda. Lots of big old houses with big bedrooms, good public transport, cheap pubs etc. But anywhere inner city is going to be fine really. Im currently living in Brunswick which is by far my favourite suburb of Melbourne, has the best pubs with beer gardens and the type you can rock up in your thongs and singlet (unlike Perth), heaps of cheap eats as well.  And unlike that shithole Perth, you don't need to worry about having a car here. We went about 3 years without having one and still rarely use it other than shopping or to go camping. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Funny I've heard pretty much the opposite to be true. Isn't st.albans the mini balkans? I pretty much live in Perth's equivalent and manage a pub with what is essentially a crack den for accommodation above. I'm not bothered too much about that kind of shit seen most of it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bannon Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Funny I've heard pretty much the opposite to be true. Isn't st.albans the mini balkans?hahahahahahagagagaga you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Yeah I'm thinking gumtree share houses probs be the way forward. Will be coming over with about 20k to my name so can afford to sorted while looking for work. Don't anticipate it being overly difficult to find work over there got enough experience in bars to be fine. I pay 400 by myself at the moment for rent so splitting rent on 400 apartment should be fine provided I can find work with enough hours. Have friends living in st kilda and didn't mind it there tbh. Will check out Brunswick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaik Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I think my mates paying around 200 a week for a pretty nice room in a sharehouse in brunswick as a guide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazzatron Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) Inner North(out to Preston) could be good for you 1 and 2 bedroom apartments from 250+ 300+ they get more expensive as you get closer to the city, plenty of pubs and bars along Sydney Rd, High St, Brunswick St, Smith St. Edited September 20, 2013 by bazzatron $250 was optimistic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffins Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Yeah I'm thinking gumtree share houses probs be the way forward. Will be coming over with about 20k to my name so can afford to sorted while looking for work. Don't anticipate it being overly difficult to find work over there got enough experience in bars to be fine. I pay 400 by myself at the moment for rent so splitting rent on 400 apartment should be fine provided I can find work with enough hours. Have friends living in st kilda and didn't mind it there tbh. Will check out Brunswick. Ahhh St kilda quality hunting grounds for smack and prostitutes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I'd heard this when I went over last time. Didn't see any of either though. Just some pub with a gay night on and a bottleshop called The Dick Liquor attached. Fantastic establishment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marteaux Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I'd heard this when I went over last time. Didn't see any of either though. Just some pub with a gay night on and a bottleshop called The Dick Liquor attached. Fantastic establishment. That's balaclava. The dick is a pretty good pub actually. The greyhound, not so much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 When you are walking down the street and people are blowing their horns - It's never cos they are somebody you know like in Perth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Tbf by the point in the night I'd consumed enough pills and low grade coke to run an early 1900's tour de France a few times over. All the venues eventually blurred into one. Dick liquor managed to see itself into whatever fragments of memory I'd retained of the night though. Think we eventually ended up harassing backpackers at some place called base? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marteaux Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Xbase on Carlisle street haha. Cheap beer and even cheaper company lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 When you are walking down the street and people are blowing their horns - It's never cos they are somebody you know like in Perth. Heres me just thinking everyone was super friendly round those parts. Not sure where you grew up in Perth as my initial reaction to a car beepings it's horn is to duck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 When you are walking down the street and people are blowing their horns - It's never cos they are somebody you know like in Perth.Heres me just thinking everyone was super friendly round those parts. Not sure where you grew up in Perth as my initial reaction to a car beepings it's horn is to duck. Also despite what Perthites think, Eastern Staters don't all hate The West - They actually don't care about Perth at all and hate Sydney more than Perth. They don't even know the term "Eastern Staters" exists... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Â Â When you are walking down the street and people are blowing their horns - It's never cos they are somebody you know like in Perth. Heres me just thinking everyone was super friendly round those parts. Not sure where you grew up in Perth as my initial reaction to a car beepings it's horn is to duck. Also despite what Perthites think, Eastern Staters don't all hate The West - They actually don't care about Perth at all and hate Sydney more than Perth. They don't even know the term "Eastern Staters" exists... Â you had me at hating nsw... <3 the west Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Maybe it's the group of mates I have but I don't think I've ever heard the term eastern staters? Most of my generation at least are more jealous of what Melbourne and Sydney have and we miss out on due to lack of population/isolation. Nor was I under any illusions that those on the east coast care about Perth at all. As long as the eagles or dockers aren't beating Melbourne teams and our mining dollars keep flowing in they have lIttle reason to acknowledge this corner haha. I personally couldn't care less is the same country after all. Im movIng to be closer to everything. Only so much you can experience in my line of work in Perth. Music, art, sports pretty much all better in Melbourne. I would seriously be worried about the mental processing skills of someone who legitimately didn't like someone based purely on what state they were raised. Although if bogan car bumper stickers have taught me anything it's that there are only two states to be in 'WA and pissed' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 What has happened over there??? The use to use the term "Eastern Staters" even on TV and in adverts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 I'm sure there are brain dead bogans that are stupid enough to buy into that kind of shit you'd see on today tonight or something. Probably a different demographic and generation though I'd guess. Is more of a faux pa these days moving interstate than it is hating on the east coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 (edited) If you are going to move to brunswick, you will need a beard, shithouse second hand woolen cardigan and a fixie. St. Kilda is alright if you can understand the english and irish accents. The western suburbs arent too bad. The bad shit that you hear of happens all over melbs, not just in the west. Maybe have a look at hawthorn/camberwell/glen iris area. Close to city, plenty of pt options, rents bit pricey, similar to perth I imagine I pay $1560/month in glen iris. 2broom unit. From what I jear though thats about 200-300 cheaper a month than other units in the street. Edited September 20, 2013 by sheepdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 If only I could grow a beard. Fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 here is a tip  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 They could have atleast put 30 rhinos on the poster not 25 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 They probably couldn't think of any more languages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Looks for a place in Richmond mate, then you can walk to all of our home games! Shit load of pubs, no need to grow a beard, the only hookers are the ones working in licenced brothels and rent in a share house is only $200 - $250 a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Looks for a place in Richmond mate, then you can walk to all of our home games! Shit load of pubs, no need to grow a beard, the only hookers are the ones working in licenced brothels and rent in a share house is only $200 - $250 a week. I'd tend to agree with this although some parts of Richmond are pretty smacked out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Richmond is full of Smackheads and run by Yuppies, Then again I always run into West Australians down there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffins Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Move to Melton it's like one big caravan park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 South Richmond, in the Swan St or Bridge Rd areas. There are crack heads in every suburb, even bloody Hawthorn and Camberwell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 Move to Melton it's like one big caravan park Melton also has the trotter racing and the wave pool. Awesome area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 And good for popping Mono's! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy Posted September 23, 2013 Report Share Posted September 23, 2013 And like Richmond, you can simply walk to the games from Melton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted September 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 I've grown up in Perth and lived in the east end of London for a year crackheads aren't that big of an issue. More just lOoking for decent proximity to everything at a rate that's at least similiar to what I pay over here which is $250 a week. Looking thru suburbs suggested here looks like all the suggested suburbs like Richmond, Brunswick and st kilda fit the bill and will all be do-able. Will just see what's available at the time I make the move. Cheers lads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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