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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 275/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Things, as usual with me, are not going real well. On Monday, I will be evicted. Today is Thursday. I still do not have somewhere else to go.... This is a basic rundown of the situation: I have been applying for rental properties, but the problem is that I do not have a rental history. All rental properties require you to fill in a bunch of forms, outlining your rental history, and if you don't have one, they overlook your application and pick somebody that has one. I have applied for a number of places and I have been knocked back because I do not have a rental history. I have been applying for share accomodation, but with that, I guess I've never really "gel"-ed with anybody. I tried to be nice and everything, but I don't think any of the people there really liked me enough, or found people that they liked better. Money is *not* the issue, I have money and I would be able to support myself in a relatively cheap little place. I can't go back to my mother's... well, I could but it's damned preferable not to. Put it this way, I'd rather sleep in a dumpster than go back to my mother's. My mother drives me insane. She says she "understands" my depression, and then she goes and does the worst possible things to stir it up. She literally has me borderline suicidal when I live with her. Even the hypnotherapist said to get out of my mother's house, to get out of there soon. So while going back to my mother's is an option, it's an option that will come at the cost of my mental health. I don't have any friends I can stay with. I have friends, but they're in the middle or renovating or they live too far away, so that's not really an option. I have called Mission Australia's crisis hotline and asked for advice, but they gave me the numbers of the homeless shelters in Adelaide. This brings me to where I am now. In four days, I will have nowhere to go. In four days, I will be evicted. I have applied for a bunch of rental properties tonight, in the hope that I find somewhere, anywhere to go. Somebody, please accept my application!! But in the case that that doesn't happen, I want to know if anybody can suggest anything else I can do, any other things I should investigate, in these precious four days... Now I'm just wondering if anybody else has any ideas of anything else I should do!! Please, any advice at all would be really really good right now.  |
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Kallias Octoballoon Level: 21  Posts: 84/160 EXP: 46075 For next: 3868 Since: 06-02-04 From: Barrhead, Alberta, Canada Since last post: 357 days Last activity: 286 days |
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| Keep looking and dont give up. You will eventually find a place, worst case your mom may be your only option. I am not saying live with her till the end of your day, just stay until you can find a place, thats probably better than a homeless shelter any day of the week. Emotional and social problems with your mother should also attempt to be resolved anyways, for many they many never work out, but you should at least try. She is your mother after all. I am not sure how the renting system works down thier in Australia, but if you have money, and continue to afford a place. One should present it's self soon enough. Just be patient and dont give up looking! | |||
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 276/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Er, with trying to resolve problems with my mother, I have already tried. That was one of the things I tried last time I lived with her. Generally, if I bring up her Control Freak nature up with her, she tells me it's "my fault" and plays the blame game. She gets too defensive to listen, and instead I get a torrent of anger and blame. I've tried a few times, and a few different methods of approaching the subject, but I'm always left with the same result. If I thought she could be reasoned with, or if I thought she could let me live there without micro-managing and interfering in my entire life, it wouldn't be a problem. |
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Kallias Octoballoon Level: 21 Posts: 85/160 EXP: 46075 For next: 3868 Since: 06-02-04 From: Barrhead, Alberta, Canada Since last post: 357 days Last activity: 286 days |
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| well then lets hope you find a place thats being rented!!!! |
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Uncle Elmo Hammer Brother Partly Sweet, Helpful, good at advice and a half decent writer. Also modest. Level: 49 Posts: 638/1062 EXP: 845899 For next: 37984 Since: 03-15-04 From: Prestatyn, Uk Since last post: 23 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| How about moving with your partner, I realise he's out in the sticks, but surely that's preferable to being in a shelter? | |||
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 277/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| If I move out with Ben, I won't be able to get to work. Ben will be moving out to live with his friend Cirus, at a place called Eagle on the Hill. Eagle on the Hill is in the Adelaide Hills, in an area where unfortunately, no bus routes go, and I do not have a car. So, I can't really move out with Ben either, unless I plan to give up work. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 3177/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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I think that...I thought that Elmo had a solution there because Ben may have a rental history... I WANT to help you but I |
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NSNick Laidback Admin Level: 85  Posts: 1025/3875 EXP: 5895841 For next: 2699 Since: 03-15-04 From: North Side School: OSU Since last post: 9 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| A couple of really desperate suggestions (trying to be inventive): 1) Your workplace. Do you own it, or do you work later than your boss? Crash there until you can find a place. 2) Storage space. Just don't let them find out that you're staying there. 3) Public places that are open 24 hours. Store your stuff somewhere, sleep in a public place (libraries, bus stations, etc). Like I said, these are really reaching, but if all else fails, perhaps these would work. |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 280/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| I already thought about my workplace. Once, I was joking, the second time I thought about it, I thought a little harder.... and it's not exactly a viable option. I'm in a cubicle farm. I could crash on the floor, but I have a feeling security will find me, or at least the cleaners will. o.o Storage space isn't something I'd considered, but I don't know if I can manage that with a lot of the storage spaces around here being ultra secure and video monitored... o.o |
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Anya The Exile Ultima Mezcla de Yin Yan Level: 98  Posts: 2919/5337 EXP: 9530313 For next: 124040 Since: 03-15-04 From: South Florida Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 2 days |
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| Maybe you could ask a friend or a relative with rental history, to sign on with you at a complex. They don't have to live with you, just to help sign the papers and then after you've moved in and about a month or so later, take the person that helped you, off the lease. | |||
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Uncle Elmo Hammer Brother Partly Sweet, Helpful, good at advice and a half decent writer. Also modest. Level: 49 Posts: 644/1062 EXP: 845899 For next: 37984 Since: 03-15-04 From: Prestatyn, Uk Since last post: 23 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Anya - Yes! That's what the ex did for the apartment we both we due to live in, sje got her parents to sign the forms. Now I know that's not an option for you but.. how about geting Ben to Sign them? | |||
Ambigore Shyguy Level: 17 Posts: 90/95 EXP: 22388 For next: 2355 Since: 03-27-04 Since last post: 208 days Last activity: 10 days |
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| In my rather-limited experience of finding a place: 1) University bulletin boards are an *excellent* sources for "unofficial" / below-the-radar rent ads. There are no stupid middlemen to deal with, and since most students don't have rental histories, you should be all right. I haven't actually applied to any, though, but if you say money's no problem, and actually forward a fair chunk to prove it, I'm sure any self-serving student/landlord will accept your application. Have the latest bank statement with you to prove your financial situation. If you must, lie and say you're a part-time student and make shit up. I don't think they'd go to the lengths of checking for your student ID as that'd be rude, but it's up to you. 2) Boarding houses. They don't usually advertise in a conventional way. You may have to search for them off the internet, telephone book, newspapers, ads, etc. You'll get your own crappy room, and share the bathroom, kitchen and toilet with other residents. Apply to those that even cater for students only. In the student boarding house I stayed at for four years while studying, I'd bump into fulltime workers who'd hire a room, but it's usually only for short-term (1-3 months). 3) Hotels. I remember you mentioning something about having lived at a hotel before, so you should probably know more about this than me. But I do know some hotels lease rooms. 4) Backpacker hostels. To my knowledge, they may charge $10-$30 per night. If you can store your stuff at your mum's place, and sleep at a hostel for the time being, you may be right. That's all I can think of for the time being. *hug* |
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Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get. Level: 73 Posts: 284/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Well, good news and slightly bad news. 1) I found somewhere to live. It's a share house, with two medical students.  They seem like really fun people, I got along with them very well at the interview/inspection and I'm looking forward to moving in.2) The bad news is, that's 10 days away, so I'm stuck.... I spoke to my mother, and I'll go there for 10 days, but I'm guessing she'll drive me insane in that time. Ugh.  So, all good.. if I'm crazy in 10 days time though, blame the mother. |
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Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143 Posts: 3300/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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Holy crap, 10 days away... I guess that |
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