Hoping to move out and start renting

[ss_storm]

Don't forget about a vacuum cleaner - you just can't live without one!

And get a decent one! We bought a tiny cheap & nasty vaccy from Sam's Warehouse or somewhere like that...did the job ok for a one bedroom unit, but once we moved into a house it was a nightmare vacuuming. Loved it when we upgraded to a real vacuum cleaner! So if you can spare $300 odd dollars (we got a vax on special for about that price from Harvey Norman) get a good one from the start!

[Butterfly Child]

thanks guys i went shopping at the after christmas sales and picked up a kitchen essentials pack with all these sauspans, strainers, fryingpans for really cheap so thats one less thing. ill write a list here which ill add to once ive got new things if people can help think of new stuff? ive tried to think of all the things i use on a daily basis(besides grocery items)

What i have:
Vacume cleaner( cyclonic )
pots and pans/frying pan/strainer
2x cutlery pack
16 peice dinner set( mugs/bowls, plates)
4x glasses
Blender
oven trays/ cake tins
toaster
Queenbed
cot
bookshelf
wardrobe
change table
laptop
beanbag

What i need( please help me think of the things)
Washing machine
Fridge
lounge
dinningroom table/chairs
pegs
washing basket
peeler/tin opener/spatulars/mash
microwave
kettle
tupperwear
towels/t towels/washers
toilet cleaner brush
dust pan broom/ broom

If anyone can add some things i can add to the list that would soo good thx guys xx
i found a place close to my parents(just down the road really a 2 bedroom unit its ok its right near the shops, for $265, im hoping to have alook at that next week..

[ladybird11]

Wow, you're doing really well BC!!

I'd also leave aside some money for your first grocery shopping to stock those cupboards , which will also probably need to cover cleaning supplies which you won't have to buy each week....

[Cassius2]

toilet brush!

[[M]umma[M]ia]

clothes airer? for them times its raining or u cant be bothered walking to the clothesline.. ?!? lol

[Miss H]

floor mops, kitchen bins, cleaning materials

[C~Q]

What about a computer?? How are you going to come on here and let us know how you're going??!

Also Radio Rentals are pretty good, I get my washing machine through them and the money comes straight out of my CL allowance and I think at the end of the ocntract you can buy out for $1 or something - you end up paying more in the long run but that was the only way for me

[smiles4u]

Hey Emma, a little story here with a GREAT ending ... I moved (or rather got kicked out of home as a teen for no apparent reason than having a Mother with mental issues), i at the time had $300 to my name and a few things i had saved in my glory box like an iron, towels and a few kitchen cooking utensils ... yep that was it, oh and a bag of clothes & a couple pair of shoes) ... My BF at the time's Auntie rented out to me her old bungalow fully furnished with very old furniture but at least it was very clean (and i was very grateful) ... It had two small rooms one being a bedroom and the other a kitchen with a couch in it and a shower in the corner ... My vanity mirror was a mirror over the kitchen sink, the toilet was a long way from the bungalow outside which i wouldn't use as it was run down and always full of huntsman spiders so my toilet ended up being a bucket in the shower.

A very kind old lady living next door heard about my living there with no family help or support and she handed me over the backyard fence two old dented aluminum saucepans ... me having pride said i would pay for them one day when i had the money and she said not for me to be silly and just take them, that in taking them it mean't something to her to help someone ... and she said one day if someone needs my help i will do the same in return (which i have a few times now )

I lived there for two years until i got myself on me feet with study and work ... and needless to say i kept those saucepans for many years as a reminder that there are the kindest people on the planet, even strangers ... who will pop out of nowhere (even over a fence, lol) - when you might need a little foot up in the world

So Emma what i'm getting at is if you PM me your postal address if you would let me give you some * kitchen stuff * i have (not those saucepans they have been well gone now as i was given them over 20years ago now, lol ) ... All is in fab condition and just sitting in my cupboard waiting for a new owner ... and maybe one day many years down the track you could do the same in return for someone as i did and the little old neighbour i once had

... and Emma please don't be shy as i would truly loved to (postage no cost of course as i have that covered too ) ... and lets look forward to getting you into your own sweet home for you & Grace that has all that you need (and maybe more )

Cheers from Lorelle & Miss C xox

[Jas]

Aww smiles4u, what an awesome story!! Love it and how kind of you!

Emma, That is so great that you have found a place that looks like it might be good!