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Thanks guys.
The move won't be too bad hopefully (famous last words) as we're not shipping a load of stuff from the UK. Just clothes mainly and a few odds and sods. The wife will be travelling back to the UK fairly regularly to see her parents who are knocking on a bit now, so we're keeping the house here for a while. It also means we have a bolt hole if things go t*ts-up.
Already had our first dealings with an agent who was recommended by my new company. I gave her some outline requirements, number of bedrooms, close to MRT, rent min/max, fairly loose on location etc., and the response was - imagine the mechanic, looking under the bonnet (hood) of your car, sucking in breath whilst shaking head - "we dont get many properties at that price, you may have to go higher". Yet when I did a property search with the same requirements, I got over 2000 hits. I'm making the assumption here that they work on a % of rent as commission from the landlord. I think some good old fashioned legwork may be required!
Thanks for the Craiglist link, I'd forgotten about that site.
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