Well, we were very tempted to stay - I was even trying to concoct plans to keep the house here and alternate between the two - after all, I still have full time work up here for another 6 months. The younger two kids were quite happy to stay up for another term and keep me company with the weather warm enough to still be swimming in the sea! They love their school - that's them in the photo on the right getting an award, with the marimbas showing in the bacground.
However, the landlord made the decision for us by not renewing the lease on the house. So with only 14 days notice, the kids have learned another valuable lesson - the vulnerability of tenants. We couldn't believe it, coming from Victoria where tenants are well protected under the tenancy laws, but sure enough, at the end of a fixed term lease in NSW, the landlord can give tenants only 14 days.
We are so fortunate to have somewhere to go, as our own tenants moved out just last week. It must be so tough for families that are purely reliant on rented accommodation. We had already been approached by three families who knew we were supposed to be going back to Melbourne and who wanted to ask if the house was available.
I was very pleased though to see that Breanna has some compassion, as her first question was, "but we're not going to throw our tenants out are we?" I assured her that they had made the decision to go themselves and that we didn't need to do that at all. We were also very lucky to have friends offer to have us stay, but since we were due to go back to Melbourne in a few weeks anyway, we decided to just pack up and go. Another very good friend has offered to store all our things so that we will have a full household of furniture ready to go whenever we find a house to live in.
Yes, we do love it up here and yes we would very much like to stay, but of course, there are also many reasons for staying in Melbourne, so it will be interesting to see how we go with making a decision.
We are really looking forward to seeing all our friends and family in Melbourne, but not looking forward to the cold!
However, the landlord made the decision for us by not renewing the lease on the house. So with only 14 days notice, the kids have learned another valuable lesson - the vulnerability of tenants. We couldn't believe it, coming from Victoria where tenants are well protected under the tenancy laws, but sure enough, at the end of a fixed term lease in NSW, the landlord can give tenants only 14 days.
We are so fortunate to have somewhere to go, as our own tenants moved out just last week. It must be so tough for families that are purely reliant on rented accommodation. We had already been approached by three families who knew we were supposed to be going back to Melbourne and who wanted to ask if the house was available.
I was very pleased though to see that Breanna has some compassion, as her first question was, "but we're not going to throw our tenants out are we?" I assured her that they had made the decision to go themselves and that we didn't need to do that at all. We were also very lucky to have friends offer to have us stay, but since we were due to go back to Melbourne in a few weeks anyway, we decided to just pack up and go. Another very good friend has offered to store all our things so that we will have a full household of furniture ready to go whenever we find a house to live in.
Yes, we do love it up here and yes we would very much like to stay, but of course, there are also many reasons for staying in Melbourne, so it will be interesting to see how we go with making a decision.
We are really looking forward to seeing all our friends and family in Melbourne, but not looking forward to the cold!
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