The finding a place to live saga continues...

Okay, so finding an apartment in Brisbane is hard. Not only are places limited because of the no dog rule but it's also VERY competitive. "Viewings" are when you go to see the place, but it's done much like an open house that's for sale. A bunch of people view the place at once, with a real estate agent and you have to have a pre-filled out, ready to go application with you, just in case you like the place, or you don't stand a chance of getting it. I called about one place today and the viewing is tomorrow but even the viewing was filled, with no room for more people to see it! We basically realized that we have to rent a house if we have a dog, which is fine with us but we still want it to be a nice house. You wouldn't believe the hole we saw yesterday! We saw another place today, which was actually kind of cute but there was a dead cockroach in the corner and it was the small one that we've been warned to avoid. Apparently, the big ones don't mean an infestation, the small ones do. There were also a lot of ants and all of the windows in the house were tinted like a bathroom window might be. It wasn't so bad if the windows are open but when they're closed it might feel a little bit like a dungeon, not being able to see out anywhere! Anyway, seeing as it's only day 3 of looking, we decided not to rush into it. If it's a month from now and we don't have a place, then yes, we might have to settle. We're going to pick up a paper tomorrow and look from there. Apartments are only in the paper on Wednesday and Saturdays here. Looking for a place to live makes the idea of looking for a job seem easy! Wish us luck!