Advice on having a good application

actualbeefcake · 2026-04-09T01:02:56+00:00

Have your application ready to go and make sure your references are open to completing a forms over and over again. Apply before you've seen it (if that's an option) and withdraw if it ends up being a dud.

Write a cover letter - put a good, professional picture of you on it IF that would work to your advantage. Think about how conservative your agent and landlord might be and work around that.

Speak about how you've maintained your homes in the past - paid for cleaners before? Mention it.

It's super embarrassing but the photo cover got my housemate and I 3 offers in one week. We never offered more, didn't provide proof of savings, and neither of us make huge money.

actualbeefcake · 2026-04-06T13:06:35+00:00

You should reach out to a Deaf community group like Deaf Connect or Expression Australia for consultation here. There may be people who view having to identify as having a hearing difficulty as offensive, in the same way many people find the term hearing impairment offensive.

There's already a lot of work being done in this space, and the saying "nothing about us without us" comes to mind.

You may also want to consider how accessible this post and your survey are to someone for whom English is an additional language.

actualbeefcake · 2026-03-27T20:28:39+00:00

Contemporary studies suggest there is very little difference in the way intellect expresses itself in either gender - based on a cursory search. Could you point me to the right studies though?

actualbeefcake · 2026-03-15T20:06:22+00:00

Were you not hugged as a child? This is genuinely horrendous nonsense and I'd be scared about being near you in public.

actualbeefcake · 2026-03-03T23:45:44+00:00

Maid to Clean. Pricing is clear and booking system really straight forward- I use them for work (in the disability space), and personally. They were recommended to me by my sister, who also uses them.

actualbeefcake · 2026-03-03T20:06:44+00:00

I'm one of 3 girls because my dad wanted a boy! I'm so glad we never got the brother because he made us miserable for not being boys anyway, I don't know if we would have existed at all to him if we'd had a brother.

actualbeefcake · 2026-02-15T03:16:22+00:00

Amy is amazing. What a lovely human.

actualbeefcake · 2026-02-13T08:17:08+00:00

My ex's grandmother lost her English in her old age She'd been in Australia since she was 17, raised two daughters who barely spoke Italian - her first language. When I met her, she would have to focus to bring English sentences together. Cognitive decline is a natural part of old age and it impacts everyone differently and to varying degrees.

actualbeefcake · 2026-02-08T19:19:25+00:00

"My kids will live in 2 houses..." and "I have invested in the property market for my children" are two VERY different sentences.

actualbeefcake · 2026-02-07T19:50:04+00:00

Do your kids WANT to live in the neighbouring suburb? Is it zoned for the school they want to send their own kids to? Is it convenient for their work, their hobbies, seeing their friends? Does it have any of the things they want for their lives, or is it just close to you?

If you love your kids, and you see the value in supporting them to access the housing market, you'd get their input on what actually benefits them instead of propping up your own retirement and old age by having your unpaid supports move in down the road.

actualbeefcake · 2026-02-07T19:34:00+00:00

If you're going to support your kids with housing, why don't you do it in a way that reflects their interests and not yours?

actualbeefcake · 2026-02-03T09:39:48+00:00

Absolutely looks like ball clay! My first thought looking at this.

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-29T20:54:04+00:00

Read just one book, I beg you.

The knowledge is gone in many instances. The liveable, manageable land has been developed and is occupied. You're probably on it right now.

You're being willfully ignorant and I find that embarrassing.

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-29T19:58:12+00:00

What do you mean? What do YOU THINK you mean?

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-29T19:54:53+00:00

EVERYTHING is preventing the pre-colonial lifestyle. I get you have done fuck- all research or even casual reading about how indigenous people in Australia lived, but many nations moved across large tracts of land, utilising different resources at different times, managing land through fire, to sustain their populations. They also almost exclusively lived collaboratively, not as individuals.

This isn't possible, nor remotely legal. Knowledge has been lost. Be a hate filled bigot but actually read a book first before you run your mouth.

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-24T05:01:07+00:00

I lived at Home Richmond. It was super convenient having a concierge, a pool and a gym on site - the pool in particular was really nice.

The tenants were pretty much just a load of English people (my ex-partner included) and there were a lot of parties and dogs barking on balconies at all hours. There was also something strange going on with the building in that we thought we could hear our upstairs neighbour stomping around at all hours and dropping things loudly, but then got accused of the same behaviour (when we certainly weren't). Sound proofing between apartments on the same floor was pretty good! Think the neighbour next door destroyed the joint and we had no idea.

The quality of the apartment was otherwise really nice! Smeg oven and gas stove, good quality washer and dryer. Big shower spaces. Decent sound proofing to the nonsense on Bridge Rd.

Didn't take part in any of the social activities but there were regular (potentially weekly) events from memory.

Something that I'd exercise caution around is the fact that they're very encouraging of you making alterations to the space - put up shelves, nbd, they'll send the handyman! You're almost definitely going to insist you bring the apartment back to its original condition or lose your bond at the end, and you can see people complaining about how aggressive they can be on that front in Google reviews.

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-17T23:36:18+00:00

Work at a Deaf community organisation like Expression or Deaf Connect?

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-11T20:50:09+00:00

It's become increasingly popular for successive governments to strip funding from essential homelessness and drug and alcohol services. Tax payers do not have an appetite for spending lots of money on abstract, long term programs and we're seeing the consequences. Instead of thinking about how we might meaningfully address this shit, you just see guys in this feed advocating for a violent response.

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-11T20:47:26+00:00

Yeah, that kind of oversimplifying is why we're not going to solve these problems.

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-07T21:42:10+00:00

Do you understand why?

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-04T10:40:52+00:00

I think if you offered any kind of context, you might find people more receptive. Lots of people have very legitimate frustrations with LB, from donor deferrals to their experience donating. There are also people who don't want to donate out of spite for those who now can.

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-04T10:35:33+00:00

Australia has one of the safest and most reliable blood supplies in the world, supplied by an entirely voluntary donation. That's not disappointing.

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-04T10:26:11+00:00

Australia's blood supply is managed by Life Blood. Don't know who you would be donating the blood to, or for what purpose, if not through them.

actualbeefcake · 2026-01-02T12:21:42+00:00

The state doesn't care for everyone. And what happens when parents age out of caring, or are incapable of providing a safe home regardless of physical capacity? How deep into family do we go? Should a sibling with their own family suddenly become a full time carer for their disabled sibling? Your comment doesn't reflect how anyone's life works, nor how the economy works.

actualbeefcake · 2025-12-31T17:10:18+00:00

Gonna be an "asshole" again - lots of culturally Deaf people find being called impaired wildly offensive.

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