Your sense of humour is literally perfect 🤩 I am moving to Sydney CBD in August and your videos are really helpful to get an idea of the city, people and other important stuff. Keep making these amazing videos 💛
Just stumbled across your channel as a fellow Sydney-sider, across the bridge in a 2 bedroom, outrageously priced art deco dog box. You are fun, entertaining, and just what everyone needs in these strangely changing times.
Well hello neighbour! haha your description 'art deco dog box' got me laughing 😂 (sometimes I think humour is what we hang onto when all else seems a little...wonky-sideways-heck-a-moly!) Thank you for watching Dominique! 😍 I'm glad you enjoyed my video - so glad you get the little jokes too! Hope you have a great week, and I wish you the best of success and joy here 😊
Very informative. I lived in the Sydney area in the 70's and it was wonderful. I rented a cute little flat in Manly for $35 dollars a week with a Frangipani Tree out front. Feel for you having to pay outrageous rents. We used to pool our money and rent a big house on the beach that had 5 bedrooms. Good times. Great music and great neighbors. I like your videos, you have a good voice, great info and do not chatter like many do. Subscribing now. I miss Australia. Living in the States.
Oh wow times have changed, right? ha! Share housing with good folk can be such a fun experience! I'm so glad you have this memory - the Frangipani trees have such a distinct scent too (and that white sap gets everywhere if we don't pay attention HA! Ah well, natural perfume? heehee). Thank you for watching and I appreciate your kind feedback too - I'm happy you're enjoying my videos! 😍
I landed a job in Sydney starting in February... and am now scrambling to figure out whether or not I can actually afford to live there, or if I should go for the not-so-great job I've been offered in Melbourne 😅
Congrats on the job! That's great!😃It's a rough market, and Sydney has copped the brunt of accommodation shortage across Australia. Melbourne and Brisbane are also getting smashed unfortunately. If it's a WFH capable role, that would be ideal and allow the option of looking to less dense/cheaper accomm. If it was me, I would go with the work/job that lights me up more, as that will be a more long-term impact and help manage the otherwise cost of living issues that are just about everywhere! Hope you find the answer that resonates best with you, and all the best with moving (it's exciting and also holy-heck-a-mole hahaha!) 😅
@GemmaLaurelleAdventures Thanks for the advice. It's a big decision, but it'll be fine whatever I choose, so I'm not stressing too much. Just enjoying the pain of window shopping for flats in Sydney 🙃
innerwest should be better lots of cafe plus bigger and new apartments and you can still uber. Only thing at CBD is like high-end stores, PUB / BARS and Thai restaraunts.
Thanks Rachan for your comment 🙏 With prices the way they are, moving further out from the CBD is definitely worth looking into! I'd like to check it all out myself in future - love the sound of great cafes and new apartments! haha
Hey Gemma! I'm super interested in the assets you invested in!! Also, I'd like to know the zones you recommend for living/renting, considering the security, convenience and price, thanks and love u😘
Thank you Esperanza for your comment and suggestions - I've just created a video about what assets I invest in! Hope you enjoy 😊 Will make more videos about living in/around Sydney for sure! Thanks for watching my videos 🙏😍
Hi Zac - thank you for watching! 🙂 Yes, there are a few items on the expensive list HA! Entertainment and eating out, are quite costly. The prices are higher than more out-of-city areas (eg. movie tickets $31 regular/$33 4D seat in CBD Event Cinemas, compare $19.50 at Wollongong NSW or Noosa cinema QLD) . The lack of farmers' markets, means relying on the bigger grocery stores (Coles/Woolies mostly in the city, some IGA shops) for household food/items. The big-chain stores charge higher prices for veggies & fruit than farm-to-market stalls, so that raises the overall cost of weekly shopping runs. Parking costs are high in the CBD (from $25 Wilson/Park&Save in CBD, drops to $14 in outer suburb like Chatswood, and cheaper beyond), compared to suburbs/regional areas which have free parking/street/free-permit areas. It's the overall accumulation of these higher prices, which make overall cost of living higher, over and above the high rental prices. Hope this helps, if you're looking to move! 🙂
What Noo 😥 you gave me stress 😅 i ll be in Sydney CBD for my master’s by sep and my lil research tells me that $1k is sufficient for a single occupancy room now this is like a shock for me ! What would you suggest, where and how can i get a single occupancy room in my budget, I’m not really looking to spend more than a K a month 😬
Hi Salman - wooo yes, renting will definitely need research! Also, welcome to Sydney soon! 🙂 Sharing an inner city (CBD) apartment is going to be the most affordable way to live here. If you know someone already, or can join a Facebook group for city living, that would be the best way to privately secure a cheaper room to live - I found this FB group to be a good place to find people to team with/spare rooms: facebook.com/groups/1637070896565373. The outer suburbs will always be cheaper for a room (eg. $250 a week), but for a city apartment it will mean looking carefully and securing a room as early as you can. All the best with your hunt - you've got time, so should have better luck than a last-minute rush
Hi Gemma.. your video is very informative and helpful to me. I will move in the end of November this year for WHV. Would it is possible to get a rent or sharehouse at that time because now I hear that it is so difficult to rent? Would you mind to rwcommend me some renthouse/sharehouse/apartment that I can book in advance?
Thank you for watching Langkah! The best solution to my mind, to find a rental, is to join the Sydney Sharehouse group on FB (facebook.com/groups/1637070896565373). There are always people looking for sharemates at different times and for places in and around the city centre. Welcome to Sydney in November! 😊
Moving back to Sydney from LA after years in New York in London. Sydney is expensive because the standard of living is so high, much like Vancouver, etc. The point is you need money. I'm going back to a promotion and more money than I got in the US, You need London-style Tech and Finance salaries to make it there, cause living out in the burbs is complete sh*t.
Western Sydney I agree sucks, but inner west is good, if you work in the cbd, sure live there as commute peak hour sucks, Sydney is a great city (if you can afford to live there) it has everything and more.
Hi Gemma,im.travelling in middle of june..and i will.be locating in Sydney Westfield nsw2000,and we will be two members,can you please suggest me to easy access apartment or room near my workplace.thank you
Hi Bikash - Westfield in Sydney 2000 sounds like you're looking for a place in the CBD? (Westfield is a brand of shopping mall/business), so a handy way to find a place nearby is a rental site like: www.realestate.com.au/ The closest suburbs will be Sydney, Potts Point, Woolloomooloo, Pyrmont, Haymarket and Darlinghurst - as these are very close walking distance to Westfield, about 5-10minutes walk for most. Happy hunting! 😊👍
Wow, such a big price difference, right? Geeebs. I have entertained throughts of living in a remote cabin, with a garden and chickens, but I suspect it might be an emotional protest to the current situation. HAHA! 😅
Things are...getting stranger by the minute here! A lot of Sydney real estate is bought by/ money from international investors, so it has affected the affordability of property for the average person. Thank you for watching Clarissa - much appreciated 🙂🙌
A studio like this goes for $530 AUD per week (so if you share with a trusted friend or family member, it makes it affordable - but very small fox hole! haha)
Nothing like living in a caravan, if you do not like the neighbours just move on, its also a lot of fun or save up & buy a block of Land in the styx/country no one tells you how to live,
This sounds like such a great way to live flexibly and with a level of freedom that cannot be found with a fixed address! I feel a lot of ppl decided to move away from the cities over the last couple of years, ha! Thank you for watching and for your comment 😊🙏
Gemma your a lawyer why dont you buy your own appartment.i,m just a sparkie and i own my own2 b appartment in the shire area,its worth doing it you dont have,t to live in the cbd
I love this idea! I like hearing other options and successful little home ownership stories, thank you! Although I haven't been a lawyer for a number of years now, I feel like I'd prefer to buy property with someone (like a fun teamwork adventure!) and enjoy it together, as I'm quite a home-maker at heart. ha! Thank you for watching :) Hope you're well, and surviving this heat with your work! The temps are a little nuts lately!
Yes - I share a zero bedroom studio with another person, with our mattresses on the floor in the kitchen to sleep. I do consider it fortunate - I have a roof over my head! Hope you're doing well and thank you for watching my video 🥰
Common sense would tell you that you should live where you can afford to,if you want to live in the city centre you have to pay, landlords also invest and expect to make a profit just like you
Your sense of humour is literally perfect 🤩 I am moving to Sydney CBD in August and your videos are really helpful to get an idea of the city, people and other important stuff. Keep making these amazing videos 💛
Thank you Vaibhav! I appreciate you watching my video - so happy you found it helpful! And welcome to the heart of Sydney in August 😊
Just stumbled across your channel as a fellow Sydney-sider, across the bridge in a 2 bedroom, outrageously priced art deco dog box. You are fun, entertaining, and just what everyone needs in these strangely changing times.
Well hello neighbour! haha your description 'art deco dog box' got me laughing 😂 (sometimes I think humour is what we hang onto when all else seems a little...wonky-sideways-heck-a-moly!) Thank you for watching Dominique! 😍 I'm glad you enjoyed my video - so glad you get the little jokes too! Hope you have a great week, and I wish you the best of success and joy here 😊
Very informative. I lived in the Sydney area in the 70's and it was wonderful. I rented a cute little flat in Manly for $35 dollars a week with a Frangipani Tree out front. Feel for you having to pay outrageous rents. We used to pool our money and rent a big house on the beach that had 5 bedrooms. Good times. Great music and great neighbors. I like your videos, you have a good voice, great info and do not chatter like many do. Subscribing now. I miss Australia. Living in the States.
Oh wow times have changed, right? ha! Share housing with good folk can be such a fun experience! I'm so glad you have this memory - the Frangipani trees have such a distinct scent too (and that white sap gets everywhere if we don't pay attention HA! Ah well, natural perfume? heehee). Thank you for watching and I appreciate your kind feedback too - I'm happy you're enjoying my videos! 😍
I landed a job in Sydney starting in February... and am now scrambling to figure out whether or not I can actually afford to live there, or if I should go for the not-so-great job I've been offered in Melbourne 😅
Congrats on the job! That's great!😃It's a rough market, and Sydney has copped the brunt of accommodation shortage across Australia. Melbourne and Brisbane are also getting smashed unfortunately. If it's a WFH capable role, that would be ideal and allow the option of looking to less dense/cheaper accomm. If it was me, I would go with the work/job that lights me up more, as that will be a more long-term impact and help manage the otherwise cost of living issues that are just about everywhere! Hope you find the answer that resonates best with you, and all the best with moving (it's exciting and also holy-heck-a-mole hahaha!) 😅
@GemmaLaurelleAdventures Thanks for the advice. It's a big decision, but it'll be fine whatever I choose, so I'm not stressing too much. Just enjoying the pain of window shopping for flats in Sydney 🙃
innerwest should be better lots of cafe plus bigger and new apartments and you can still uber. Only thing at CBD is like high-end stores, PUB / BARS and Thai restaraunts.
Thanks Rachan for your comment 🙏 With prices the way they are, moving further out from the CBD is definitely worth looking into! I'd like to check it all out myself in future - love the sound of great cafes and new apartments! haha
You feel like a friend already. Wish you were. However could you not have that music loop behind your lovely voice? You are enough.
Apart from the key content, Your presentation is just nice. Keep it
Thanks for watching Bruno, will do! 😍
You are so fun. This was an incredible breakdown
Hi Bri - thank you for watching - much appreciated! 😍 I'm happy you found this helpful! 🙂 Hope you have an awesome week!
@@AussieGem anytime 💕
Hey Gemma! I'm super interested in the assets you invested in!! Also, I'd like to know the zones you recommend for living/renting, considering the security, convenience and price, thanks and love u😘
Thank you Esperanza for your comment and suggestions - I've just created a video about what assets I invest in! Hope you enjoy 😊 Will make more videos about living in/around Sydney for sure! Thanks for watching my videos 🙏😍
is there anything about Sydney that makes it expensive other than housing costs?
cheers
Hi Zac - thank you for watching! 🙂 Yes, there are a few items on the expensive list HA! Entertainment and eating out, are quite costly. The prices are higher than more out-of-city areas (eg. movie tickets $31 regular/$33 4D seat in CBD Event Cinemas, compare $19.50 at Wollongong NSW or Noosa cinema QLD) . The lack of farmers' markets, means relying on the bigger grocery stores (Coles/Woolies mostly in the city, some IGA shops) for household food/items. The big-chain stores charge higher prices for veggies & fruit than farm-to-market stalls, so that raises the overall cost of weekly shopping runs. Parking costs are high in the CBD (from $25 Wilson/Park&Save in CBD, drops to $14 in outer suburb like Chatswood, and cheaper beyond), compared to suburbs/regional areas which have free parking/street/free-permit areas. It's the overall accumulation of these higher prices, which make overall cost of living higher, over and above the high rental prices. Hope this helps, if you're looking to move! 🙂
Congrats on the new spot! Are you planning on having a Home Studio in there?
Thank you! Yes, it's already set up (as best as possible LOL!), so the space is now **really** limited. haha
What Noo 😥 you gave me stress 😅 i ll be in Sydney CBD for my master’s by sep and my lil research tells me that $1k is sufficient for a single occupancy room now this is like a shock for me ! What would you suggest, where and how can i get a single occupancy room in my budget, I’m not really looking to spend more than a K a month 😬
Hi Salman - wooo yes, renting will definitely need research! Also, welcome to Sydney soon! 🙂 Sharing an inner city (CBD) apartment is going to be the most affordable way to live here. If you know someone already, or can join a Facebook group for city living, that would be the best way to privately secure a cheaper room to live - I found this FB group to be a good place to find people to team with/spare rooms: facebook.com/groups/1637070896565373.
The outer suburbs will always be cheaper for a room (eg. $250 a week), but for a city apartment it will mean looking carefully and securing a room as early as you can. All the best with your hunt - you've got time, so should have better luck than a last-minute rush
@@AussieGem thanks for the help ! I appreciate you putting in efforts to help someone who’s a total stranger 👍👍
Hi Gemma.. your video is very informative and helpful to me. I will move in the end of November this year for WHV. Would it is possible to get a rent or sharehouse at that time because now I hear that it is so difficult to rent? Would you mind to rwcommend me some renthouse/sharehouse/apartment that I can book in advance?
Thank you for watching Langkah! The best solution to my mind, to find a rental, is to join the Sydney Sharehouse group on FB (facebook.com/groups/1637070896565373). There are always people looking for sharemates at different times and for places in and around the city centre. Welcome to Sydney in November! 😊
@@AussieGem thank you so much🙏
Moving back to Sydney from LA after years in New York in London. Sydney is expensive because the standard of living is so high, much like Vancouver, etc. The point is you need money. I'm going back to a promotion and more money than I got in the US, You need London-style Tech and Finance salaries to make it there, cause living out in the burbs is complete sh*t.
Thanks for watching and commenting Carl - yes, this makes a lot of sense! It's almost a 'pick your poison' situation 😅
Western Sydney I agree sucks, but inner west is good, if you work in the cbd, sure live there as commute peak hour sucks, Sydney is a great city (if you can afford to live there) it has everything and more.
Indian suburbs in the west, pretty cheap to rent lol
Hi Gemma,im.travelling in middle of june..and i will.be locating in Sydney Westfield nsw2000,and we will be two members,can you please suggest me to easy access apartment or room near my workplace.thank you
Hi Bikash - Westfield in Sydney 2000 sounds like you're looking for a place in the CBD? (Westfield is a brand of shopping mall/business), so a handy way to find a place nearby is a rental site like: www.realestate.com.au/
The closest suburbs will be Sydney, Potts Point, Woolloomooloo, Pyrmont, Haymarket and Darlinghurst - as these are very close walking distance to Westfield, about 5-10minutes walk for most. Happy hunting! 😊👍
@@AussieGem thank you , 🙏
Great video. Please share you videos on Everyday Hobo. Our community is for smart people.
as with apartments we say units or flats
I like those shorter words! Lucky we don't have to say 'condominium' for an address title 😅
I just looove the dry humor
ahhh 😅 Thank you for watching - so glad you enjoyed!!! 🥰
So nice 😍😍 Hi morning 🌄🌄🌄❤
Morning 🙂 And thank you for watching! 🙏
Gemma come over to the shire you can get 2broom 2 bathroom 560_600 a week forget high rise.Go back to law and buy your own place
Wow, such a big price difference, right? Geeebs. I have entertained throughts of living in a remote cabin, with a garden and chickens, but I suspect it might be an emotional protest to the current situation. HAHA! 😅
9:26 🤣🤣
Haha! A little surprise - I might hide him in my videos like Easter eggs in movies 😂
What? Riverstone over than a million? Who is going to buy?
Things are...getting stranger by the minute here! A lot of Sydney real estate is bought by/ money from international investors, so it has affected the affordability of property for the average person. Thank you for watching Clarissa - much appreciated 🙂🙌
nice view
It is enjoyable! Thank you for watching! 🙌😊
How much are you paying for that apartment?
A studio like this goes for $530 AUD per week (so if you share with a trusted friend or family member, it makes it affordable - but very small fox hole! haha)
Nothing like living in a caravan, if you do not like the neighbours just move on, its also a lot of fun or save up & buy a block of Land in the styx/country no one tells you how to live,
This sounds like such a great way to live flexibly and with a level of freedom that cannot be found with a fixed address! I feel a lot of ppl decided to move away from the cities over the last couple of years, ha! Thank you for watching and for your comment 😊🙏
Gemma your a lawyer why dont you buy your own appartment.i,m just a sparkie and i own my own2 b appartment in the shire area,its worth doing it you dont have,t to live in the cbd
I love this idea! I like hearing other options and successful little home ownership stories, thank you! Although I haven't been a lawyer for a number of years now, I feel like I'd prefer to buy property with someone (like a fun teamwork adventure!) and enjoy it together, as I'm quite a home-maker at heart. ha! Thank you for watching :) Hope you're well, and surviving this heat with your work! The temps are a little nuts lately!
@@AussieGem yes its hot
😂😂😂wake up,kitchen, wake up,kitchen😂😂😂😂😂
😅haha sharing truth!
I love how you say that you want to build a community, so would I, how much will you pay me to subscribe?
You must be fortunate to rent your own apartment.
Yes - I share a zero bedroom studio with another person, with our mattresses on the floor in the kitchen to sleep. I do consider it fortunate - I have a roof over my head! Hope you're doing well and thank you for watching my video 🥰
Common sense would tell you that you should live where you can afford to,if you want to live in the city centre you have to pay, landlords also invest and expect to make a profit just like you
you are very cute , gemma :)
Haha awww - thank you for watching! Much appreciated 😊
I was born in Sydney and still live here, I hate the place.
You should turn to minimalism.
That sounds like an epic idea - is definitely time for a change! Thank you for watching John 😊 - hope you have a great week 😃