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We were notified our rent was going up $100/week. We requested it only go up by $75, and the landlord accepted. Small wins!
We're paying well above $550 though. That's a 1-bedroom apartment in my suburb. Even though we were paying that for a 4 bedroom house 18 months ago.
Insane. This is why the only way I can envisage catching my breath is to stay with family for a while... It's absolutely unmanageable on one income let alone part time.
The kids and I went to some lady's house a few weeks ago chasing those Woolies Disney cards. She had loads of spares. It turned out she was a single mum who worked at Woolies. I've been thinking about her since. I have no idea how she manages to live on that wage. She has to be on better rent than we are, our rent alone is about what a full-time Woolies worker would be paid.
@Nath @just_kitten there a few compassionate landlords around, but they are few and far between.
Personally I don't get the cards, though I got a stupid amount of the bricks farm bricks a couple of years back and stored them, waiting for my daughter to be old enough to get excited by them, which is finally happening now she is 3, and we've been opening a few a day for a week or so. Much more fun than cards!