I know right. I can't brain these things that I have seen during inspection:
- ground floor unit has balcony. Anyone can easily climb in. Of course, there is alarm, and Australia is generally safer than Malaysia.
- more than one balconies. Living room got a big one. Bedroom a smaller one. What for?? Balcony gets dirty easily. Room got carpet. So free go wash meh.
- BIG balcony. Huh?? Waste of space. Would rather have more internal sqm than external.
- balcony not fully shaded or not shaded at all. Why ah.
- a separate WC from bathroom. WC has no drain.
- double tandem garage
- odd diagonal angles
- LONG tight corridor from entry until living room. Imagine you have to pass 2 rooms on the left before reaching the living room.

Good luck in your adventures in Austrialia. Austrailia is not all bed and roses you know. I know of a lot of people which are graduates and working class people who are suffering and struggling to make ends meet in Austrailia. They cant even get a decent job to survive, not even a temporary one. I know of IT Executives who can´t even save money or buy anything or spend on themselves at the end of the month after only paying the bills and buying the monthly groceries.

They were much better off in Malaysia when they were working in a supervisory or managerial role here in Malaysia. They can´t come back due to complicated personal matters. If they could, they would want to come back here to Malaysia. Itś easier to live and get a job here in Malaysia be it low-ranking, mid-ranking or high-ranking and things cost way much more cheaper. Jobs are aplenty here in Malaysia. You can also earn a decent income to pay the bills, buy the groceries or anything to your whims and fancies because things are much more cheaper here in Malaysia and you will still have a lot left in your bank account to save at the end of the day.

Infrastructure in Malaysia is also much better, at least inter-city roads are wide and brightly lit and you can call for backup highway emergency services. In Austrailia, driving on inter-city roads at night is like going through a nightmare, the roads are lonely and dark and there is no streetlamps and the roads are mostly narrow and flanked on both sides by bushes, forests or outbacks. If your car breaks down at night, who knows what or who could be lurking behind the bushes out there when you get down to change your tyre! And you can´t call for emergency road services because on small roads they don´t exist!! At least in Malaysia, there are phone or calling booths located on certain spots on highways to call for highway backup emergency services or you can use your smartphone.

Furthermore you´ve got terrorist and madmen running amok in Austrialia going around bombing, stabbing and ramming a van into somebody or a group of people. Not just Austrialia, any Western copuntry for that matter. If given a chance, I wouldn´t want to stay in Austrialia permanently, maybe just go down for a holiday for an annual sightseeing tourist visit and then come back to Malaysia. Still itś best to stay in Malaysia.

      totally agree!

But isn't it called a wet closet? Or is that taking things too literally? Just curious though, how do they expect to clean it? Just wet a cloth and wipe the 'external'  parts and toilet brush for the 'bowl'?

I find the long corridor walk to the living room a little tedious, as I'm too used to the Msian design on houses. It makes sense to cater to the Aussie whites, but with the arrival of so many migrants (way before me), who'd demolish houses to build their own, I would think people would be able to see and eventually accept the various layouts. I would think - buy the house you can afford and compromise a bit with the design, and build your own once you've made it. I do like the split bath/toilet designs. Adding a small sink to the WC is probably a decent idea too if people truly find the need for one.
I find almost every ethnicity in Malaysia uses water. I would like both paper & water/bidet to cater for all audiences, haha...  For smaller houses it's probably a better idea to have it split, like if 2-3 rooms are sharing one 'bathroom' with another en suite.
Yes, upper floor balconies which extend too much or too little doesn't make sense to me either. Either you just stick your upper body out or use potential bedroom space for a space to put a chair. Sometimes it might have had a good view before a new development takes place and replaces it with more roads/buildings. I'd rather just more space and stare at the backyard if needed.

Don't miss the bathtub much, more of a good to have than necessary. Would hate to clean it consistently. Some of the townhouses I saw have pretty good designs, and I'm quite skewed towards design for townhouses now. They are the most familiar compared to the Msian home designs, sometimes with 2.5 toilets (which I think is really great). If I had to pay for strata I'd do it for townhouses.

I think i have done better living in Aust - if i had been in Msia, i may not have got anywhere as i have a very laid back attitude. My circle of Msian friends is very wide and most of us would have been here for at least 15-20 years and i would say most of us (90%) have done better here than in Msia. Most of my friends have kids (unlike me) and they will never return to Msia - hence i always receive the remark 'why are you going back???'. There is a huge safety net (esp for the less well off) like old-age pension, free bulk-billing for GP services and a lot of benefits (free rego, discount on electricity for pensioners, Gold opal card for public transport which is $2.50 max for all forms of public transport). Sadly i don't qualify for any of these concessions due to my income/assets - however i still think Aust has got a lot going for it even though i think that the splurge on welfare may not be sustainable for too long.

The asset cutoff point (for full pension) is about A$390k (for a couple) where you will get full pension. The house you are living in doesn't count as an assessable asset so you will qualify for pension even if your house is worth $10mil (how stupid is this??). You get a part pension (pro-rata) if your assets is between A$390-A$800k. You don't get any govt help if your assets (doesn't include your house as it doesn't count as an asset) is more than A$800k. This means that (for a couple) you are classified as poor if you have assets less than A$390k upon retirement which is why you are given full pension. How generous can this be? No govt dares to change this as changing it will cause them to lose the next election!! This welfare system for age-pension is clearly unsustainable!! You get roughly A$700/wk for a couple. Crazy!! No wonder i pay so much tax!!

In most countries, you are assesed on how much tax you have paid in your lifetime and you get part of it when you retire. This is fair as your taxes contribute to the growth of the country. If you have not contributed to the growth of the country (via taxes) then why should you benefit?

Aust has a 'egalitarian system' which promotes that everyone is equal and will pull you back if you get too far ahead (financially)!! This is why the top tax rate is 45% (plus 2% Medicare) = 47%. High income earners will have supported most of the growth of this country and when it is time to get it back (retirement), they get 0 because their assets is over the threshold. Is this fair for people who want to work hard (and in the process earn more money) to only find out that the govt will not give them something back upon retirement?

There are some agree and some disagree.

Generally I do not agree with with economically is better in Australia, do take in mind that if you earn in Aus, you have to pay taxes in australia and your spending is in Australia.

I do agree with you, if you want to migrate is always early better than late.

Nope, infrastructure in Australia is not much better than Malaysia.

Yes in malaysia still prefer driving but in terms on LRT, MRT are generally quite well connected now but of course bus system is crap not on time which I can't fault them because the traffic congestion make it sucks.

In terms of Communication such as broadband, fiber which I don't thin australia is better.

In terms of medical and hospital which I don't think so either

I am using Melbourne to compare with KV so are you saying Melbourne is not a city?

I am not sure what kind of category jobs you referring to, but if you were to ask me, i would said construction worker and lollipop man/woman are getting 6 figures in AUD in Australia, that is because they add up their overtime, meal allowance, hardship allowance, clothing allowance and etc. but generally if you referring to white collar job then not necessary australia is higher.

Let me give you an example, a group of friends work in Malaysia ranging from finance, accountant, lawyer and etc. They gather once a month to either China, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Cambodia, Vietnam and others for food and drinking. I am not sure a general employee in australia can afford to do that?

You are talking about medicare which is government service, if in this case, Malaysia government has malaysia clinic and hospital as well. You go to Government clinic in Malaysia it cost you RM1 for consultation plus medicine. My friend went to government hospital in Serdang for angiogram, it cost less than RM1k

How about in Australia? Let said a couple private medical insurance cost AUD250 a month without extra. If you broke a leg, you go to private medical, you have to ensure that you have extra cash/credit card minimum AUD3k for the whole operation because there are out of pocket expenses. The whole process might take a month before you are fix.

I broke my arm in Malaysia on tuesday night, I went to private hospital in Malaysia on Wednesday morning and the specialist told me you need to be operated to fix back the bone. Admission is now and prep for surgery for tomorrow. I had my operation on the next day (thursday) and by saturday I am discharge and doing physio to rehab the arm.

I do recall having more disposable income in Malaysia for an almost similar pay. Probably because the tax here is higher than the Msian tax counterpart for the amount of pay.

so basically this thread is only for people who can praise the shithole australia? can't criticize?

I am basically telling the experience. so any thing wrong?

If you can find full time work that is.. let's not sugar coat it.

That's true. I've been influenced by the naysayers in the media too much. I seem to recall news about the unemployed grads in Malaysia as well. Same same I guess.

In any case. It appears that all of us here are holding full time positions though.

I am in Randwick and so far every night, it is about 22-24 deg. Day time temp is around 29 deg so far this week in Broadway where i work but we work inside the air-conditioned offices so doesn't matter. I usually go for a 1 hour walk during work but i have been skipping this when the outside temp goes above 28 deg. As i am very free at work, i tend to go earlier (around 11am) as it is cooler then. As i have a few more months before i go on long service leave (about 85 weeks LSL on half pay), i am now not very interested in my work anymore so i pass my work to my juniors and let them deal with the problems.