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Canberra Furnished Accommodation CEO Sleepout
Last night our Director, Laurie McDonald, braved the cold to participate in the St Vincent De Paul CEO Sleepout.
Laurie raised $1,010 to support programs that assist homeless people in Canberra and the surrounding region.
Laurie says “What was very clear was that I wouldn’t survive very long as a homeless person. By the morning I was so tired and cold that I physically felt sick and couldn’t wait to get home to my own bed.”
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this worthy cause. Further donations are more than welcome, St Vincent De Paul have raised almost $2.5 million dollars as of this morning. Click here for further information http://www.ceosleepout.org.au/location/ceoprofile.php?ceo=741
Laurie wasn’t alone, other local CEO’s who are friends of Canberra Furnished Accommodation included …
Tim Hyde of The RiotACT - http://the-riotact.com/
A great website to visit if you are planning on spending some time in Canberra
Claire Connelly of Papercut – http://www.papercut.net.au
Danny O’Brien of The Mulloon Institute – http://themullooninstitute.org/index.html
Meredith Wright of Daltons Books – http://www.daltons.com.au/Daltons/
Charles Bishop of O2C – http://www.o2c.com.au/index.shtml
Below is an image courtesy of the St Vinnies CEO Sleepout Facebook Page. Canberra had the highest percentage of Businesswomen taking part in the event and St Vinnies celebrated with a Media Photoshoot in a Canberra Furnished Accommodation Apartment.
Executive Accommodation Package Wrapt in Winter
Wrapt in Winter
2 Nights Accommodation | Gourmet Hot Chocolate | Local Red Wine | Turkish Delight
$395 inclusive, Book Now
Add a little indulgence to your next business trip, or whisk your partner away for a romantic short break.Our Wrapt in Winter accommodation package includes 2 nights accommodation and a gourmet welcome hamper with treats to enjoy in the comfort of your warm and spacious 1 bedroom executive apartment. The hamper includes a bottle of sumptuous red wine from Mt Majura vineyard and gourmet hot chocolate, both of which pair remarkably well with the delicate flavours of our specially sourced Turkish Delight.
We all deserve a little indulgence very now and then, Book Now.
Subject to availability | Maximum 2 occupants * | Valid until 31 August 2010
* Additional charges may apply for children or extra adults
Canberra Accommodation with the comforts of home
May 2010 - Canberra Weekly magazine wrote about us in their Local Business Series
Government Placements, Corporate Contracts, Defence Postings
Don’t leave it too late !
If your coming to Canberra for work next year I want to encourage you to make your accommodation arrangements now.
The general habit is to relax into the Christmas and New Year break and start getting organised the first week of January. My experience is that by the second week of January all the great accommodation has been taken and the late organisers are left with very slim pickings indeed. I have spoken to people in February who have spent 3-4 weeks living in hotels at nightly rates!
Canberra locals know that if you want to move house, December is the best month for it and January is the worst! This is because the transient members of our community all go home in December giving up their rental properties, then a new wave of Corporate, Government and Defence employees enter in January.
The point of this blog? To advise our incoming community members to start looking now.
Canberra Furnished Accommodation only have 3-4 executive properties left for late January medium-term bookings and no budget properties available until mid-February. Call us, email us or book online so you don’t get left in the lurch.
Masterpieces of Paris Accommodation Package
Canberra Furnished Accommodation are offering an ‘Prides of Paris Accommodation Package’ to celebrate Paris’ finest masterpieces being hosted at the National Gallery of Australia from December 2009 to April 2010.
With artworks on display from the likes of Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and more, this event is not to be missed. So if your seeking an escape to stylish, spacious and private accommodation with a once in a lifetime experience attached then you need to look no further.
The package includes 2 nights in fully equipped 1 bedroom executive apartment, 2 tickets to the Masterpeices Exhibition at the NGA, a lovely bottle of local wine from Mount Majura Vineyard and a decadent cheese platter. Your gifts will waiting for you in your chosen property when you arrive.
From only $395 for a two night stay we are booking out fast. Book Now to secure your experience.
Online Bookings Now Available
Your Canberra Furnished Accommodation can now be booked online!
With just a few clicks of the mouse you can confirm up to the minute availability of your chosen property and make your booking, at any time of the day or night. You can even book one of our generous continental breakfast hampers so you don’t have to shop on your way home.
Next time you need nightly accommodation in Canberra, please come straight to our website to book your ‘home away from home’.
Look forward to seeing you soon,
Laurie
About the Managing Director
Laurie McDonald is the Managing Director of Canberra Furnished Accommodation, and the ACT 2009 Business Woman of the Year
I’ve experienced being away from home for work, being between homes and not able to live at home for a little while – it can be stressful. With this in mind, I have set out to create a nicer experience for you by creating a ‘home away from home’ in every single one of our 37 properties. Because having to be away from home shouldn’t be an experience where you give up your comfort and privacy in an impersonal environment.
There is nothing worse than being in a serviced apartment and going to slice your tomato and having it squash because the knife is blunt, or go to cook a meal and realise you can’t complete the recipe because an important peice of cookware is not there. I’ve had these experiences too and this is why I source the best quality inclusions I can find for our properties. In addition to our exceptionally well equipped kitchens with espresso machines, we also equip the properties with Egyptian cotton towels, high thread count bedlinen, throw rugs and plenty of extra pillows and cushions.
When you call us we ask why you need accommodation, who will be staying there and where you will be spending your time in Canberra – we do this because we want to make sure that we can provide you with a property that matches your needs. If you are renovating, relocating or escaping a home disaster, we will want to place you in a property that has lots of extra storage so you can bring your treasured possessions with you for safe-keeping.
If you are here for a corporate stay (consulting, Government, contract, or company relocation) we will make sure that your property is as close to your workplace as possible and that it has a desk if you need to work after hours. If there are two of you sharing, we will want to ensure there is a second bathroom and enough space in the property for you to be able to still enjoy your privacy. If you will be working from home we can arrange an internet connection and try to match you with a property that is suitable for business meetings.
For people with children, we will want to place you in a property that has secure open spaces for them to play outside, a bath if they are little and conveniences for mum and dad (ie, dishwasher, separate laundry, DVD player). Finally, if you are a sporting enthusiast, we will want to provide you with a property that has space for your equipment, easy access and a large hot water system.
It is important to me that you have a good experience when you stay in a Canberra Furnished Accommodation property, and I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback on your time with us. Likewise, if you know of someone who needs our temporary accommodation services, please refer them on, we would love to take care of them.
Businesswoman of the Year
Thank you to Megan Doherty and Mel Adams from the Canberra Times for the great article and gorgeous photo, Lisa and Cam from the Mix 106.3 breakfast program for the interview this morning and for saying my website on air – http://www.mix106.com.au/, Mike Welsh from the 2CC Drive Show for the interview this afternoon – http://www.radio2cc.com/presenters/mike-welsh.html and especially the Canberra Win News team (Janene Manwaring, Rob Herrick, Aiden Lynch and many others behind the scenes) for the news feature they put together which gave me the opportunity to share the win with my wonderful team of staff – http://www.wintv.com.au/canberra_districts/news
Congratulations to Claire Connelly from Papercut – http://www.papercut.net.au, who was highly commended for two awards and won the Caring for the Environment Award; Kylie Watson from La Bella Creations who won the Best New Business Award and Bobbi Cook from Bobbi Cook Behaviour Management who won the Outstanding Community Spirit Award.
Our Newest Addition – Apartment 33
I have just been to visit our newest 1 bedroom executive property, Apartment 33, and WOW it’s a stunner. The apartment is located on the 5th floor of the Glebe Apartments development, adjacent to the Convention Centre and Casino Canberra. Inside there are tree top views to the East of Canberra with Mount Ainslie, Parliament House and glimpses of Lake Burley Griffin able to be enjoyed from the balcony.
Its a large open plan and light filled apartment with substantial storage, actually, I have never seen such generous storage in an apartment before. Whilst this apartment is ideal for Corporate travellers because of its fantastic location, it would also be perfect for re-locaters because of all the places to tuck away those belongings that you didn’t want to entrust to the removalists.
In the kitchen the quality is first class with marble through-out, gas hotplates and SMEG appliances right down to the kitchen sink, yes you read right, even the kitchen sink is SMEG. It appears as if builders worked with a kitchen designer as the working triangle is perfect and I just love the idea of the European laundry being adjacent to the kitchen so you can fold your clothes comfortably on the kitchen bench without lugging them around the apartment first.
The bedroom is enormous, which is unusual for newer developments, it’s so nice to see that builders have stopped skimping on the size of the bedroom. The attention to details continues with the built-in-robes, plenty of space for both his and hers and well thought-out shelving with a combination of drawers, shelves and varied hanging spaces. It’s a nice surprise to see the builders have incorporated plenty of storage space in the bathroom, where you will find marble from top to bottom with a nice long counter and a shower big enough for two.
As if all of the above wasn’t enough, there are great facilities within the complex itself. Secure undercover parking, a heated outdoor swimming pool and spa in an beautifully landscaped enclosed courtyard with BBQ’s and outdoor seating. There is also a fully equipped gymnasium with free weights, treadmills, bikes, steppers and a number of individual weight workstations.
I always leave our apartments knowing that I would be happy to live there myself, this has been my personal test on if the property is worthy since I began Canberra Furnished Accommodation in 2003. In that time I have fallen in love with our apartments so much that I relocated my family to one in December 2007. I can honestly tell you that this is the first property I have seen since then that has made me consider moving again!
Thanks for reading,
Laurie
