Easter weekend brings a long overdue break. Hosting my family for Good Friday lunch I couldn't help but think maybe the Easter Bunny will be coming to the new house next year. That would be exciting! We are off on a family cruise in a couple of days and I can't wait to get away. It will be a good break from the stress of work and the build - and nice to spend some quality time with my 3 favourite people!
Our colour selection appointments have been all booked for the 2 days after we get back from our trip. Very exciting but also very stressful. Lots of decisions to be made in such a small amount of time.
We have spent the last week going over every part of the house for what seems like the hundredth time. Many 'discussions' have been had as, while I thought we had it all decided, it appears hubby has an opinion at the last minute. We have made trips to Knebel Kitchens, Di Lorenzo Tiles and spent countless hours on the internet for inspiration. It will be great when all the selections have been made and we can get the plans submitted to Mulgoa Rise for approval.
Oh well it will all have to wait until after our holiday - next stop the South Pacific...
Thursday 17 April 2014
Friday 4 April 2014
Building contracts signed
Well it has been a very productive and exciting week.
Monday - received the revised Tender from Wisdom. It was approx. what we expected so we were happy.
Wednesday - received the revised plans with all problems now corrected.
Thursday - received the Building Contract
Friday - signed Building Contract.
lol just reading this makes its sound like everything is running smoothly and fast which couldn't be further from the truth. I haven't posted too much about it but we have had many (MANY!) issues with the admin process with Wisdom. It has been very frustrating and to our detriment we have been far too patient. Well that all changed this week. I put the pressure on and things started to move. I hate that it came to that, as I know in my job I would much rather deal with the nice clients rather than the demanding ones, but we were very patient for too long.
Had it not been for he fact we were looking for our 'perfect' house for over 2 years and have fallen in love with our design, we would have walked away a month ago (as it seems a few of their clients have done). Fingers crossed we are now back on track
To Wisdom's credit they have acknowledged their shortcomings and have gone out of their way this week to get us back on track. They even extended our contract for 2 months (without being asked) due to the delays which is a huge wait off our shoulders and has gone a long way to making us happy again. I have said it before and I will probably say it again but this building a house business is a real emotional roller-coaster.
Next is to set up appointments for the external and landscaping so we can submit to Mulgoa Rise and then council. This probably happen won't before Easter but we will see.....
The other exciting news for the week is we have met (well in the cyber world) our new next door neighbours. They also have 2 boys like us which is great. Where we live now there has never been any children around so it is great that there are so many families building with small children. It is all very exciting!
Monday - received the revised Tender from Wisdom. It was approx. what we expected so we were happy.
Wednesday - received the revised plans with all problems now corrected.
Thursday - received the Building Contract
Friday - signed Building Contract.
lol just reading this makes its sound like everything is running smoothly and fast which couldn't be further from the truth. I haven't posted too much about it but we have had many (MANY!) issues with the admin process with Wisdom. It has been very frustrating and to our detriment we have been far too patient. Well that all changed this week. I put the pressure on and things started to move. I hate that it came to that, as I know in my job I would much rather deal with the nice clients rather than the demanding ones, but we were very patient for too long.
Had it not been for he fact we were looking for our 'perfect' house for over 2 years and have fallen in love with our design, we would have walked away a month ago (as it seems a few of their clients have done). Fingers crossed we are now back on track
To Wisdom's credit they have acknowledged their shortcomings and have gone out of their way this week to get us back on track. They even extended our contract for 2 months (without being asked) due to the delays which is a huge wait off our shoulders and has gone a long way to making us happy again. I have said it before and I will probably say it again but this building a house business is a real emotional roller-coaster.
Next is to set up appointments for the external and landscaping so we can submit to Mulgoa Rise and then council. This probably happen won't before Easter but we will see.....
The other exciting news for the week is we have met (well in the cyber world) our new next door neighbours. They also have 2 boys like us which is great. Where we live now there has never been any children around so it is great that there are so many families building with small children. It is all very exciting!
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