101 shades of grey!

It has been a very long and stressful few weeks which is why I haven't posted for a while.  This long drawn out Admin process really does take all the excitement out of building a new house!

We have now received all of our quotes back and ALL of them came in more than what we expected. We have added over $30,000 from our building price which has come as a bit of a shock at this late stage. Especially as we felt during the kitchen and electrical appointment that we didn't make as many changes/upgrades that we wanted to - to try and save money.  We keep saying to each other that in the end it will be worth it but man the price better not go up anymore!

We heard back from Wisdom on Friday that our plans have been approved by Mulgoa Rise. Great news but then we were told that it takes 10-15 working days to get the file ready for council. 3 weeks???  It seems so crazy to me that the file is not already ready to go to council but now we have to wait again.  Crazy!!!

Once the file finally reaches council it can take 2 months (even longer!) so I am getting very concerned that we will not meet our Building Contract deadline of 30 August....and that will mean more money that we do not have!  I think a few stressful weeks lie ahead

On a different note we have been trying to choose the paint colour for the walls (only 1 colour for the whole house as any additional colour is $600).  We are going for a light grey colour which will contrast well with the dark floors and white skirting boards and architraves. Finding the right shade of grey as proven to be a problem - who would have thought there were so many different shades of grey! lol   I bought a couple of canvases and sample pots and have been painting up a storm but still not 100% happy. I think another trip to Bunnings is on the cards....