It seems that every Monday, the day I used to keep as housework and washing/ironing day, has now become, fix up all the problems from last week for the house. Not that we have had that many real problems as such yet, but there is always something to chase up or find out about. So, every Monday I make phone calls for what seems like the better part of the day. Yesterday I had to liase with Coral and the cabinet maker about specifications for the sink and tub and also for our taps.
I also had to chase up the broker about the loan after everything went belly up last week. It seems that since we wish to borrow money from the bank to do extra stuff, like the pool and the shed, that the banks are classing us as an owner builder. Banks will lend money to owner builders, however only at 65% of the value of the house. Since we wish to borrow more than that, we've had to find a bank that doesn't consider us to be owner builder. We signed an application with one of the big four yesterday and still have Australia's biggest lender in reserve should it all fall through.
While we were out signing up for the loan, we also picked up our new taps. Not sure if they are the right ones though now as they don't seem to turn at the spout. Matt is taking them back today to see if they can be used in the kitchen and laundry.
In other news, our neighbour's places are coming along really well. The neighbours across the road will be in their place in a couple of weeks and our next door neighbours should have their footings completed by the end of the week. It's all quite exciting.
Hopefully ours will come out of council soon!
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