So close, but yet so far..........

Jase got a call from PD today. They are ready to start !!!!!!!! However, we are still waiting on R**s to pull a finger out *ho hum* going on past experience they won't break any records........We were also advised by our Mortgage Broker that because we are now combining the land and construction mortgage R**s want to charge us ANOTHER valuation fee on the land, even though they valued it for the land mortgage 3 weeks ago !!!!!!!! I KID YOU NOT ! They want money basically for breathing.......Who's idea was it to de-regulate the banking industry.......

Anyhoo, at least PD are ready to go :) So as soon as the ok comes from R**s, off we go !!!

Ch ch ch changes.........

Have finally settled on laminate choices for the kitchen......Ta da !

The Overhead cupboards will be in white

Lower cupboards will be in Nocturne Oak

The benches will be in 'Cosmos'.We are having drop sides to the island bench.

Bring it on !!!!!!!!!

Settle Petal.....

At 11am today we will settle on our block of land and our old house will settle, YIPPPEEEEEEE !!!!!! A huge thanks to Angela Naylor from Ideal Conveyancing, Karli Wood from Manorwood conveyancing and Kim at Choice, you ladies rock !

On another note, have decided to change the laminate colour in the kitchen but I am not sure what I want to change it to.....Have til mid next week to decide, the pressure, the pressure, lol.......

ARRRGHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's a little tip, If you ever consider obtaining finance with R***S, then don't ! They have only had 45 days to get our documents organised for the sale of our house which was supposed to settle on Thursday, but guess what ? We find out today that they haven't done anything yet. Despite repeated contact from our Mortgage broker !!! Our MB is just about to lose the plot with them and can't believe their lack of service and incompetence. The rsult of this is that the new owners of the house are doing their nana, we have to wait longer for payment and we have to delay our land settlement again !!!!!

ARRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As soon as our house is built we are changing lenders.

Busy busy busy.......

Have a fair bit to update today. Am finally back online after waiting for over a week for broadband to be connected only to find out that it is not available in our area (even though we have moved less then 1/2 a km away from our old house *eye roll*)

We signed our contracts for the new house on the 27/04 and were told that building would start in June instead of July, YIPPEEEEEE !!!!!!! Only a few minor problems with some detials in the contract and these have now been fixed.

Got the keys for our rental on the 27/04 and moved in that weekend. We have finally settled in are happy for this to be home for the next 7 months or so. Spent 4 hours cleaning our old house, that settles on the 17/05 so I am glad we had left plenty of time. Had a bit of a cry as I looked out into the backyard and all the boys toys and play equipment were gone, it seemed so empty and lifeless.

Am getting used to the pinkness of our rental, although I don't think I will be buying anything in pink for a long time, lol.

I think we have sorted out the lounge we are buying for the rumpus room and the outdoor lounge. Now to find the 'prefect' barbie !

We have a rental !!!!!!!

YIPEEEEEE !!!!!! And whilst it is a little 'pink' (pink carpets, walls, skirting, laminate and sinks) it is a great size and is a means to an end.

I will be tripping the light fantastic when our house is built, lol.....

Looks like we will be moving around the 26-29th of this month...better get packing !

Runaround............

No luck with the rental app. Apparently the landlord doesn't want dogs and wants minimum 12 month lease.....Why in the hell the RE agent couldn't have told me that before making me inspect the property, fill in applications and ring the references is beyond me...... ARRGHHHHHHHH !

Anybody want a 4 year old Golden Retriever ?

Rental Roundabout......

Have finally got my backside into gear this week and started lookling at rentals. With two young kids and a dog I am not liking our chances, especially as we only want an 8 month lease !

Applied for a house today, fingers crossed it is all ok...................

Nothing else to report. We have our contract signing on the 27th of this month, with a start date of first week in July. It can't come soon enough !

SOLD !!!!!!!!!!!.

Yes, that's right, our house has officially sold !!!!!!!!!!! It ended up selling for nearly double what we paid so can't complain about that !

Bought our floorboards and carpet today. Total $7760. PD originally quoted approx $12k, so nice little saving there.....

These are the boards......Carpet is a plush "donkey Grey'..........Hmmmm it was SO hard choosing. Especially when Jase doesn't like pale floorboards but all our furniture is dark wood......... We are very happy with out choice though !

That's about it for the house now......looking for an outdoor lounge like this, and at $599 will prolly end up getting this one, lol !

Touch wood......

Looks like our house may have sold.....Purchaser is just waiting on unconditional approval from his bank. Should know late today/early tomorrow where we stand.

In the meantime I have been spending all our 'future' money on new furnishings.....

I am lusting after two of these chairs in a patterned fabric

We have two three seater "toorak" lounges from Freedom in cream and I think these chairs with a fabric with a pale pattern would go nicely....

Have also picked out the chairs I want at the 'breakfast bar'

No more news on the new home progress. Have left two messages for our CSR to get back to me regarding the prices for all the upgrades we have chosen.......Am expecting the colour upgrades to be about $5-$6k

Have heaps of ideas for the landscaping of the backyard........At present I am trying to find an outdoor lounge setting in rattan with cushions for the alfresco area.......

I LOVE LOVE LOVE shopping, lol .....

Colour my world.........

Had colour and electrical selections yesterday. Who would have thought that we would go over budget on electricals by about $2k *oopps* It's all the downlights fault, oh and an extra powerpoint here and there, and a chrome ceiling fan for the alfresco........

Colours went well. The hardest decision for us was the colour of the render......It is all locked in now so hopefully we won't get a nasty shock when we see it all put into practice.

Jase got his "jarrah" garage door, hope he likes it, price was a whopping $1200 !!!

Of course, everything that we liked was an 'upgrade' surprise surprise, nevermind we are happy to pay extra if it means we get exactly what we want. We know all too well from building this house that often you skimp on things thinking that you will change them later and it just never happens......

I'm baaackkkkkk !!!!!

Our modem died last week so have been incommunicado. Just as well really, considering all the dramas we are having *roll eyes*

Our house is still on the market, we are not happy with the real estate agent but that's a whole other story.

Our mortgage broker told us that our finance for the land was approved when she hadn't even sent the paperwork in !!!!! Therefore our deposit date had to be extended as does our rebate, land settlement and tender date with PD...ARRRGHHHHHH !!!!!! I am SO over inefficiancy !!!!

Anyhoo, upwards and onwards.....Jase and I are doing out tile selections this Friday and colour and electricals next Tues......

Some of the items we have chosen are below and so are our house plans

http://www.porterdavis.com.au/content/Houses/Paddington/Floorplans/paddington23.pdf

Our front door, although we are having it stained rather then painted:

Our roof tiles:

Our bricks:

That's about it for now.........Til next time !

Bathroom selections begin......

We have chosen Laminex 'fudgestream' for our vanity units in the bathroom...

With Porcher square twin basins in the ensuite and single basin in the main bathroom....

The shower will be white tiles with a pebble insert. The bath will be tiled with white with a pebbled insert recess in the wall. Floor tiles will be a pale fawn/taupe colour.

No news is good news........

Am having a shite week. Wish our bloody house would sell (yes, I know, it's only been ont he market ofr a week, I mean what do I expect *roll eyes*).....

Had 2 groups through on Saturday and 9 on Sunday. Out of those 3 groups were interested. It is just soooooo draining keeping the house up to insepction standard, especially with two busy little boys.

Our file has now gone to PD head office. Should be doing the colour and tile selections in the next two or three weeks.Jase will have to have a day off work as the interior place is only open during the week........

For those interested we are building the fully optioned Paddington 23.

Start date is first week of June. The land has cleared so hopefully there will be no delays adn we will be in before Christmas.

Taking our first steps............

Checked out our land on Friday night with the boys. We already have a pile of mulch on it, with compliments of the developers who are mulching all the nature strips. Of course, the boys had to climb to the top of 'their mountain', lol

And then of course Jase had to check out the crossover for size, lol !

Looks ok to me.

Whats cooking, good looking.....

Why is choosing a colour scheme for the kitchen sooooooo hard ? Jase has his ideas and I have mine, and of course, mine are the best, lol.......



I think we have managed to come to an agreement and this is pretty much how our kitchen will look.........

The only real difference will be the rangehood, ours is retractable and inside the overhead cupboards. That is pretty much the floor colour we are after too.

I am currently obseesed with glass splashbacks much to Jases frustration (I think they may be out of our budget, lol)

Our little piece of Paradise.......

So, today is the day our finance for land has been approved. YIPPEEEEEEE !!!!



Now we just need to sell our house and all our troubles will be far away (well, for the time being anyway, lol)


Can't believe we are going to build again. Hopefully this time will be just as easy as the first.


We are building with www.porterdavis.com.au and getting all our 'dream' inclusions so this should be the last time we move for quite a while.

This is the residents (& guests) only resort that is 150 meters up the road. Already the boys can't wait to use the pool.

We are only 50 meters away from these wetlands.......

We are off to finalise our variations in the new house tonight. Hopefully we haven't forgotten anything.

We signed with an agent to put our home on the market on Monday. Hopefully it will sell reasonably quickly otherwise we could be in a spot of bother. Ah well, whats life without a few dramas, lol

Stay tuned for more updates......