We’ve signed our contracts and are moving into the next stage. We have a written guarantee from Smart Homes, that so long as we don’t delay our side then there will be no price increases. We’re basically happy with the plans. There are two changes needed but they will not alter the basic structure and…
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Rainwater Tank Downsized
For our block, we knew we had to make provision for a rainwater tank, as part of council’s water efficiency and conservation efforts. But the recommended rainwater tank for our block is too big and as ugly as a blind cobbler’s thumb. We decided we’d have a good chance of seeing if we could change…
Progress – Admin, but moving along
It’s hard writing a blog when there’s not much happening. We’re obviously in an admin queue – our builders have got more clients than their contract administrators and non-gender-specific draughtspersons. We’re officially at stage 2 of 14 Preconstruction stages. We’ve gone from the ‘Sales Admin’ stage to the ‘Contract Admin’ stage. I’m trying to think…
Plunkett’s fall from Grace
What a bad experience we’ve had with Plunkett recently. A $26K price increase, out of the blue. Here’s the story: We signed a Preliminary Agreement with them in December. We did that because they gave us a quote that included a base price for the house. Variations were extra – fair enough. Next step for…
Contract Signed
We signed our contract a week ago, and received the counter-signed copy back in the email today. After reading the contract, I’ve noticed a few errors from the developer’s solicitor, but they’re minor and won’t affect us, so I reported them and moved on. The contract signing process was quite easy, the developers (Cedar Woods)…