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20 July 202221 July 2022

Pre-Start Haggling

My neighbour and I were comparing progress notes the other day. He described the pre-start process as one of “contrived extortion”. What a great term. I am beginning to understand what he means. When we attended the pre-start process, we were all optimistic, enthusiastic and excited to be finally customising our own house. So we…

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5 June 202211 June 2022

No Going Back now!

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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