Finally. It is done. Well, mostly!
After nearly six weeks of sitting around watching the grass grow on our block and having nothing of any real note happen (well, there is now one fence up, but that's about it) we've finally signed our contract! This of course, was not without excitement on Sare's and my behalf. Chantell had sent through a copy of the contract with the drawings in advance of signing the contract, and after careful inspection, we identified several things that were, shall we say, not quite right.
Instead of the site costs we'd been advised of, there were extra charges of $8k! Other minor details included our verandah not appearing on the drawings, no door in the garage, the window on the studio not being increased in size and windows and sliding doors being reversed. To Metricon's credit, Chantell and Jamie acted rather quickly and ensured that all items had been adjusted as variations for when we signed the contract.
After we'd managed to sign the contracts (every page of the document, in triplicate) we started to feel like superstars having to sign our autograph for the fans. Of course, the only fans in this case were Metricon, as we've just committed a sizeable chunk of NAB's money and our next thirty year's earnings over to them.
Thankfully after the contract was signed we managed to complete our electrical appointment with a minimum of fuss. Ensuring that plenty of powerpoints were added was the priority, although the additions of Cat 6 Data cabling to four different points of the house was also pretty important (to me at least!). The dream is to have the entertainment completely integrated, although that's probably going to take a little more effort down the track. At the cost of not getting the house completed with downlights, we will have the speakers wired throughout the house, which will definitely make Sare happy as she won't be tripping over wires everywhere!
So all in all, some pretty good progress. NAB has been provided with a copy of the contract now, so hopefully there won't be any issues with getting it all approved. All that's really left now for us is to complete the tile and Studio M selections appointments on Saturday. How exciting!
3 comments:
Woo Hoo guys, let the games begin!! When do you anticipate a site start?
Probably another six weeks or so, which makes it mid September. Early estimate is for completion by the end of Feb, which is exciting to know!
Your place is coming along quickly Janine. How long until you think you'll be moving in?
That time will go quickly and you shouldn't have any weather hold ups by then as well. At this stage ours will be finished early November!
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