Thursday, March 18, 2010

Alternative choices

So......we've left the house guy to go and find someone else.......just to see if we can!!!!........
'ring a broker and they say "now worries, we'll come over tonight"..."yep sure, we can get the money for you"......"it will cost you X amount of dollars!!!!"........ that's when the warning bell sounded in my head and lights flashed brightly.........we've gone from dodgy to dodgy brothers I say to my husband...........they take our money and run.........we then have to find out who to talk to at the bank......give all the paperwork again........go through 9 weeks of waiting to be told yep....ok here's some of what the broker said you can have.......
we know its not enough......so we say thanks.....leave it with us............oh my goodness I hear you exclaim.............!!!! dont worry......I was past the "oh my goodness".......I was ready to throw it in and keep renting..........
meanwhile.........
back at the house guy..........
we've been looking..........and looking..........and looking...........each time we talk to someone they tell us something different......"yes we can make changes, but only if you dont move any of the wet areas and you dont move the position of the outside walls.........
hmmmm..........not going to work....you see, I have a specific plan, which I've sketched according to our lifestyle and how we want to utilise the block of land........remember there's no-one out the back!!!!!
My husband rings another "mob" and gets an appointment to meet at their "soon-to-be-built-display"...on the way, I say..........I've got a good feeling about this!!!!
I shake the salesman's hand, ask him a key question......walk around the display and organise to meet back at the office..........
on the drive home......I turn to my husband and say, "I think I just found our builder"!!!!...............................

Sunday, March 7, 2010

What do we do first?

Here's what happened..........we get a phone call from a "house guy" to say that if we earnt "x" amount of dollars, we could buy a house........wow!!!! that's exciting.........setting the scene.........I have rented since leaving home and apart from the house in Ringwood ( where I could pretty much paint whatever colour I liked ) I have been restricted in "living" in my home since I was 20..........so "Yes, send someone over!"..........they came, we filled in paperwork for a credit check and yes, we can get a loan and build a house.......WOW......now I was really excited......lets check out the properties available.........hmmmn......not so good.....(remember, I am "old" and have rented alllllll my life).....
in the meantime I get the sneaky suspicion that something's NOT QUITE RIGHT.......found a block of land that I fall in love with.......no-one out the front, no-one out the back........it's PERFECT......... House guy doesnt want this land coz it hasnt titled yet......ok we say....leave it with us!!!
Next..........

Monday, February 22, 2010

our house

this is a little blog about a big adventure ........ my husband and I have decided to build a house!!!!
and for everyone who has been there..........I wish I'd sat down and had a cup of tea with you before we fell feet first into the "rabbit hole"..........I say this with much love and yes a small reference to how "alice in wonderland" must have felt..........

it all started in August 2009..........with a phone call!!!..........