The clock has stopped!! Damn you Council! Or maybe that should be, damn you slack architect who didn't forsee the miniscule details the SWDC would require? Love (actually, hate) this quote from our official notice: "Until this information is received, your application is placed on hold under S48(2) of the Building Act. The 20 working day clock has been stopped and will not be reactivated until this information is received". Serious much?? It's okay tho, there are a mere two pages of TWENTY-FIVE points of information that they have requested. *sigh*
To keep our minds off the stoppage of time itself, lets look at samples! :D We have a veritable ocean of samples. The hard part is imagining how a 4cm2 sample of flooring will look when it's 67m2!! It's also hard to not have all the samples at the same time. The concrete samples are on loan from the building company, the carpet from the carpet shop, but we really need to also have a sample of the ply we plan to use in our kitchen island, a sample of the benchtop we'll use, a sample of the cupboard doors, a sample of the wood skirting we hope to use, and a much bigger sample of the paint colours (white, white, or, um, white?) we are mulling over so we can have the chance to imagine how it might all look in the room.
To keep our minds off the stoppage of time itself, lets look at samples! :D We have a veritable ocean of samples. The hard part is imagining how a 4cm2 sample of flooring will look when it's 67m2!! It's also hard to not have all the samples at the same time. The concrete samples are on loan from the building company, the carpet from the carpet shop, but we really need to also have a sample of the ply we plan to use in our kitchen island, a sample of the benchtop we'll use, a sample of the cupboard doors, a sample of the wood skirting we hope to use, and a much bigger sample of the paint colours (white, white, or, um, white?) we are mulling over so we can have the chance to imagine how it might all look in the room.
Note the miniscule sample of concrete flooring. Helpful.
Otherwise, all we have been doing is loads and loads of meetings and emails. Ticking boxes and showing passports to complete applications to get money! Lots and lots of money! Thank God for the Mortgage Broker who's doing a lot of running around for us, and is very clear about what info we need to provide to whom by when. People (i.e., sales people) keep saying to us "Wow, the plans look great! So exciting! You must be so excited!!", and we are like.... not really. More like busy. Discussing all the options, getting quotes, trying to narrow down to make a decision. And waiting. For that goddamn clock to tick again!
Otherwise, all we have been doing is loads and loads of meetings and emails. Ticking boxes and showing passports to complete applications to get money! Lots and lots of money! Thank God for the Mortgage Broker who's doing a lot of running around for us, and is very clear about what info we need to provide to whom by when. People (i.e., sales people) keep saying to us "Wow, the plans look great! So exciting! You must be so excited!!", and we are like.... not really. More like busy. Discussing all the options, getting quotes, trying to narrow down to make a decision. And waiting. For that goddamn clock to tick again!