There was MUCH tooing and froing from that point
until we paid the next instalment on 22nd April.
27/28/29th April there was a lot of plan
adjustments but didn't hold things up I'm told.
30th April Builder came back to me regarding the
electrical changes and said this would potentially hold things up. Frustration
was growing.
10th May I checked in with the builder as I'd
heard nothing and was told we should have some answers....by the 16th.
More frustration. At this stage, the estimated start month was
July. I checked in again on 16th May....told it would be 20th May......they
arrived late on the 20th May.
23rd May I'm told that the standard range hood
is no longer available. We have decided (as with many things) to provide
our own and they can fit. More research to do=more time!....and extra
frustration when I learn that where we were going to have our cooktop in the
Island bench would add cost because of the type of range hood required.
I can't tell you my frustration. As a result we had to change the
position of our cooktop and sink. No big deal but just another change....and
therefore another delay. That situation (after so much research) didn't
get forwarded to the estimators until 27th May.
24th May got an email telling us that we were a
fair way short of a 6* rating. Back to the drawing board with windows.
More frustration. By the 25th May I actually asked the builder
if we were better to quit this plan and go for one of theirs...but we had gone
too far and it would cost us more.
27th May we forwarded our new window sizes etc - some have to be double glazed and some had to be removed and some had to be
made smaller.
In amongst all this, on 26th May, I met with a
colour consultant. I was fairly set on my colour schemes but when we went
to National Tiles, I found their standard range so very limited. I made
my choices but didn't feel right about them. By 30th May I knew I needed
to re-asses our colour scheme in the kitchen. We had decided to have an
Essastone Island bench but laminex on the rest. After much deliberation,
I decided to go with all Essastone which would cost us some $2k more but at
that stage we had a bit of room to move. I reassessed everything and
came back with a colour scheme I was very happy with. This was probably
the one time I cost us time but I had to be happy. I spend a lot of time
in the kitchen!
Middle of the night Ambulance callouts at this time
weren't helping my cause either let me tell you!
