fraser

More pictures it is then, although I think there's one of every nail and brick already

geordie mandy

Hiya fraser i have been facinated by your house build it just looks brill. What has been the hardest part of having your own house built?
Mandy

Shakmaty

God you're opening a can of worms here :scared:

fraser

Mandy I wouldn't know where to start, it's been stressful.

It would be hell of a lot easier if we started again tomorrow, hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Apart from the obvious conflicts, the hardest thing is probably picking out the whole house colours from brick to roof tiles, kitchen cabinets, silicone colour etc.

All from 2cm samples in the space of two hours, It's really easy now to look at the whole house and say we should have done this and that, maybe we'll sell it after a while and build it again somewhere else and know exactly what to put in it after having lived there

Shakmaty

When all is finally finished and you are fully settles, get in touch and we'll bring some beers round. You deserve some

fraser

I will mate, and I've got a brand new slate pool table arriving next week

Pootle

Good luck with the moving in Fraser - it'll be good to be in your own place at last! We're just starting to try and sell our uk house so we can look at buying here soon! Maybe I'll have to take a trip 'out west'!!
Ruth

fraser

Thanks, and you're welcome mate

Shakmaty

So I've heard

One of the schools I went to in Mildura had a pool table in the staffroom....none of the teachers wanted to leave the staffroom

geordie mandy

Thanks Fraser , i hope you will be very happy once you move in and get settled.
Mandy

Wol

Best of luck with the move. You'll be laughing at all the trauma in a couple of years - that's what happens although it's difficult to believe when you're in the middle of it!

fraser

Well we got the keys and have been round there.

They've finally put the fretwork in it was the wrong one

The shower still isn't sealed properly and whn I said I wouldn't be able to shower he shrugged his shoulders.

The tiles that were there two days ago that cost us $90 for a metre were stolen, I told him, he again shrugged his shoulders and said things go all the time.

Although he did say he'd replace them but they may not be an exact match.

We were also told last Friday that when we settle we should tell them when we want the appliances put in as there is no heating, hotwater, oven or hob,so we said wednesday when we move in. Of course when we got there he said that he'd booked it in for Friday and he doubted he could change it but would try.

So now it's the long weekend we 've phoned up head office and as yet they haven't returned our call.

So we have yet another long wait until Tuesday stressing again, the kids were crying this morning because they were cold until the heating kicked in.

Neither of us actually want to move in there.

Aussiecat

it's such a shame you've got all these negative feelings about the house.
i hope once you're all moved in & comfy you'll be able to forget about the bad stuff & enjoy the house.

fraser

Just been round to put some stuff up e windows and placed our Sun England flag there

Bordy

Waiting for "Our bloody windows have been smashed" thread next week.