Ugh.. Tender...

Well, we finally made it to tender, only to find out that having a pre-approval from the bank (which our mortgage broker said was ok) wasnt enough of a guarantee that we were serious about building, and we are going to have to pay 3% of the quoted price up front!! Apparently, no other builder does this except the one we're building with! Hrmm.. I feel like we're being jibbed..

Anyways, we added all our structural variations and upgrades and it didnt come up too badly. Our site costs, which we thought were going to be sky high, only came up around $900 more than what we were quoted which was great! This included an upgrade to the concrete slab as well, so I guess that was pretty good. At the moment, our structural variations include:

• upgrade concrete slab to "H-Class" slab
• upgrade to higher door height for all room doors
• added cupboards to both sides of the rangehood
• added pot drawers
• added a cupboard to the top of fridge space
• widened fridge space to 950mm
• added a door to the ensuite and rumpus
• changed the window size of two bedrooms
• changed bi-fold doors leading to proposed alfresco area to french doors

I think that's about it off the top of my head.

Next up is our colour appointment in about a week. I'm talking wall colours, bricks, roof tiles, door, locks, handles, cupboards, garage door, front door, sinks, taps etc etc.. you name it, we have to pick it.. argh.. Then about a week after that is our tile appointment. I'm still not ready!! :) And what about the upgrades that we might pick?

Oh dear.. what have I gotten myself into?