Sold...to us!

We went to our lot and this is what we found! Yey!!!!

Went to meet our sales agent today as we received the final quote for our changes and sadly it is still not correct! Arrrggghhh! We received the letter last Oct5 and they want us to sign it and send it back on the 7th. Geeeshhh...they slept on it and now they are rushing us to submit it back. Great!

Anyway, was able to talk to the agent and she said and re-assured me that they will get it right. Mmmm, I am pretty sure they should. :p She also said that the building shall commence soon. Double yey! Or should it be double Nay!

After hearing all these great news, my happy thought was burst by the news of interest rates going up, up and away again. Oh well, what can we do. We are always at the bank's mercy.

By the way, was able to upgrade my range hood and stove without having to pay the $500 late notice fee. Yey again for that!

A birthday gift from our conveyancer.

Guess what arrived in the mail today? An envelope, with a mail inside, what else. :p (Geesh! So lame. What is happening to me. Must be the night shift roster effect.)

Corny jokes aside, a mail from our conveyancer has arrived saying that our land will be for settlement this coming 28th. Wohoooo! Finally. I say finally as it was suppose to have been settled last July and it is already September now, so it's really been quite a wait already.

The first part of the mail got me all so excited. But the second part burst my happy thoughts cause it said -- your bank has been informed. Ahuhuhu. Start of the progress payment. I am so gonna age today!

Colors! Colors! and More Colors!

Finished the color selection yesterday and I am between happy and frustrated.
Happy cause it's all over and done with. Frustrated cause I was unable to choose (or get) the colors that I really wanted. Why? Well, its either I've got an expensive taste or those @#%@ builders are ripping us off! (I bet that would be the 2nd one as I am not high maintenance.Believe me, just don't go around asking my husband.) They've got such a small selection for our range and everything is on the "upgrade" side. I can hear KACHING! KACHING! KACHING!(That is the ound of a cash register just in case you don't get it.:p)in every thing that they want to color. Here's how our color selection went like.

Color Consultant (CC) : Now, choose a color for your carpet.
Emma : Well, I think only this carpet matches my tiles.
CC : KACHING! KACHING! That would be $$$ for the upgrade.

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Emma : Is this the only design for your garage door?
CC : KACHING! KACHING! There are other design but that would be $$$ for the upgrade.
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Emma : I want this color for the borders.
CC : KACHING! KACHING! That is not possible, but if you want that, it would be $$$ for the upgrade.
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And this would be the best among the rest.
Emma : I want this color for my house.
CC : KACHING! KACHING! That is $2000 if you really want that color.

I wanted to say..."$2000!!!!! What the @#@$! Give me the 2K and I will color my own house." (Which I do in the Phil, well maybe not the whole house and only my room, but what difference does it make? I don't have a mansion here, it's such a small house! All they've got to do was instead of getting the color in their list, then get the color that I wanted. I can source it for them if they want to! Grrrrr! What a rip off!)
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Oh well, there's nothing much I can do about it but to accept the fact that in times likes these, MONEY TALKS! And since I don't have much of it, I better learn to keep my mouth shut.

Color Selection - Part 1

We went to our color selection last Thursday and it gave me a bad headache! (Is there a good headache?:P)

We spent two hours already and we aren't even half-way through.

I thought I was already prepared before I went there, because I already have some colors in mind. But geesh! I didn't know you have to select each and every color that will go with the house. They even ask you to select the color of the fascia or whatever is that called. Well, it's that horizontal thingie under the roof, just below the gutter. (I don't even know how to spell it. :P) And yes, you even have to choose a color for the gutter. As far as I can remember, our gutter in Pinas has always been silver. (Natural color of Aluminum/steel that is!) Or maybe I'm just wrong.

Anyway, we finished the colors for the Roof, Fascia (?), Gutter, Garage door, Entry door, Window frames, Carpets, and tiles.

The next appointment(Another gruelling 2 hours!) would be for the kitchen cabinets, wall and ceiling color.

Actually, we already started with my kitchen cabinets. But the sales consultant was so shocked with my request that she suggested that I go home first and continue with our color selection next time when my eyes are fresh and my mind is clear. Ahahaha!
Her exact words were "I am surprised. And shocked. I've never come across such a request. Are you sure with that?" I told her, yeah I'm sure with it. It's a make or break decision and I just hope I make it. If in case I break it, I said it won't matter as people (polite as they are,or in some lingo plastic as they are. hehehe) won't tell it to my face that I made a freaking decision on my cabinet colors. Worst thing that they could tell is that it looks different. And the worst thing that could happen if I don't like the result is that I wouldn't cook as much as I do now, so my DH will be forced to go into a diet and that is not totally a bad thing at all. So, yes I am going with my crazy color scheme.

And now for the walls... really haven't decided yet. We are still in the process of trying to imagine the colors that will blend with my kitchen cabinets! Mwehehehe.

Eureka! Eureka!

We visited our land at Manor Lakes and this is what we found!
Yey! They already have erected the street names. Wohoooo!




And this little boy is the official endorser of Kinglake Drive. Mwehehehehe.

Postponed again!

Jeeesh! Need to postpone my color selection again.
Just checked our sched calendar and I just realized DH is not available tomorrow.
StupidMe.

And now I don't know when I'd schedule it. Nuninuninuninu....

Conveyancer Issue #1

I received a call yesterday from our conveyancer. She said that our finance approval was due last Friday.

Since I know that we already have the unconditional approval, told her that it's alright cause my broker has already taken care of it. And also because, I thought she said it was due this Friday.

When we spoke again to confirm that all is fine, I asked her again when it was due actually. And she said LAST Friday. Oh boy was she lucky! Lucky because I was at my desk in the office and I couldn't drill her on why she is just calling me now when the due was last Friday. Lucky because our loan has already been approved. I could have been fined for that if it was not! And if I was fined for that or if there had been any issue (and I say ANY issue) she will get a mouthful from me.

This is conveyancer issue #1 and I am keeping count! HMP!!!!