In the hands of the banks once again...

Yesterday I sent off the final invoice and occupancy permit to the bank for processing and now we wait....

The bank will do their valuation and then order the cheque and then we can book an appointment with the builers settlements officer. Hopefully this will all happen by Monday but I suspect we might be looking at later than that.

I remember right back at the start of all this when we were waiting on the loan approval from the bank and how frustrating the waiting was... It seems that this is the way of building - always waiting for the next step, for the next update, for the bank to tell you... for the tiler to finish... for the bricks to arrive... for the fencer to quote....

You really don't have any control over the process when building and so you really just need to be prepared for the ride - much like a roller coaster... you go up... you go down... you slow as you go around a corner... and finally, slowly, you reach the end and you can get out. You'll have had some fun, you'll have been scared and freaked out, it might even have made you sick but you survived and no doubt you'll find yourself trying out another one, maybe not immediately but it's certainly a possibility. Perhaps this is just they way life is - you take the bad with the good....

In the meantime it's back to preparing for the big move... I started and list and it's growing everytime I think about it:

• Get insurance for the house and our contents (Mum will be very pleased to hear that!) - currently researching...
• Arrange for fences to go up (with a dog we need to have these up before we can move in - not to mention for security) - will pay the deposit today and hopefully the neighbours have signed off on it too;
• Transfer the gas and electricity into our names - DONE;
• Organise the phone and internet connections (I need these so that my work is not interrupted) - will research pricing first...
• Cull and Pack... even though its just over 12 months since we moved last I'm certain that there's more to throw out - haven't even started!;
• Finalise the building permit for the verandah - the application is in, just waiting on a response (the sooner we can get the verandah done, the sooner we can get the concreting done - dog plus mud will not make for a pretty picture!);
• Get the blinds done (at least for the front two rooms so that we can have a bit of privacy - our bedroom is at the front and the ensuite has a great view through the front window) - I have the bedroom one almost done, I just need to glue the rods in place. The others are all cut and at various stages.
• ....

Hmm... I might need to start a list over there --> in the side bar...