From somewhere in no man's land....

One week since our council DA was approved and very little is happening. We are waiting for the private certifier to complete our construction certificate. Interestingly the building inspector from our local council said it could have been completed on the same day our DA was approved, but our CLO said it had the go through the certifier. 

In the mean time we have been in touch with the bank to arrange property valuation and our loan paperwork. The valuation came in a bit lower than we wanted (resulting in a grumpy Tom and an apologetic bank manager) but the valuer based the price on 'standard fittings and fixtures'. Given the number of upgrades to our home, there is very little 'standard' left. Our bank manager is having it valued a second time by a different valuer and we are putting together a very clear list of upgrades as they never bothered to look at the colour selections document the first time. Hopefully the next one is a bit better!

Again I will wait in hope that the construction list is on the horizon for us, whilst living vicariously through our fellow bloggers whose homes are talking shape (keep posting those photos guys!).