Tender

Wow... what an experience.

As we were on our way to UEH, I got a phone call, but as I was driving, and my mobile was in my pocket, I let it ring out.  Got to UEH and the voicemail was from them saying they were running late with the previous appointment.  So we sat for a while.  Then got shown a number of documents by someone else - to fill the time - and after 45 minutes we went through to see someone different.

Turns out this wonderfully helpful lady was the operations manager, and she was from Johannesburg too!  Not only that, but she lives in Eynesbury herself!  Well, that got the after off on a great footing.  We got to see our consultant, and shame, she'd had a hectic day, but she was terrific.  She answered 99% of our questions, gave us personal input - she has small kids too - and was so amazingly helpful.  And even though we left after 16H30, we were in a lot better mood than when we arrived.  I cannot say how much of a difference spending an afternoon with this lady has made.

So...the Tender is 90% done.  We're waiting on the costing of the laminate flooring, and of a few other things.  All of which we should receive before the end of the week.  At which point, we'll take a week to completely finalise our outstanding choices and settle down for the wait.

Still no concrete info on the bricks though...but that'll come tomorrow...we're hoping our first choice isn't an upgrade...but we'll have to wait and see.

It was really amazing to see our house plans drawn up properly with all our alterations... sooo cool.  We've got to work out what to do with the kitchen pot drawerns, because 48cm drawers just seem a tad too small to me... so...thinking cap on and off to the Home One forums!