Archive for July, 2005

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Still no news..

*sigh*.. a long, long wait ahead for us..   It’s been another week and a bit, still no news re the show home. I don’t think it’ll be for another 2 weeks or more. It’s been raining the whole of the week.. wonder if that will impact on progress of work.
Last we were there, the […]

27Jul2005 | sharyn | 0 comments | Continued
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Postponed completion

Received a letter from Laing saying they’ve postponed completion.  Anticipated completion date now: Mar/ Apr 2006!!! Geez.. No doubt we’re a little disappointed. We were told at first that the show home (which was burnt down in the fire) would not be rebuilt, but a ‘real apartment’ in the block will be done up as […]

21Jul2005 | sharyn | 0 comments | Continued
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Site Manager meeting

A few days after reservation, we were contacted to arrange two meetings.  One with the site manager and another with Homestyle, the dept which deals with upgrades and options to our new home.
Anyway, day comes when we get to meet the site manager. He’s just been to see another couple and obviously a little tired […]

14Jul2005 | sharyn | 0 comments | Continued
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Buying off-plan for our first home - scary!

After almost a year of house-hunting and having 3 prospective purchases fall through, we’ve decided to buy a new built apartment instead with Laing Homes, well it was more on impulse and frustration really. Though there’s less chances of structural defects and everything will be brand new, we thought. *fingers crossed* We’ve just exchanged […]

6Jul2005 | sharyn | 0 comments | Continued