Contracts signed

Contracts finally signed!

I was getting so stressed leading up to it that I got stomach pains.  I think it was the amount of money that I'm spending. Plus the added unexpected costs.

Had to sign it early Thursday morning before work as it was coming up to Easter, and I was flying off to Perth.

Things I'm not to happy about
- The builder included most of the things that I thought were already included, except for front door stain.  Because of that, I ended up having to pay for the building permit.
- I regret not asking to round of the final figure.
- It's also a lengthy build time of 11 months.

But oh well, it's done and dusted.

Can start moving.

Buyer's regret

I'm having major buyer's regret with my Asko cooktop.  I shouldn't have done a spur of the moment purchase - it's been very costly.

As beautiful as it looks, it's not worth the extra cost, especially as I don't cook!

Extra costs that I didn't realise about getting an induction cooktop
- $380 for getting 32Amp power supplied to the induction
- $2k as I now have to get 3 phase power (due to also having refrigeratred cooling)
+ long term extra running costs with 3 phase power
+ going $2.5k over what I was going to pay initially for a cooktop

That's nearly $5K extra!!!

Sob.

I also found out that it has a scratch.  I don't think I really checked it properly - it was under the paper.

Sob.

EDIT: I was able to return the cooktop due to the scratch - pfew!