I think I will avoid saying "Finally" this time round as in my last few posts, I've been using the word like there's no tomorrow!
I've had some delays and what feels like a never ending frustration. At one stage, I honestly thought that this was never going to happen for us. So an email came in to my inbox this morning with the subject of "Final Construction Documents" from Metricon!
I was so happy with the email for some reason and start to think maybe this is the end of "my" tunnel. So I quickly review every drawings, plans and our color selection document once again and said to myself, yep all looks good.
(Maybe it's because I want to start construction so badly that I wasn't being attentive to detail... but anyway I checked the documents again after I sent it and it still looked good!)
Fortunately my wife was nearby my office and I asked her to stop by and sign the acceptance paper. We immediately sent it to Metricon just before the close of business today.
I'm beginning to feel that I am getting more attention from Metricon now as our CSO responded to my email at 6.00pm saying that she had sent all our paperwork to the construction department for orders to be placed and for the construction work to start real soon!
I thought to myself, Wow! That was quick... Maybe someone did listen and answered our prayer after all... Thank you.
The message also said that we will be assigned a site manager and he/she will get in touch with us real soon to discuss about the construction.
So after 11 months and 15 days or 350 days since we put down our initial deposit with Metricon, it is time to begin some real action!
I will share the drawing diagrams in the coming week as I didn't had the time to scan them today. So stay tune for the update.
Over and out.
Saturday, May 7, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Authority to Commence Construction
After a long epic saga of chasing around and calling a number of people, I have finally received my builder's pack or the Authority to Commence Construction pack in my inbox this morning.
Well in a way I pushed them to send a fax to me with all the documents I need. I know that I really didn't have to call the bank as I went through a broker and should just let the broker handle these things but I think from my previous blog post, we can all agree that my broker really is a bit of a dud and doesn't know what she was doing.
Yes, I did rang the bank yesterday and asked them where was the letter that they said it was sent last week.
I was told that it takes about 1 week for the letter to be processed and send to me. I find that quite ridiculous actually, but having said that as this is the bank that we are talking about so I don't find it as a surprise anymore.
They offered for the document to be sent via fax which I accepted immediately and forwarded to Metricon right away.
However just we are still on this case, I must also say that they can't even follow a simple instruction. I've asked for the document to be attention to myself as I am using the fax number at work. However the fax cover page with all the necessary recipient detail was filled with my wife's detail. Although they did get the fax number correct. Fortunately I was still able to get the fax from the unidentified fax list as obviously my wife doesn't work here. On top of that, I failed to understand that how can they get the address of the construction wrong?? All other loan documents that I have, were correct and had the correct address but the pack that I received was wrong?? Well when I sent this to Metricon, they were quite happy that this was the right document so I don't chase it up with the bank as quite frankly I couldn't be bothered doing it anymore. So long everyone is happy, I'll just go with that.
Go figure...
Finally, all the documents, letter and notice that Metricon require to progress with our construction is with them already. The last piece of the puzzle, which is the final construction drawing is the only outstanding item that we need to agree on.
Also our CSO at Metricon has been replaced by someone else who happens to be the team leader as she has left the company and moved on with her role. I can only thank her for the help that she has provided thus far.
I can only hope that now things can go a lot more smoother and quicker as I am hoping to have move in to the new house before my son starts the kindergarten next year.
Well in a way I pushed them to send a fax to me with all the documents I need. I know that I really didn't have to call the bank as I went through a broker and should just let the broker handle these things but I think from my previous blog post, we can all agree that my broker really is a bit of a dud and doesn't know what she was doing.
Yes, I did rang the bank yesterday and asked them where was the letter that they said it was sent last week.
I was told that it takes about 1 week for the letter to be processed and send to me. I find that quite ridiculous actually, but having said that as this is the bank that we are talking about so I don't find it as a surprise anymore.
They offered for the document to be sent via fax which I accepted immediately and forwarded to Metricon right away.
However just we are still on this case, I must also say that they can't even follow a simple instruction. I've asked for the document to be attention to myself as I am using the fax number at work. However the fax cover page with all the necessary recipient detail was filled with my wife's detail. Although they did get the fax number correct. Fortunately I was still able to get the fax from the unidentified fax list as obviously my wife doesn't work here. On top of that, I failed to understand that how can they get the address of the construction wrong?? All other loan documents that I have, were correct and had the correct address but the pack that I received was wrong?? Well when I sent this to Metricon, they were quite happy that this was the right document so I don't chase it up with the bank as quite frankly I couldn't be bothered doing it anymore. So long everyone is happy, I'll just go with that.
Go figure...
Finally, all the documents, letter and notice that Metricon require to progress with our construction is with them already. The last piece of the puzzle, which is the final construction drawing is the only outstanding item that we need to agree on.
Also our CSO at Metricon has been replaced by someone else who happens to be the team leader as she has left the company and moved on with her role. I can only thank her for the help that she has provided thus far.
I can only hope that now things can go a lot more smoother and quicker as I am hoping to have move in to the new house before my son starts the kindergarten next year.
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