Yes, you read the title correctly.
Finally, we moved to our new home! The one we can call our own. It feels great, really! Now, I'm itching to complete the remaining work - security grilles, furnishings & stuff. It's good that I'm given good advice by friends - do it one at a time.
It took 8 long months to construct our home. Difficulties & challenges came along the way. It took 3 months to secure the bldg. permit. Temp. electricity took a couple of months to be installed . What's worst, my contractor did not tell me right away that the money I paid him for the materials did not all go to my house. He spent it in his other projects that encountered problems. Thus, although I was so generous with my payments I found out one day that my house was not progressing! Thankfully, me & hubby did all we can to be objective & calm in handling the situation. Rather than forcing the contractor to produce, we decided to take over. Our contractor on the other hand was humble & brave enough to face the consequences of his mistakes. He remained at our disposal for some of our (non-financial) needs & concerns.
We ended up spending a lot more than our budget. As I'm more hands-on in this area than my husband, I also got exhausted attending to all the needs & concerns. It was truly physically & financially draining! But shit happens! All we're left to do is to charge everything to experience. At least our house is now finished & we already live in it! (Although I'm still waiting for the occupancy permit & permanent MERALCO (electricity) connection)
Yehey! We're no longer renting! Now we know as well what to watch out for in similar undertakings.
Because of going over the budget, I had to sacrifice other plans I earnestly hoped to fullfill when the house is done (e.g. buying appliances, fixtures & stuff). Fortunately, the pleasure of seeing our home & being able to have our lazy walk around the subdivision is slowly making me forget.
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