Today was the last day that we can change anything about our house. It was a very stressful day. We need to have final decisions so everything will come into place.
Early in the morning, we got a call from ProHaus. Since there were some unexpected costs that was not clear to us during our Bemusterungstermin, our decision making was harder than expected. We set a budget to spend in building our dream house. We would like to hold on it. We do not want to build a house and then we are eating dry bread everyday. We would also like to go on vacation. We would like to reach our dream in reality. That means, we do not want to build a house that we cannot afford. That is why, we were trying our very best to stay on budget. If it means, compromising some wants to needs, then, let it be.
Our dream house is simple. It is a place where my husband, I and our two boys, will have a comfortable living. It is not extravagant, but for me, it is elegant ;) I cannot wait to make more memories with my family here.
I have been on the computer and the telephone for most of the time today, to do research, to clear-up things and to update Prohaus of our last changes for our house. We decided to stay on the color of our Klinker - Neo Barock (which has an additional Price), to have our stairs made of wood from basement until the second floor (with partly additional Price), we made the side part of our house door to be wider (additional Price), we made the door of our living room from the hallway to be also wider (this part is of no additional Price), and we changed the type and color of the roof from Braas Rubin 11V to Braas Frankfurter Pfanne Protegon Matt in granit. We also decided to do on our own, the exterior basement insulation. That will help us to minimize the costs.
After giving our last change to ProHaus, I received a call from Gussek & Wolts Kellerbau. They are the sister company of ProHaus who's in-charge of building the basement. They ask for a schedule to visit the property. It will be next week. They mentioned that if we already have an Engineering company who will do the earthworks excavation, it would be best, if we will all meet on the property.
It looks like everything is going good. BUT... we are still waiting for our bank loan approval and building permit. As soon as we received all that, then... it is a green... GO!
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