The house is progressing and we've finally got most of the details hammered out. Rob's just got some fine details to sort out this week, septic, air conditioning, and some minor plan changes to do, and we're on our way to a preliminary contract. There's been a few price shocks (just about needed the paramedic's shock paddles when I got the quote for the water tanks, pumps, etc... 11k for two large plastic containers - what a ripoff!) They've already missed adding in a lot of the changes we requested to the plans, so we've had to go through them again and mark them on the plan ourselves.

The company that's building on the site next door is pissing me off too. They keep dumping their stuff all over our land - we've got piles of rock, porta-loo, piles of piping, metal sheeting, guttering, not to mention their rubbish and waste. And to top it off they've cracked and sunken the driveway from having their heavy trucks driving up our accessway. I've been playing phone tag for the last few weeks with these morons - got a human being today who told me they know nothing about the development. I'm going to have to start playing hard-ball with these guys soon...