Final Contract Signed

YAY! The fixed price contract was issued today, and it's $2k cheaper than the original. After waiting what seems like forever the final contract variations have been signed off on and the documents are on the way to the Lender to issue the commencement letter. Once the commencement letter is issued the materials are ordered and they have 15 weeks to complete. So whatever colours have been picked are it, there is no going back now.

Also over the weekend I went through the garage as the new letterbox insert went missing. Bunnings had it on a clearance back so many months ago and it was the exact right colour combination of a brown face with brushed chrome collars for the newspaper hole and the mail slot. But in amongst the accumulation of this and that it went a-missing. So after unpacking half of the garage, there it was, apparently slipped from its position at the top the pile and down behind a few other boxes.
On another note I've had a read on google and the aperture of the letterbox (being the slot as far as I can figure) in a single mailbox arrangement should sit between 0.9m and 1.2m above the ground. Driving around Spring Farm I noticed that our new letterbox is a bit larger than most because it includes the newspaper hole. As the traditional post and box is not permitted in Spring Farm according to the Council guidelines, most homes have gone with a bricked in version. But typically they are a single slot with the column 2 bricks wide, or thereabouts. So thinking about the Bunnings bargain (can't recall what model it is without going out in the cold to check) I am a little concerned that it's going to look like a hobbit in the front yard. But too late to worry now as it is going to be installed no matter what.

Overall though this is turning out to be a good news week.