OMG, I've done it again
In my eagerness to send the Thursday post, and check that I was sending the
correct post, I didn't scroll down sufficiently and forgot that I'd posted two blogs last week - to try to satisfy my avid readers
. Senior moment x 2! Unforgivable! You see, I've just seen pictures of our new road, kindly sent by Quackers and was simply too excited to think straight. How many more excuses can I think up…mmm that will do for the moment.
OK, here is the
CORRECT blog, and now, I'm really concentrating:
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LATE FEBRUARY 2010 Palm Court Apartment, Calis Beach
BLOG 16: Change of plans
Oz, the Infinity ‘supersalesman’ together with L, are walking me around the new site where five villas will be built, each on its own individual walled plot, each with its own pool.
As we were the first to buy and choose our original plot on the previous site, we obviously have first choice as to which plot we want this time around. At first sight, this area certainly does appear to be better than the original site: for a start, there is a lovely forest fronting the road directly opposite where two villas will be built. The choice is clear to me: I want a villa that overlooks the forest i.e. opposite the forest, a corner plot so the road frontage is large. There are two that match this, adjacent to each other – so my natural choice is the one that is slightly closer to the sea, which I understand is within 10 minutes walk away.
The area is bounded on two sides by paved roads but the road adjacent to the forest is as yet unpaved, no pavements and quite muddy and bumpy. Oz waves this aside – “there’s hardly any traffic anyway”. He is (naturally) very enthusiastic about the plot, telling me that they had to persuade one of the property owners to sell off part of their garden to gain enough land to build all the villas. What is left unsaid is that they obviously did all this with the deadline of my visit in mind, as they did not wish to lose us – but did not inform us of the situation beforehand just in case we pulled out. I walk around the plot with L and Oz and try to think around all aspects of the change, but whichever way I look at it, the positives certainly outweigh the negatives of the delay in building. This plot is slightly bigger, with a better outlook (the forest) and closer to the sea. It’s within a few minutes walk of an outdoor bar/café called ‘The Escape Bar’ and a further few minutes from some small shops and a supermarket. Great! All that remains is now for me to clearly state which plot is for us, and then for them finally to make a start! How soon? Let’s get back to the office, change the contract and get going!
I have to decide how much of this information to impart to OH, who is at home. He thinks that all I am doing is choosing furniture with L. I don’t want him to worry and certainly don’t want him to have second thoughts about this new adventure in our lives. To tell or not to tell at this stage: that is the question. Will he have confidence in me to negotiate the new contract? Yes, I think so, but he would really worry about it all and possibly begin to regret our decision to buy.
I decide to smooth over the cracks until I have spoken to the directors, K and S. One thing is for sure, I want to make some amendments to the contract re the finishing date and penalties for late finishing if that should happen! Seems I’ll have to wait until tomorrow morning to see them. I want to be able to tell OH good news.
Back in the Infinity flat, Palm Court (I’d hardly call it “luxury”; it’s chilly and damp), I jot down some points for the amendments to contract: same finishing date as original contract, monthly penalties for late finishing, payment for any further trips from UK to view work in progress, pictures to be sent as promised, better communication on their part. . . Wonder if they’ll make it tough for me…
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. . . to be continued . . .usually posted on Thursday
