We’re getting sick of waiting now…
- May 2006: Jeff and Dad etc. visited a block of land that they thought we might be interested in eventually settling on.
- Jun 2006: I flew to NZ and back to the UK within a week to have look at it a couple of times, and start the process of buying it. I end up with a massive sinus infection for my troubles.
- Apr 2007: Title issues, after all the bits have been done like roads, fences, bores etc. Not that we were in a hurry. We liked getting the interest on the cash. Back in the day when you actually managed to get some decent interest. We start thinking about the house we want to put on it.
- Mar 2009: We start talking to the first building company/designers about the house. Slightly difficult to keep communications clear over email and Skype, but we pretty much manage.
- Sep 2009: We ditch them on the basis we felt they were useless, and the building company appears to go bust.
- Sep 2009 (still): We start talking to a new building company/designer.
- Aug 2010 (we think): The plans are finally submitted to the council for planning permission.
And now we’re just waiting, waiting, waiting, and for the first time in that time we’re feeling like we’ve got nothing we’re really able to do except wait. And we’re suddenly not liking it much. After all this time we’d just like some concrete (if you’ll excuse the pun) action finally! PLEASE!