Handover... and a roller coaster of emotions

After a two week wait after PCI, handover day finally rolled around on the 18th of September. I couldn't wait! My husband was at work so he missed out on being there. .

I was given lots of keys, went through some paperwork and checked what had been done on the list of things I'd identified at PCI to repair or complete.

I was extremely annoyed and disappointed to see that there were still about a dozen scratches on the overhead cupboard doors and the end panel of island bench had been touched up with paint. However, it was patchy, uneven and not glossy like the rest of the panel. I commented to the SS that for a $5000 upgrade to polyurethane I would not be accepting any scratches. He agreed that it wasn't adequate and said they'd replace the cupboard doors and end panel. If only they'd done that before handover like they were supposed to,  instead of a poor quality quick-fix! So I'd waited a fortnight for something that never got done properly anyway. The other thing that was really upsetting was that we were going to be held up laying our floor now. The floor boards all interlock and click together so need to start at one end of the house and continue to the other end.

On a positive note, there weren't too many other things to be completed or repaired:2 glass stackers had been replaced due to scratches, the painters had fixed up the walls and skirting, bricks had been cleaned and 2 scratched kitchen handles replaced.

We were given a bathroom gift box of towels and accessories. In the afternoon, the kids and I sat in the alfresco and ate chocolate dipped strawberries to celebrate our new home.

Yes, it felt amazing having the keys to our new house, but the damaged kitchen definitely soured it for me and the fact that it could have and should have been replaced before handover (and wasn't) was disappointing.