Yet another delay...

I really should have found some actual wood to touch after writing this post saying the house was nearly there. As usual, I should never have expected any stage to go smoothly!

The valuer from the bank came out yesterday to assess the house before making final payment and, as I have been TELLING the builders for the last couple of months, refused to pass it because the floors have not been laid. They say the house is not complete. The only way they'll do it is to take the allowances out of our contract, and the bank will pay them to us instead (after the floors are laid of course!) Which on the surface of things seems simple enough. All they need is a new invoice from the builders, showing the adjusted amount.

Of course, actually getting that from the builders is next to impossible! DH has spent half the day on the phone to them today, only to be told at 5:30pm tonight, that he needs to fill in a form before they will do it! Now why on earth has this not been mentioned in the other 5-6 phone calls he's made about this today? And, of course, they can't actually send us the form now, so that we can fill it out. We have to wait till tomorrow.

Seriously, by the time we get into this house, I'm going to be old and grey, and I'm not sure whether it will be the stress of the process, or the amount of time that has lapsed, that will do it first.