Hurray work started on house

At last work has begun on the build. Builders started work last week on preparing the land for the slab. Were hoping to be in by Christmas but can't see that happening as they take longer to build here than NSW. - up to a year. Not for nothing WA stands for Wait Awhile. Before we signed the contract we asked Summit lots of questions about the wording of the contract, why no quote given for footpath reinstatement and cost of some of the variations. The sales manager got shirty and offered to refund our deposit as were not happy with the vague answers we were given. A bit shocked by his response as the questions we asked were pretty straightforward. Hubby fired off an e-mail to the MD and next day the sales manager contacted us by phone with a very different attitude. He was much more obliging. We got answers we were happy with. Did consider going with another builder but didn't want to delay the build further and couldn't face starting the whole negotiating process with another smarmy salesman and more hassles. Plus neither of us wanted to sit through another pre-start meeting choosing colours,tiles, bricks,taps etc. Hope we don't live to regret choosing Summit. Time will tell. Watch this space.