Today we officially receive the keys to the house. In another 2 weeks, after getting the necessary approvals, we'll begin our renovation works. And hopefully, a month after that, KF can move in :)
The vendor is actually liable to pay us about RM900/- as interest charge for late delivery. But, aiya, never mind la. After all, with the Raya break and everything, it's understandable that it's been a bit difficult to clear bills and everything. He still owes us the Indah Water bill, but out of good faith, I'll let him sit on that until he deems fit to pay. Or I seek him out the next time the bill arrives.
We went to the developer's office yesterday to sign the Deed of Mutual Covenants. Cost us RM180/- just for those few pages of paper. But these are the costs of living in a gated community. We'll have to put an RM3,000/- deposit with them later when we want to apply for a renovation permit. The lady forgot to collect RM500/- from us as "performance deposit" - whatever that is. And we have to pay about RM28/- monthly as service charges.
Another hidden cost we didn't expect - submission of renovation plans to MBPJ for approval. It'll cost us about RM1,000/- for MBPJ to draw up the plans and submit and process and finally, approve. But the guy has promised to get it done quickly for us, so it should take about a week. Then I have to submit those plans to the developer again for approval, which will take another week.
Tedious-ness.
Money is gushing out very quickly, but trickling in oh so slowly. That's the way the world goes, isn't it?
By the time my house is ready for move-in, it should be worth at least RM300,000/- ... muahahaha!
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