A lot has been happening at the McLaren building site, a lot to celebrate. We've moved across our beds to the main house, still cleaning up concrete dust and plaster dust from some of the rooms, still unpacking, still waiting to hear back from our mortgage broker on the results of a bank application, and have got an employment contract confirming I'll start back at work in July (if not before by mutual arrangement).
And, we have made our first swap!
Irene and her generous family offered up a cot for the first swap. However instead of the porotherm block we offered up a 4 year old lemon tree to swap. We've been growing it in successively larger pots over the past 4 years, anticipating we would plant it once the house was finished. Irene and her family are hoping to buy their first home this year, so it seemed apt to swap them a "hope tree" in anticipation of being able to plant it in their new home.
The cot is awesome! It's barely used and in excellent condition. It comes with side rail protectors, a mattress and a cute green and yellow flannelette fitted sheet. The brand is Grotime. Note the bear, bumper and mobile are not included :)
If you would like to upswap the cot for something please get in touch asap or risk missing out!
As for the funding issues, even though we've got a really great broker looking at it for us, it looks like our only option is still to borrow from the bank conditional upon selling once finished. Unless we can pay back some of the loan - so hopefully this swap works out! But what we hopefully will be able to do is get more time than the 3 months initially proposed by the bank, so we have more time to get the money, and so we can find out how this house performs in winter!
We're still waiting to hear back about our loan application, so appreciate your prayers!
Click here to learn more about what we're doing and hear our interview with Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB.
To arrange a swap for this cot please get in touch with us asap on our facebook page, or call Amy on 0276 354901.
And, we have made our first swap!
Irene's boy George, Irene, me and our baby Lea in front of the lemon tree
Irene and her generous family offered up a cot for the first swap. However instead of the porotherm block we offered up a 4 year old lemon tree to swap. We've been growing it in successively larger pots over the past 4 years, anticipating we would plant it once the house was finished. Irene and her family are hoping to buy their first home this year, so it seemed apt to swap them a "hope tree" in anticipation of being able to plant it in their new home.
The cot is awesome! It's barely used and in excellent condition. It comes with side rail protectors, a mattress and a cute green and yellow flannelette fitted sheet. The brand is Grotime. Note the bear, bumper and mobile are not included :)
If you would like to upswap the cot for something please get in touch asap or risk missing out!
As for the funding issues, even though we've got a really great broker looking at it for us, it looks like our only option is still to borrow from the bank conditional upon selling once finished. Unless we can pay back some of the loan - so hopefully this swap works out! But what we hopefully will be able to do is get more time than the 3 months initially proposed by the bank, so we have more time to get the money, and so we can find out how this house performs in winter!
We're still waiting to hear back about our loan application, so appreciate your prayers!
Click here to learn more about what we're doing and hear our interview with Mike Hosking on Newstalk ZB.
To arrange a swap for this cot please get in touch with us asap on our facebook page, or call Amy on 0276 354901.
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