Completion Date

Submitted by scass on Tue, 09/14/2004 - 12:00

We have a contract completion date! So on September 21, if all goes well, the house should be ours. On that day, we have to pay the balance of the purchase cost, as well as all the taxes and transfer fees. It's all done in front of a public notary and in the presence of our lawyer.

Meantime, we are meeting the architect at the house this Wednesday. There's lots to discuss -- not least why the current registration documents record a house (for habitation) of 58 square metres ground area, and two storage buildings of 42 and 132 square metres. The 132 square metre building does not exist at all -- and if it did, would be huge!

We don't know if this is a good thing (ie allowing us to build a large garage/workshop if we wanted to) or a bad thing (meaning we have to pay higher taxes), nor even whether it will have to be put right before we take over the property. We hope to find out today!