Artist’s Impression

It feels like we’ve been in the process of buying this house FOREVER. It’s been about three months since the extremely tall and pinstripe clad mortgage manager sat at our dining table and discussed all things mortgage with us.

Since then, everything has gone pretty smoothly* except for the damn paperwork!

We still have to do the application for the first home owner’s grant and our settlement date is in two freaking weeks! Holy shit. Seriously. I thought we had a long settlement but the amazing powers of pissing around that the bank has in spades, has meant our settlement period is almost over and we still don’t have everything done yet.

The amount of certified documentation we have needed is extraordinary. It’s as if every piece of paper with our names on it has been stamped and signed to support our application for what is actually a pretty small loan – compared to the average house price anywhere in Australia. I will not be surprised if they also need a urine sample and fingerprints. It has become that ridiculous.

The stress is quite, um, stressful.

I just want to fast forward to a time when we are in the house, unpacked, paying only the mortgage, not mortgage and rent (which we will be doing for a couple of months), and relaxing in the house that is finally ours. I want to paint walls and plant gardens.

*pretty smoothly is a lie. It’s been a mess really. I hate banks

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Have you seen the cute dog on the Allianz ads? Xanthe loves him, she’s all kinds of dog crazy right now.

Here is a super cute video about Sawyer the dog and his life as an actor. The glitz, the glamour.

To think he started life in an animal shelter and now is the poster dog for Allianz Roadside Assistance. Go Sawyer!

Without seeing the other two commercials  seeing this one is kind of like “what has that dog got to do with insurance?” Not a lot really. But he’s a cool dog and insurance is one of those terribly un-sexy products that is hard to market. We all know we need it and would be stupid not to have it but we don’t like to think about it. It’s not an aspirational product and it’s not chocolate.

The only time we really consider if we have made the right decision on our insurance is when something goes wrong.

I used to work in insurance. I started out in the claims department and got to handle all those stressful calls relating to burglaries and car accidents and cameras dropped overboard, so I am super serious about our insurance cover and I know what I’m paying for and why.

My dad used to work in Insurance too. Not that it’s a family business or anything. Dad used to sell insurance door to door. Can you imagine? I’m sure he would have had more luck if he had taken Sawyer with him, or maybe Sawyer’s dad.

This is a sponsored post for Allianz but all opinions are my own.