Revisiting this post again to give an update.

The apartment is ready (well almost). We will get the keys this week and we will be moving in on 22nd December. Packing stuff from the old apartment has started and it seems will never end!

In the end we ended up paying 13K extra. The main thing I regret "removing" from the original offer is the pharmacie and the bathroom lights. We still haven't bought them and will be a rush and a worry at the last moment to avoid us bathing in the dark. Plus, need to find someone to fix those things on our new tiles and hoping that the guy wont break anything.

The electrician (to fix up the lights), movers and cleaners (for the old apartment) are reserved for the specific dates.

We've ordered a couple of new sofa's and will soon be buying some carpets to make the place a bit cozier. When I asked the saleswoman that we wanted the sofa's delivered on 23rd December, she laughed and said "ah... vous etes choux"... (loosely translated as... sooo cute, you want us to deliver when we will all be on vacation?) but in the end said "we'll see what we can do". Hopefully we won't be sitting on the floor (and if we will, hopefully the floor will be warm).

I will put up some pics once we have settled in.

Cheers,
N.