Not Happy!

A lot has happened but not the house.

Last Tuesday, my SS advised that he will be moving to Northern Melbourne, and i will be having a new SS. But he keen to have a walk through with me and the new SS together and asked me to call him back on Friday to make the arrangement. So i called on Friday but couldn't find him, so i called again on Monday, and he advised to call on Tuesday. I called again yesterday and no respond once again, argh, i am getting a bit disappointed now, since a lot of issues still havent been fixed, i really want to talk to him before he leaves (today is his last day),argh..

The house is moving slowly, one vanity bowl is installed, ceiling insulation installed and guess what, gas meter also installed (i wonder why this quick?).. but all existing issues still haven't been fixed, oh god, when i can get it done!!! not good, just not good enough...

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Forgot to add, i also need to select a new flooring. Trueloc called me yeterday that my Spot Gum Timber Floor is no longer available, if i need it i will have to wait for a few weeks, so instead they offer me Tas Oat (in a higher grade range).. Although i am not sure if i can have a handover in a few weeks time, but i don't want anything to cause the delay any further, so i have chose it... In term of the color, TAS Oat is not as good as Spot Gum, however the quality (it is from a higher grade range, cost more $$$) is much better, so i can live with it..

2nd post of the day - 06Feb2009

I am thrilled, i posted some photos which i have taken on Wednesday this morning, but now, just went tothe house and found that light points, power points, exhaust fans, smoke alarms installed, benchtop in kitchen & bathroom also installed and the tiles look completed also... I am so happy, so of course more pictures..

New year, new update

Well, I haven’t updated for over a month, but due to the Christmas/NY holiday and the heatwave, the works have been slowed down a bit, but we are in final phase (although there are still a lot to be done)

Tiling to wet areas have started this week


The 1st coat of paint

The Laundry tube

Most happy is the kitchen & the underbench sink

So far so good, SS said that I can expect handover in approx 6-8weeks

However a lot of things need fixing still, the LINEN, this is dragging on since the frame stage????? The tradie supposed to come and fix it before Christmas but still not showing up

The plumbing pipe (suppose hide inside the plaster) still visible in bedroom 2 even though plaster is up and archivarch is in, still waiting to be cut/fixed

The brick outside the living area and laundry still incomplete (although it is only a small area) because the support bar (I hope I get the ‘term’ right) is missing/stolen, and due to the size it has to custom made and so I have to wait…

And new issue come up with the mortar, it looks like whoever completed the bricks during NY holiday use different color of mortar, so the color is not match.. SS said that it may not be fully dried so will wait for another week and see what happen, but we had a week of heatwave last week, how come it still not dried.. so another thing on my tracking sheet now..

Just an update

Not much to update since last post.. 

There are some plaster issues because of the rain before Christmas, although SS and CSR promoise to fix, but it is Christmas, and so has to wait until next year.. 

Just and still a bit disappointed that the brick still not finish.. its 98% complete and only a small area reminding, why can't they just finish it... keep draging on and on.. 

Other than that, everything seems fine and i have just received the fixing stage invoice...  their account department is real quick

Christmas is coming and things start to move slowly

The brickie supposed to complete the bricking on Tuesday, they did come and work however had to stop due to the heavy rain… and now I can see that they packed everything inside the house, so I think they may not come back… oh well… properly I have to wait until next year… I hope this won’t affect the colour as some bricks are up and some are still in the pack

Also, the promised carpenter has not turned up either so properly the LINEN won’t be fixed until next year too..

The only good thing is that they do moved ahead of the schedule even though the house is not lockup yet but the fixing stage has started e.g. painting has started, and all doors and architraves are installed.. I want my house…

Not much happening...

Another week is passed, not much is happening properly because Christmas is coming

Look like they start painting, and also all doors are delivered

Called SS this morning, he confirmed that the defects from the frame report have been done, not sure it is true or not, but he said that I can get a report from CSR, so I will

The Linen, he said that he will try to get it fix this week, let’s see

I feel a bit depress now since the house is moving very slow because of the festive season… I know I can’t complaint, but just can’t help, I want my house

A lot to update and I am not quite happy

Thursday 27Nov:
Called SS that I want to do a pre-plaster inspection, he seems not happy to hear that because I have just done one not long ago and he said that I didn’t give him enough notices, but he was fine at the end and said that he would arrange with Kevin
So I then called Kevin (the same day) and he is available to do the inspection on Friday 28Nov, so I told him to call SS and arrange it
Then haven’t heard anything since and I thought it all sorted

Sunday 30Nov:
I found that the house is plastered… OMG…

Monday 01Dec:
I called (left him voicemail) Kevin in early morning and asked if he has done the inspection on Friday.
When he returned my call, he wasn’t happy either and keep saying that my SS is a liar, because he was there on Friday and my SS told him to come back this week.. Obviously SS told him that the plaster won’t be up until later this week, so he has plenty of time to do the inspection…
I am not happy either because SS told me the same thing, he said that he couldn’t find trades to put up the plaster, so we still have time to do inspection
Now I keep thinking if they are trying to hide something from me?… why all the sudden, the plasters are up and they know that I want an inspection done first…I become worrying… OMG, I may have some sleepless night coming…
Kevin told me that I now must follow up all defects that he identified from the frame inspection, they must be sorted, then he will do the pre-handover inspection for me, a complete one, not sure what he means but I have to trust him… I just hope that there is no any hidden problem…
I called SS a couple of times yesterday, he promised to review the defect report over the weekend but he didn’t. Said that his computer is having problem blab blab blab.. So I will keep calling him until he find the time to talk to me… the LINEN also need to be fixed as well, the size is incorrect.
Kevin said that he has my SS on the book, and so am I now…

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This morning 03Dec, I drove pass and saw 3 (may be 4) brickies have started bricking again… thanks god they come back…
It’s kind of relieve that they come back… but again… I am still missing the inspection, I now just hope that they are doing a good job so not many issue being picked up at a later stage… I still don’t understand how they can plaster before the completion of the bricks