I can see why people get upset with their builders
Hubby had ordered 4 vanities, 2 with drawers on left hand side and 2 with drawers on the right hand side.
When he opened the boxes, the drawers were all on the same side so instead of returning 2 vanity units he had them all installed as he was going fishing for a week out to Swans Reef and didn't have the time to wait.
The tiler did a great job laying the tiles except when he put in the feature tile on our side in the ensuite he put it in the wrong place. When I spotted this I told him but decided I can live with this as we would have to order more tiles to correct.
Hubby ordered stairs to be made as he was going fishing, he forgot to ring and tell them not to install stairs until he returned from fishing, so we have a few more dings in the walls that need to be replastered.
Hubby ordered the stairs to be made so he could have tiles laid half way up the stairs, only he knows why he did this as it interrupts the flow of the stairs and there is no need to have tiles half way up the stairs which is a common practice if the front door entry is half way up the stairs.
Of course we have not ordered tiles for the stairs as it was not on the plan...Go figure.
Probably 5 weeks until inside of units are finished and then another 2 weeks to do outside & landscaping.
We are waiting on roof tilers to return and do small roofes over front doors which could not be erected until scaffolding removed. Painter is coming next Wednesday - we would have liked him to start today having given him 5 weeks notice.
Plumbers will return when front roof is complete - they could have come last week while tilers inside but hubby was away and small roofs not complete.
List of things to do.
In years gone past eg. previous builds I used to get upset when the smallest thing went wrong or subbie did not turn up when he said he was coming - now I don't get upset.
When there is something wrong, hubby is still a marshmellow and won't say anything, it is up to me to point out issue to the tradesman.
The tilers cut the tiles inside the duplex instead of outside as previous tilers have done, hubby didn't say anything to the tilers - so hubby has spent 2 days this week cleaning the tile dust out of the units and one day sorting out tile waste and recycling cardboard.
Kind Regards
Sheryn
Hubby had ordered 4 vanities, 2 with drawers on left hand side and 2 with drawers on the right hand side.
When he opened the boxes, the drawers were all on the same side so instead of returning 2 vanity units he had them all installed as he was going fishing for a week out to Swans Reef and didn't have the time to wait.
The tiler did a great job laying the tiles except when he put in the feature tile on our side in the ensuite he put it in the wrong place. When I spotted this I told him but decided I can live with this as we would have to order more tiles to correct.
Hubby ordered stairs to be made as he was going fishing, he forgot to ring and tell them not to install stairs until he returned from fishing, so we have a few more dings in the walls that need to be replastered.
Hubby ordered the stairs to be made so he could have tiles laid half way up the stairs, only he knows why he did this as it interrupts the flow of the stairs and there is no need to have tiles half way up the stairs which is a common practice if the front door entry is half way up the stairs.
Of course we have not ordered tiles for the stairs as it was not on the plan...Go figure.
Probably 5 weeks until inside of units are finished and then another 2 weeks to do outside & landscaping.
We are waiting on roof tilers to return and do small roofes over front doors which could not be erected until scaffolding removed. Painter is coming next Wednesday - we would have liked him to start today having given him 5 weeks notice.
Plumbers will return when front roof is complete - they could have come last week while tilers inside but hubby was away and small roofs not complete.
List of things to do.
- Painters
- Roof Tilers
- Plumbers
- Electrican
- Whitegoods to be delivered & installed except they are chrome/stainless steel
- Floor tilers to lay tiles in living areas (and stairs)
- Shower screen, mirrors and sliding doors
- Security fly screens are in duplex garages waiting for us also security front screen doors.
- Carpet to be selected once walls are being painted.
- Blinds to be selected when painter starts.
- Door furniture & bathroom towel rails & toilet roll holders etc. fitted
- Handrails to internal stairwell
- Backhoe & Driveways & kerb crossings after plumbers finished
- Lansdscaping & clotheslines must be completed before Building Inspector comes back.
- Brickie - hubby is going to use left over bricks in landscaping and or letter box
- TV antenna installation.
- Fence back boundary - at a later date
- Airconditioning - at a later date for our unit & probably other unit
In years gone past eg. previous builds I used to get upset when the smallest thing went wrong or subbie did not turn up when he said he was coming - now I don't get upset.
When there is something wrong, hubby is still a marshmellow and won't say anything, it is up to me to point out issue to the tradesman.
The tilers cut the tiles inside the duplex instead of outside as previous tilers have done, hubby didn't say anything to the tilers - so hubby has spent 2 days this week cleaning the tile dust out of the units and one day sorting out tile waste and recycling cardboard.
Kind Regards
Sheryn
