I've known her for a few years and she lives in my street. She's doing a reno for a friend who lives down the street. So it's all nice and close - which is always a risk for all concerned.
The job started early January and is on track to finish at the end of this month - as promised. That's despite the rain Sydney has had over the last month. And despite the fact that renos to 100 year old houses always throw up some unexpected problems.
It's a small reno - about $120K. Typical inner west reno: open up the back of the house with timber doors, put a deck on, new (relocated) kitchen and new bathroom/laundry, and some other little bits.
The builder starts early and doesn't like to stop for lunch. But she lets her subbies stop.
She's there before them and usually on site till after 5pm.
She often spends time on site on Saturday by herself and last weekend I saw her truck outside on Sunday. Apparently she wanted to paint the place as the floors were due to get done Monday.
The client mentioned she wouldn't mind extending the shed down the backyard one day, so the builder has had her guys doing that in the downtime using some of the demo materials.
She also noticed (courtesy of the recent rain) that the gutters on the house and some of the roofing were on the way out, so she replaced them - charged materials cost only.
It's great to see a builder who loves what they do.
Scott
The job started early January and is on track to finish at the end of this month - as promised. That's despite the rain Sydney has had over the last month. And despite the fact that renos to 100 year old houses always throw up some unexpected problems.
It's a small reno - about $120K. Typical inner west reno: open up the back of the house with timber doors, put a deck on, new (relocated) kitchen and new bathroom/laundry, and some other little bits.
The builder starts early and doesn't like to stop for lunch. But she lets her subbies stop.
She's there before them and usually on site till after 5pm.
She often spends time on site on Saturday by herself and last weekend I saw her truck outside on Sunday. Apparently she wanted to paint the place as the floors were due to get done Monday.
The client mentioned she wouldn't mind extending the shed down the backyard one day, so the builder has had her guys doing that in the downtime using some of the demo materials.
She also noticed (courtesy of the recent rain) that the gutters on the house and some of the roofing were on the way out, so she replaced them - charged materials cost only.
It's great to see a builder who loves what they do.
Scott
