Browse Forums Building A New House Re: How often do you visit your site? 601Oct 13, 2017 8:32 am If you have set times you will never meet up with the SS...he will avoid you Have your own engineer visit your site/build at theses structural stages for (WA builds) 1. Earthworks 2.Footing/slab 3.Brickwork 4.Suspended Slab (2S) 5.Brickwork (2S) 6. Roof framing Complement his visits with your own use checklists and take photos Goodluck Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: How often do you visit your site? 602Oct 19, 2017 6:14 pm i have land at edmondson park, willowdale and oran park, and all builds will happen together, so will be making the trip out once per week! Re: How often do you visit your site? 603Oct 31, 2017 3:59 pm I drive past once or twice a day, lol We've only just gotten temp fencing up so hopefully the real build will start soon. I drive past on my way home from dropping off and picking kids up from school because it's only 2 corners away. I check the mail most days but now that a few things have been directed to the rental I'll probably reduce that to every couple of days. Re: How often do you visit your site? 604Oct 31, 2017 8:00 pm Bri1234 I drive past once or twice a day, lol We've only just gotten temp fencing up so hopefully the real build will start soon. I drive past on my way home from dropping off and picking kids up from school because it's only 2 corners away. I check the mail most days but now that a few things have been directed to the rental I'll probably reduce that to every couple of days. Omg, I could have written that post Re: How often do you visit your site? 606Nov 07, 2017 9:17 pm I am in the fit out stage, and visit virtually every day... sometimes up to three times hahah at lunch time, before school pick up and after school. Its disappointing to not be able to go in when no one is onsite. When the painter was there I was able to go in every day- probably should have avoided it might have flicked dust onto the wet paint in doing so haha oh well.. I got to see my house. Re: How often do you visit your site? 607Nov 24, 2017 9:18 pm Our advice would be to visit as much as possible. Although most site supervisors don't allow access unless they are present for insurance reasons, there is no harm popping past and taking a look from the fence so they are aware you are keeping tabs Re: How often do you visit your site? 608Jan 12, 2018 9:51 am We live about a 2 min drive from where we are building so my husband probably drives past a couple of times a week (being a shift worker) and I go there minimum once a week, more if something has happened and I want to see it earlier. Re: How often do you visit your site? 609Jan 14, 2018 12:31 pm We shouldn't go on site but we visit at least twice a week, as we live around the corner. Our build of the Gjgardner stillwater 264 is now on week 22! it is going ridiculously slow. at least another 4 weeks to go. Re: How often do you visit your site? 611Jan 16, 2018 1:44 pm We go past the site once or twice a week for the past 6 months and we haven't even got the title yet. We rent nearby. There were trees and bush in our lot when we first used to visit it and no road in front of the lot. It's great to see how it all takes shape step by step. Re: How often do you visit your site? 612Jan 30, 2018 10:01 am We have been going once a week before the land was even titled. we used to sneak in and check if there is any faults. Now we are close to completion and are not allowed as there is camera installed. We still go once a week and check the house from outside and peak into the window from neighbour's land. You cant resist yourself from going. its like our baby Re: How often do you visit your site? 614Feb 13, 2018 10:23 am we go daily sometimes more times a day, we ended up going so much due to builders not keeping on track and work not being completed when they say it will / start when booked in. since we have been doing daily visits things seems to be going better. so if you can go daily! we are now in week 21 of build... they messed us a round a couple of times when we only went once a week and because of that things had to be rescheduled cause some work was not started/completed. we ended up having a 4 week period without any work due to that stuff up. but since the new year things are moving again... but we have to be visually present and keep emailing to ask if we see things not done. also helped us to identify and see issues before it is covered up then they can rectify it. Re: How often do you visit your site? 616Feb 28, 2018 3:19 pm Visit twice a week mainly. Waiting for it to be built soon so that we could move in with our family. Re: How often do you visit your site? 617Apr 14, 2018 1:09 pm About once a week, but there have been times where I've not looked for a few weeks, mainly due to lack of progress (at least 6 months into build - 10 months from contract sign and still no floor on for the main framing)... It is 2 storey, but slow progress. Re: How often do you visit your site? 618May 14, 2018 11:51 am We go there on site every weekend. Currently going with frame stage. Hopefully it should complete soon. I guess in frame they only do framing and don't put insulation or anything else. Are windows and doors done in frame stage? More exciting times ahead.. Looking to build a home in VIC. Land titled in November 2017. Construction started in February 2018. Double storey 37sq. Re: How often do you visit your site? 619May 17, 2018 4:23 pm micks_k We used to snoop around the block once or twice a week until we got a letter from the builder stating they had been informed we had been on site without supervision. The letter pointed out the clause in the contract referring to this and mentioned OH&S reasons. Bummer. Haha that's crazy. We always jump the fence every week, I wonder if I'm soon to receive a warning letter as well lol. Re: How often do you visit your site? 620Jun 12, 2018 11:56 pm I will not be visiting my site at all. First time I see it will be when they hand me the keys I live 8 hours away which is my excuse and after making four return trips down there pre-construction (which really took a toll on me), I don't feel up to making any more till the handover. I have been dealing with this builder for 8 months now, have likely sent them in excess of a thousand emails, have visited them twice (once they paid for me to stay in a pretty high quality hotel) and they have gone out of their way to be extremely professional and thorough. Sufficient for me to trust them and let them get on with the job in peace (mind you, I was incredibly pedantic about precisely what I wanted and paid a huge amount of attention to every detail in the contract). Even if I lived close to it I'd probably at best just drive by once a fortnight or so. But I would not get out of the car. The builder will be sending me a serious of photos at the completion of each stage, which is all I have asked them to do. The only exception I made to the "photos at the end of each stage" request is an additional series of photos once the insulation has been put in and before any plastering has taken place. After all, there is no possible way to check what went into the walls once the house is finished. I had a very bad experience when I built 20 years ago when visiting my site (finding an issue) and after that I came to the conclusion that is is better to simply leave the builder alone and let them do their stuff. Butting in, sticky-beaking and asking too many questions or pointing out "problems" just puts them off-side and does nothing to help the relationship in my experience anyway. If anything, they can become quite hostile. I did not go to the factories to watch my two cars being built either. And they are perfectly fine. If there are issues I will deal with them at and after handover. I trust the builder sufficiently not to make stupid mistakes. They have built 6 homes in the same estate and all the owners are perfectly happy with them. Most of them have moved from afar and did not have the opportunity to visit their sites either. Now if I get one dunny instead of two and a pink roof instead of a grey one, you can all tell me what a mad person I was not to go and visit!! 9 26041 In Victoria you cannot put a caveat on arising from a domestic building contract. 65 113405 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 41420 |