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How often do you visit your site?

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trishcoastie
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PostPosted: May 25, 2011 7:27 pm 
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i havent been too visit our block for soooo long,i hope its still there and hasnt up and walked away....
im sure it will still b there when im ready too visit again..


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We hope to visit at least weekly but it will probably end up being more frequently. :sh:


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we visit 3 times a week... we're currently renting a place 10 mins away from our new home.


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We were visiting our lot once a month (as construction hasn't started).

But once construction starts, we are hoping to visit it once or twice or even three times a week. Due to issues we have had with dirt/debris dumping recently, I can no longer just simply put my 'trust' in people as I have done so. All is fine now and the mountain of dirt has been removed. But just from that experience (even before construction), I would feel more relieved if we can see everything that goes on, on a regular basis especially with construction side of things, where I've heard some bad stories. Also having photo evidence of everything that goes on, on those visits, just in case anything goes amiss.


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we're going to be building on the same block we currently live on (as long as the council still agree in signing to what they said verbally)
so im going to be looking at it everyday
its going to be frustrating as it will feel like its going way too slow


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we are also living on the same block we are building on so I see if every day, which has been great, have been able to see alot of things like the cranes that I would otherwise have missed out on.

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It depended on the stage of the construction. We visited several times a week towards the end when there were a lot going on. For example electrician wanted to check with us about light points, power points, etc.
Before concrete, framing and brickwork it was once or two times a week to check on progress. We came across the carpenter and other tradies and would chat a bit with them.
When the frames were up we organised to have kitchen company to take measurements for the kitchen.

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tstr1a
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construction hasn't started yet so I visit my site one every two week.


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Daily... because i live 3 minutes away from it :z: This is during demolition. The 1 month wait for stuff to happen probably once a week. Once we start actually building, once a day again mehehe


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We go and visit once or twice a day. We live just down the street from our build so its great after a long day at work to drive and have a look to remind us why we are doing it :z:
Our updates from the builders are usually pointless as we know before them more often than not.

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we went once a month to mow when it was just a block and now that conctruction has started we go once a week. I would go every day if I could.

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Our builder started the excavations on our block today so as the block is less than 1 minute drive from where we are renting I think it will be a daily visit on the way home from work from here on in.


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Hi there,
I visited every day, sometimes twice and reported anything that was wrong straight away (with photos). I was also reminded about of the clause in the contract but they never enforced it.
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I visit mine every day as I only live down the street. Rather than being excited about it, it just frustrates me to see how slowly it is going, particularly when I see the builders (same company) working on all the other houses in our street and then it rains on the days they are supposed to be working on ours and we fall further and further behind.

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Sir Snagger
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So I visit nearly every day when I'm at home (so up to 5 days in a row out of 14), and get updates from the folks when I'm away. However, I've gone for 8 days now with no contact at all about progress (besides a call from the electricians about what they're going to do) cos the folks are in NZ and nobody else has cause to drive past that way. Hopefully it will mean good viewing when I get back tomorrow night!

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KevinG78
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I go when i have free time


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we just come from ours,its wet!!!!!!


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I go past everyday. I too also get frustrated as to how slowly some things progress. This week down pipes had been placed onto the bricks but there still not connected to the storm water pipes. My place is like a mud/clay wrestling pit.

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When we built, we moved a grand distance of 300m from our old place! ::hyst::

Needless to say we had a look most days. But we never encroached while there was something going on there, without permission.

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Now that construction has started - a couple of times a week (during lunch breaks - 2 mins away from my work!) as well as on the weekend with the kids :)

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