Browse Forums Building A New House Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1241Nov 11, 2017 3:46 pm Hubby has been reading your post as well.. he pointed out your garage inside has not been painted? Why didn't they paint that at the same time as the rest of the internal house? JG King modified Heywood - Driveway 😞 1242Nov 11, 2017 4:25 pm Lack of access will be our problem. They can only get out the back by going through the garage. And the site clean company have said they won't come until after the driveway is done.
The painters need the site cleaned before they can get their portable scaffold in and the gas guys won't have a bar of a messy site. So we're pretty much at a standstill. Hopefully it is poured Monday 🤞. The lead time was a lot longer first time around though, and they seemed unable to pinpoint a day when they would do it, they just show up any time after it is booked. The painting would already be done if they hadn't stopped because of the driveway. Site clean was booked for last Wednesday and painting late in the week. Based on our paint sample we were pretty confident it would have been fine, but they could have still ripped it up today if it wasn't. I'm just risk adverse. I could see the first one worked and was done well. Who knows what we'll get next time?! https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway 😞 1244Nov 11, 2017 7:22 pm aloenyx Gosh, what a mess!!! Don't you love how quick they ripped up the driveway, why can't they fix your other issues that quick!! Hope they redo it well. yep quickest they have done anything! https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway 😞 1245Nov 13, 2017 10:38 am Driveway take 2! Only time will tell. I hope they look after it in this heat. Imagine if they did everything this quickly! We would actually be in before the end of contract . Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Not sure how long until they will clean the site, no one seems to be communicating with us anymore. Didn't receive a response to our email to SS or CM last week. Last time it was poured on a Thursday and site clean was booked for the following Wednesday so I'm guessing up to week. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1246Nov 13, 2017 2:33 pm Princesssarrah06 Hubby has been reading your post as well.. he pointed out your garage inside has not been painted? Why didn't they paint that at the same time as the rest of the internal house? Sorry I missed this post earlier. Because there was a bit of frame missing above the door (didn't fit) when the plasterers came. So they plastered everywhere but that bit, then the painters came straight after and only painted the ceiling, presumably because there was some plaster missing. Or it may well have been deliberate, they do some funny things to try and avoid stuff being damaged. I tell you, our build has been a comedy! Now they need to paint carefully around the garage door . SS did mention trying to get them to come and paint just the bit around the door before it went on, but I don't think that happened. We still don't have a new front door because they wanted to leave it right until the end to avoid damage. It was supposed to come last Monday but I suspect he was working of standard delivery times from Bunnings, I think it's highly likely to be special order item. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway take 2! 1247Nov 13, 2017 8:04 pm Photos taken in the half dark of a half wet driveway so it's not much to go by. It's very speckly, quite a bit more white stone in it than the sample we chose from . When we first arrived about 6 the guy showed up to spray it, closely followed by our SS. Didn't get much useful info unfortunately, it was too hard talking over the top of the pressure sprayer, he was in full defensive mode anyway. He did say site clean would be Thursday/Friday. Managed to get through to him that the neighbours stuff on our site will prevent the gas as much our mess. First time we mentioned it, he denied it was a problem, second time he said he would take care of it, this time he could see the mess so he took down the guys phone number. He is the ultimate optimist, he is completely convinced the gas won't be an issue. We have about a week left on our 21 days and he is certain they won't turn up until day 21. We both got the vibe that he thinks he can convince them to come back sooner than another 21 days if we miss out, we know it doesn't work like that. Having been with jgking for far longer than him, we're realists, we know he can't pull off everything as quickly as he thinks. We think pre Christmas is still very much in doubt. He said the driveway hasn't delayed anything and yet every time we talk to him the dates for everything moves further and further back . The driveway is the right shape this time, although not dimensionally correct. We verbally told him the straight bit should be 1m and last week offered to send him the drawing we gave drafting. He declined saying that he would ask drafting what the length on the drawing was. Today he says there were no dimensions so the concretor had to guess . I think I nearly bit a hole in my tongue. Fortunately it's longer not shorter than we needed, so we can work with it. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway take 2! 1250Nov 13, 2017 8:52 pm This colour looks much nicer, and thankfully they didn't hold you up it. Finally something is semi going your way. Not to scare you, but how did they pour and expose it in one day? We had our driveway poured at 630am this morning, but they needed to wait for ours to set until tomorrow to expose. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway take 2! 1251Nov 13, 2017 9:42 pm Jacinta.C This colour looks much nicer, and thankfully they didn't hold you up it. Finally something is semi going your way. Not to scare you, but how did they pour and expose it in one day? We had our driveway poured at 630am this morning, but they needed to wait for ours to set until tomorrow to expose. I think it depends on the weather and which retarder they use. Last time they did it next day and the stuff they washed off the top was still sloppy days later, this time it was quite dry by tonight. We arrived a couple of minutes before the concretor did and I was concerned what it might be like by morning so I was happy when he turned up. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway take 2! 1252Nov 13, 2017 9:54 pm aloenyx Looks alright. I think the colour is better than the last one against your house. Can't believe they got it wrong again ;-; Yeah they're unbelievable! If he couldn't scale it off the drawing, surely he could have called us and asked! As long as the developer doesn't notice the discrepancy (unlikely) and use it as an excuse not to pay out, it'll be fine. Hubby is happy, he got a bit more driveway! https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway take 2! 1253Nov 14, 2017 8:38 am You really are having a run of bad luck with your builder/SS. At least the driveway is now closer to what you want. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway take 2! 1254Nov 14, 2017 9:49 am After being told yesterday that the linens would be painted soon, then the shelves could be done again, the robe people are there doing them today . I guess there is a chance they have been painted and he didn't know but I'm doubtful. Driveway this morning . I know I need to wait until it's dry. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway take 2! 1257Nov 14, 2017 7:14 pm How long does it take to dry? I'm sort of glad I lived a bit far from the house, I only saw it once every other weekend, so didn't have to wait for these things XDD Felt like magic!! Looks good so far.. but omg.. the linens *facepalm* Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway take 2! 1258Nov 14, 2017 8:25 pm aloenyx How long does it take to dry? I'm sort of glad I lived a bit far from the house, I only saw it once every other weekend, so didn't have to wait for these things XDD Felt like magic!! Looks good so far.. but omg.. the linens *facepalm* Not really sure, the alfresco slab was still getting lighter when the driveway was ripped up, but it is undercover. The last one lightened fairly dramatically over the first 3-4 days. So tonight the csr guy was there fixing the insulation. Picked a good day to be in a roof 🤦♀️. The clean up has begun! Fence and toilet is gone! Hopefully more will happen tomorrow before the rain. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hmm... looking very matchy matchy with the garage door. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 109686 1 10169 Hi, you've probably already resolved this, however, Commbank will probably pay the funds to you after you send evidence the work is done regardless the change in the quotes. 1 36595 |