Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Found out raised bathroom at completion stage. 15Apr 19, 2021 6:30 pm Many companies including builders pay online freelancers and template based review writing services for 'packages' of 5 star reviews. These are usually pretty easy to identify. 'Verified customer' assurance is misleading. Aggregate '4.8' scores are therefore irrelevant. The 1 and 2 star reviews are more likely to be genuine (though not always) because no one is paying for them! Re: Found out raised bathroom at completion stage. 16Apr 20, 2021 8:48 am Kippers01 Many companies including builders pay online freelancers and template based review writing services for 'packages' of 5 star reviews. These are usually pretty easy to identify. 'Verified customer' assurance is misleading. Aggregate '4.8' scores are therefore irrelevant. The 1 and 2 star reviews are more likely to be genuine (though not always) because no one is paying for them! Yes this is a big and organised industry these days which means that we can't trust most on line reviews. Might be worthy of a brand new thread. Re: Found out raised bathroom at completion stage. 17Apr 20, 2021 9:51 am i always look at reviews most people will post if unhappy, some will post if happy if too many positive i assume they are false and wont deal with that company especially every review 4 star or higher, i dont believe that i have tried to leave negative reviews and many sites wont accept them Re: Found out raised bathroom at completion stage. 18Apr 20, 2021 2:48 pm doro, what do your plans and elevations say about FFL - Finished Floor Level? If only one level is notated on the plans then that should be the finished level for ALL rooms whether it is carpet, tile or timber. Any variation in the final floor heights, then that should have been on the original drawings. If not, then they haven't built it to the plans. Stewie Re: Found out raised bathroom at completion stage. 19Apr 20, 2021 3:45 pm Stewie. FFL denotes top of concrete any carpet, tiles or flooring is in top of the FFL. What you want to see is a note on the plan specifying a recessed slab in the wet areas with a detail in the plans. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Found out raised bathroom at completion stage. 20Apr 20, 2021 8:14 pm Must be my Kiwi heritage! FFL was always finished floor level that you walk on, not what is under it. I've specified the FFL of our lounge at RL 53830 which is top of the 19mm timber floorboards , which are on 50mm hardwood battens. That's close to 70mm difference. The FFFL of the tiled bathroom and laundry, plus bedroom downstairs are also at RL 53830. A seamless transition from timber floorboards to tiles to carpet - all at the same finished level. Underneath that though the concrete slab is three different heights for those given floor finishes. Stewie The significant date is when receive final payment invoice Check that section of contract Bit of fluff by builders prior to that 1 15837 Like I said the Occupancy Certificate is not the tollgate that marks the completion of the house. The contract defines… 7 10710 Not unless you have managed to put it as a special condition into the contract somehow. 1 6150 |