Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 04, 2009 4:08 pm I was suppossed to have my initial inspection done on 3rd April but then it was moved indefinitely because according to Simonds, the supplier of their vanity basins are facing some delays, thus Simonds is unable to do the plumbing fit off.
We've chosen the overbench basin from Caroma/Stylus - http://www.stylus.com.au/default.asp?pa ... t&id=12311 . I called the supplier Hardings myself and they can't give a definite date as to when the stocks will arrive. Now I'm thinking of sourcing the basins (just 2 of them anyway) from other suppliers or just buy a similar one and then give it Simonds so as not to incur any more delays with the house. They can just give me what I have chosen when it arrives from their supplier and maybe I'll be able to sell them off. This would be better I guess than to wait for something which I don't know when will it arrive, and continue wasting money down the drain each week with the rent I'm paying. Has anyone experienced the same issue and have done what I think of doing? Re: Vanity Basins supplier delays 2Apr 04, 2009 7:33 pm Caroma/Stylus are horrendous when it comes to supply issues. One style we used to use regularly has currently been unavailable for 8 months now. We were constantly told 4 weeks over and over, until I went to our state levels head office and demanded more info. I got some bull about the kilns in china. Still doesn't take 8 months. There are other options of very similar versions of that basin. To make things easier, ask your cabinet maker the maximum diameter you can allow and see if you can get something else to fit. For supply issues like this I always contact my builders and let them know what the problem is and offer an alternative. Depends on the builder, there are some out there who point blank refuse alternatives no matter how long the wait. Possumchops Now the proud owner of 3.7acres of Serenity. Colour selection completed! Soon to go to council. Re: Vanity Basins supplier delays 3Apr 04, 2009 8:14 pm I have the same problem as well waiting for the Caroma Cosmo Above Counter. the builder said that ti sout of stock and asked if we will wait. We rang Caroma and they said that there is nothing for the enxt 6 months. So we change to a differnt mdoel and the builder recost and now they are installed. We have to pay a few hundred dollars to upgrade. But that is beeter than delay and pay more interest to the bank. behw Re: Vanity Basins supplier delays 4Apr 04, 2009 9:24 pm our builder includes the cosmo as the upgraded basin type as well, we're a few months off needing them but if they are taking 6 months to turn up that might bite us when we get there hope you sort something out Blog - http://snakedr.blogspot.com/ Build Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=12084&p=307406#p307406 Status - PCI 15/10. Things nearly done. Re: Vanity Basins supplier delays 5Apr 05, 2009 8:33 am Thanks for all your replies. I will contact my builder tomorrow and ask if they can install our own basin or if we can upgrade to something better, we don't care as long as there'll be no more delays in the construction. What I'm furious about is that Simonds didn't offer any alternative. They just told us that there's a major supplier delay and that's it. What's that suppossed to mean, just let us wait 'til next Christmas or whenever the supplies come? Re: Simonds - Vanity Basins supplier delays 6Apr 05, 2009 10:52 am Oh no - this is the exact same as what I picked with Simonds... They start plaster this week so lets hoope they come in to stock soon. danceswwolves I will contact my builder tomorrow and ask if they can install our own basin or if we can upgrade to something better Re: Simonds - Vanity Basins supplier delays 7Apr 06, 2009 7:24 pm Cosmo above counter is Caromas biggest let down. A nice basin, popular, can't get it. Don't even get it specified because there is no guarantee you will see it at all. You can get a similar look with Imperial, I think it was. As for the Stylus one, it looks very much like the Leda vasque from Caroma. Don't know how supply is on it though sorry. Possumchops Now the proud owner of 3.7acres of Serenity. Colour selection completed! Soon to go to council. Re: Simonds - Vanity Basins supplier delays 8Apr 08, 2009 7:56 am After a furious exchange of e-mails with my CSO and after discussing the issue with the Site Supervisor the vanity basins have finally been installed. The issue was escalated to the Construction Manager and they managed to get stocks from a different supplier with ours getting high priority. I guess it should since we are almost a week delayed from the original PCI date and the unavailability of the basins are holding off the plumbing fit offs. Props and kudos to Simonds for a job well done and for making this happen in a short span of time. It went to the point when I was suggesting that I supply them similar basins (from Caroma) but this wasn't needed after all. 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