Browse Forums Building A New House Re: My experience 11Apr 07, 2007 7:31 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: My experience 14Apr 07, 2007 10:04 pm Well , as I tried to explain in the first posting it's probably hard to see in the pictures , but in the first one , these black bricks like any other brick has front face and a back face , and also has a feature side and a non feature side , depending on the brick colour some are more notiable than others.
In this case the non feature side besides a diferent texture has a very distinguishable line, as I said in the pics bricks 3 and 4 from the right of the window. To put this in perspective would be like ****** floor tiles upside down, would be the correct material , in the proper spot , according to the specs , and installed with the proper glue , but up side down. So when you find in your there are ramdomly over 140 tiles in your floor upside down , the answer you get from the responsable of that( Metricons) is dont worry we'll paint the tiles and would look the same ! in the second photo , I'm not a brickie , but to use a little bit of comon sense if you have to paint the floor of a bedroom and you start from the door by the time you finish you will be trapped ! ! and I'm not a painter either , what i mean if you clean the exess of mortar as you put the brick on top and keep going in the same way up to the top huaaaa ! It's done , and I can undestand if you can wash the bricks after , but the excess of mortar and the lack of it in most of the rest of the wall is totally outside standars. Alex PC Re: My experience 15Apr 07, 2007 10:11 pm well to be may be a little bit more clear with the brick locations, are the ones at the bottom of the window (the ends) , if you compare the colour you'll see the ones with the line in brown insteed of totally black. The different texture can't be noticed in the photos. . . Alex PC Re: My experience 16Apr 07, 2007 10:20 pm Michelle I have a serious question; I know at times I may make jokes about things….. BUT…… Why are so many people choosing to build with projects companies and not private builders? Very curious…. Alex PC Re: My experience 17Jun 01, 2007 4:10 pm I am in the final stage of building with Metricon and have had numerous problems. I storngly suggest you make sure they start within 21 days (I didnt and they ended up starting more than 3 months after I signed the contract which in turned pushed the completion date back)
The other bit of advice - document everything - take photos, record who you spoke to what was said etc. It may become handy later in the project. Oh and when they inform you that something will be ready on a particular date ie "plastering will be in next week" dont expect it or add at least three weeks So far I havent been impressed with the qualtiy of the house, but will give them the benefit of the doubt and see how they go in the last couple of weeks (hopefully) The sad thing is the staff at Studio 501 were fantastic and very helpful, its a pity that so far the construction side has let Metricon down. In regards to why I went with a project builder as apposed to a private buidler? To be honest I made a msitake, I should have went with a private buidler considering the amount I have spent etc. I have several friends in the building industry and they also agree. I apologise for any confusion, but your understanding is correct. We approached our situation differently based on advice from… 11 53226 Hi All, I have been dealing with icare for insurance in completing our house after our original builder went bust. We have gotten to tender stage and one of the companies… 0 20796 11 41671 |