Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 07, 2009 7:05 am The worst part by far was waiting for the finance approval. It's completely out of your hands, and is the most stressful feeling. Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 2Nov 07, 2009 7:49 am The finance part was the best part for me. I had the best broker doing mine - my cousin! She had everything organised and sent from the bank all within 2 weeks. Had full approval within 3 weeks! Awesome!!! Worst part.... the bl**dy waiting and the having to chase information all the time. But the thing that really annoys me is not getting phone calls and emails returned!!! I'm at day 26 after plans were signed and I still have no action at my block, which isn't what I was told. I was suppose to have a slab by now Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 3Nov 07, 2009 7:55 am All the signing of documents, we could have walked away then, in the year 2009 there shouldn't be so much paperwork! Other than that probably waiting to move in when it's almost finished, our house is pretty much finished minus door handles, taps and little things like that, we're still at least 3 weeks away! Ben Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 4Nov 07, 2009 8:03 am By far, the worst thing for us was the incompetent broker we were dealing with and finances! Nightmare! Building Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=13002 Site start: 8th July 2009 Handover: 11/12/2009! 5 months total build time. 40 sqs of luxuary...Bliss! Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 5Nov 07, 2009 8:11 am When the tradies don't turn up day after day after day and you have no idea why then the builder says they will be there tomorrow...but they don't turn up tomorrow either Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 6Nov 07, 2009 8:30 am Definitely the waiting ....combined with the lack of communication (from developer, builder and everyone else ) it's enough to drive you to drink. Delay should be a four-letter word. Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 8Nov 07, 2009 10:43 am waiting, waiting, waiting....for head office to finalise paperwork, fix errors, waiting weeks for an appointment...blah,blah We settled on a house design and paid deposit in July & we are only signing the contract next week! (4 months ) Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 9Nov 07, 2009 11:02 am ...choosing colours, bricks, etc. ahhh and then having second thoughts on what you have finalised. Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 10Nov 07, 2009 11:19 am The worst part is the waiting. A close second was the waiting for finance to be approved. Longest couple of months of my life!! viewtopic.php?f=31&t=22766 - my build thread! Time waits for no man. Unless that man is Chuck Norris. Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 11Nov 07, 2009 11:28 am Dollar ...choosing colours, bricks, etc. ahhh and then having second thoughts on what you have finalised. Oh Dollar....yep spot on!!! I would actually have to say I think my colour selection stuff (and the constant second thoughts) was more stressful than the waiting lol Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 12Nov 07, 2009 11:36 am I know Frogger. Early on I was having nightmares about bricks as well, what colours, how will it be done and so on. We are actually having 3 different brick colours for the facade. Sounds very weird I know...even the colour of water tanks you need to think about. Definitely the colours for me! Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 13Nov 07, 2009 11:39 am the waiting.. especially when things are delivered and then they sit. or when one stage is finished and you are waiting, waiting, waiting for the next stage to start... Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 14Nov 07, 2009 12:09 pm The tender presenter was the most terrible part of the process so far. The lady would never return a call, did not read my questions/requests on full, providing wrong answers to questions we did not ask and so on (e.g. we asked to have a sliding door between the master bedroom and the bed 5 (nursery) and in response we receive an amended plan where no sliding doors appear in between but the entry door to the bed 5 becomes sliding -- and there at least 10 of such misses). This resulted in a huge delay -- we engaged them in October and we were at the Council in Feb or March... The finance was an easy part -- the broker was a bit slowish however, he managed to convince the bank to agree on 15% deposit without the LMI. However, it turned to be a claptrap -- the valuation on the intended construction came much lower that it should have been so... guess who will need to cover that difference.. the worst thing of that is that considering the initial low finance requirement I decided to finalise my post-grad and some of you might know that the final year at the AGSM does not come quite cheap So it added a bit stretch on our budget and more planning to our spending, forgetting about any holidays, travel or spending spree and so on. ... built a Promenade with Clarendon. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=25104 20-10-09 - excavation and piering completed ... 12-04-10 - Basins fixed. Connecting to the electrical grid 23-04-10 - PCI 07-05-10 - HANDOVER! Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 15Nov 07, 2009 1:40 pm Same here Rowena. We paid deposit first week of August. Only signing contracts today. Not to mention Keystart. Sent them all our bank statements and they question the internet transfer of money into another account. Dah!!! If they had looked properly they would know that we pay off our credit card between accounts. Same bank too!! This delayed us by nearly two weeks. I know they have a lot of work due to the 21k FHOG ending Sept. 30, but that is no excuse for incompetence. Building with Commodore Homes Revolution in Hocking Pre-start 17th December Slab down 5th March 2010 Bricks done 10th April Walls plastered 20th May 2010 Lock up 3rd June 2010 My building thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=30812 Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 16Nov 07, 2009 2:01 pm Definitely WAITING as others have said. Deadlocks between the builder, the bank manager and the bank head office, with much to-ing and fro-ing and a week or more between every baby step as they all take forever to get back to eachother. "Now, supposing a house to have a southern aspect, sunshine during winter will steal in under the verandah, but in summer, when the sun traverses a path right over our heads, the roof will afford an agreeable shade, will it not?" -- Socrates, ca. 400 BC Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 17Nov 07, 2009 4:07 pm It's funny how most people said the finance approval. I work in lending finance with a major bank and my colleague did my loan (I can't do my own....unfortunately!!!). If you have the right person who knows what they are doing it should be a breeze. I find the hardest part leaving the house when you have been for a sticky. Waiting to actually move in and get on with it. That is when the fun starts Harribeka Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 18Nov 07, 2009 5:36 pm My bank manager has been awesome, always answers my phone calls and emails, lets me just drop in anytime with no appointment, has tried every which way with me to get us the best possible way of financing this build (since we were refinancing then buying land, then selling house, then building house - ARGH!) She has been awesome but its still really stressful and frightening almost waiting for that final approval The worst thing - settling on a design I like only to find my block couldn't accomodate it by .5m the night before contract signing Although we have a better design now anyway so it has worked out for the best, but stopped me from sleeping in the interim Caz & Co ALL MOVED IN!! Now comes all the hard work-decorating.... [b]Blog: http://cazoraz.blogspot.com/ Settling in Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=36993 Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 19Nov 07, 2009 5:53 pm The worst part for me was noticing the mistakes and stressing if the builder is going to fix them. Generally everything has been fixed so far, but my SS never actually tells me if things are going to be corrected. Currently my brand new wet area floor tiles have been badly scratched by workers books, due to lack of care and protection, and I think they need to be replaced. So I will have to wait and see if they fix this. Thats the worst part of building for me. Re: What is the WORST Part of the whole Building Process ? 20Nov 07, 2009 6:30 pm harribeka It's funny how most people said the finance approval. I work in lending finance with a major bank and my colleague did my loan If your department is interested in what to avoid doing, does your bank -- Allow bank managers to work part time, time-share? -- Not allow customers to change branches even when they move to their new town 30 mins drive away? -- Have bank managers that insist on customers driving over to meet in person for what could be done by phone and email? -- Have bank managers that are micromanaged by head office and/or so unsure of the whole process they need to consult head office for every tiny detail? -- Have a head office that takes days to respond, which balloons to weeks given the part-time schedule of the bank manager? Our bank manager is a lovely lady who really tries hard, but far out it has been frustrating at times!!! 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