How did you go Sheridan did they get it all sorted out today for you. Looking forward to the pictures
Yes all sorted today. It was fairly clean and the cabinetry with black grout actually had the protective plastic on it... phew!
I didn't take many photos but have LOTS of notes on issues. Workmanship is excellent, tiling and carpet were excellent, plaster was great (only one room with a join mark which is being fixed).
The big let down was the paint job. Painters were lazy, clearly painted over the top of dust and grime, paint splashes everywhere, messy on the skirting. Some spots clearly didn't even have a second coat. Paint spray on the window frames and mechanisms. Paint brush hairs stuck on skirting. Doors with run marks everywhere and down the bottom, particularly the corners, most doors were warped at the bottom.
They are going to sand and repaint the entire skirting.
Key note there: spend as much time as you need analysing each wall, trim, door, window, etc. This was the biggest issue for us. Doors especially, something you look past until you move in and clean them then all those paint runs will *** you right off if you're a stickler for detail.
Cabinetry in the laundry, close to the floor has been wet and expanded. They are replacing those entire panels so that won't be fun for them. Also, a panel in the kitchen had scratches up the side, and the island bench had two big nicks out of the side panels (all caesarstone benches were in perfect condition. The only divet in one was where it will be covered with our ceramic cooktop, so not concerned about that one). Those panels with issues are all going to be replaced.
Carpet wasn't tucked under properly in our WIR and the home theatre but everywhere else was great.
I'd advise you don't get waffle print carpet if you're a bit OCD/perfectionist. It makes the edges of the room look a bit messy because of the pattern.
Walking into my ensuite I gasped with my literal jaw hanging open... they put the complete wrong feature tile in. I wanted coins, they put in hexy's. After my initial shock I just laughed about it and told the guy, tell the tilers I hope they have fun digging them out!!!!!
My ensuite:
Main bathroom:
(my husband chose the feature tile in here)
My lesson learnt from that: don't be polite and avoid site inspections to keep the build going!!!!! Have regular site inspections around each major milestone so that these things can be dealt with during the build. We were hoping to get our keys in the next few days and now we will need to wait another week for all of this work to be completed.
Edward took us through and he was super patient, pointing out things himself, and making sure we understood things clearly. He only disagreed with us on one or two points and was super respectful about it and explained his reasoning (based on the Aussie building code some were imperfections but not actually "defects").
Once we receive the keys we have a LOT of work to do... this is after our big storms the last two days!!!
Will take more photos once the house isn't covered in blue painters tape marking out defects lol