i really need to vent right now and know im not alone in a nightmare build!
so i signed for my land in october 09, titles were delayed 3months, so they finally came out in may 2010 (should have been feb)
signed house december 09 with the worlds laziest rep (was told house should be done by december 10 but blew out to jan/feb 11 due to title delay and will take 6month build time). finance was all approved in january 2010. prestart march 2010
had lots of problems at prestart for things we had requested months earlier (december 09) and organised on the plan and costed and then the builder claiming we had to pay more: for example my roller door was upgraded from day 1 to be cedar look but my rep didnt write that down on the sheet at the time i pointed that out and his answer to the many errors he made was that will be fixed in prestart. not impressed and not paying for something i have actually already paid for. lucky for me i was very through with emails so i had a solid paper trial of the laziness that was happening.
i call the building company the day titles are out to let them know and tell them to make sure plans are in at council that day or the following (also emailed as a paper trail is vital) and on settlement day so they are fully up to date. i spoke to them weeks earlier and told them to make sure everything possible was done due to the land title release to reduce any further delays.
i after patiently waiting nearly 2 months i decided to ring council as it was nearing the 'long council approval time'. i and am told by council... plans are not yet approved so i checked what date they were lodged and guess what.... 3 days earlier!!
council takes 4 weeks which is fine very happy with that. I coincidentally call them for an update the day they were approved, so i call and email the builder so they can get organised asap.
Then 3 weeks later I ring for an update and im told its in prescheduling the preschelduling i was told was done in march straight after prestart, to reduce anymore delays) and will be another couple of weeks.
after this wait i get an email (reply after my enquiry) that everything is done and will have a slab in 3.5weeks worst case scenario (beginnning of august).
at about the 2.5 weeks stage i get a call from the admin manager that i need to see her. No probs go in that day and she explains that my prestart lady resigned so she is sorting out final stuff and just need to double check a few things from prescheduling prior to starting.........this is about the time i loose it totally because it is clear there will be no slab the following week. so after a long discussion about the continual rocket i have had to put up my reps arse im told mid septmber (or course worst case scenario end of) will have a slab. Things were brought up for example the telstra velocity package i had included in dec 09 is not offered in my release....its taken them 10months to tell me that, they should have know that months ago!
guess what nearing mid september now and i dont even have a site scrape. i ring the company today as i still havent been told ANY dates of anything to do with actually building my house.
i feel totally disheartened ive had all my stuff organised early. there are people in my release that have roofs. all my neighbours pretty much at the very least have slabs and bricks coming anyday.
please tell me in not the only one that is practically going backwards. i really wish i went with another building company
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