Browse Forums Building A New House Re: How often do you visit your site? 641Mar 03, 2019 3:54 pm Our house has just started. Site scrape completed just this week. We are going there every day at the moment. Probably will stay that way, Re: How often do you visit your site? 642Mar 11, 2019 11:14 pm It depends really. Sometimes on a daily basis, sometimes would visit during and after the project is done. Re: How often do you visit your site? 644Mar 22, 2019 8:24 am guys we installed a camera on day and have been monitoring the site . We lived 40min away and it was next to impossible to visit regularly . After the installation , life became better at least we didn't have to guess if there was any work being done or not cuz there was not much communication with the SS. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: How often do you visit your site? 645Mar 24, 2019 6:23 pm dany guys we installed a camera on day and have been monitoring the site . We lived 40min away and it was next to impossible to visit regularly . After the installation , life became better at least we didn't have to guess if there was any work being done or not cuz there was not much communication with the SS. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Brilliant idea! I have a couple of questions: a) how do you connect to it and b) how do you stop it from getting stolen? is it discreetly placed/hidden? c) what brand/model is it? (would love one for our place, it's a 100+km round trip to go up to our block, only to find out nothing has happened!) Build insta: https://www.instagram.com/ourtreechangebuild/ Re: How often do you visit your site? 646Mar 25, 2019 10:39 am Mamz dany guys we installed a camera on day and have been monitoring the site . We lived 40min away and it was next to impossible to visit regularly . After the installation , life became better at least we didn't have to guess if there was any work being done or not cuz there was not much communication with the SS. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Brilliant idea! I have a couple of questions: a) how do you connect to it and b) how do you stop it from getting stolen? is it discreetly placed/hidden? c) what brand/model is it? (would love one for our place, it's a 100+km round trip to go up to our block, only to find out nothing has happened!) Hi , we got ourselves ' Arlo ' after researching cuz we needed something that will connect with a sim . So we got ' Arlo' from vodafone as they had a package deal . It costed around 900 if i remember correctly even though the camera itself is just 600 . If you have neighbors who can share their network that will work with most cameras and you wont need your own data package. it just screws on the fence which can be done by yourself. You can control motion detection , sound and pic all through your phone. It's quite obvious but if it gets stolen there is nothing you can do cuz the builder wont take the responsibility which is fair enough. its rain proof so it wont budge , also we used a solar panel that comes with it so you don't need a power source. let me tell you i had such a peace of mind , every day i would just turn on my phone see whats going on , take pics of the house. I did get permission from the SS before installing it. They had no issues with it. Re: How often do you visit your site? 647Mar 28, 2019 1:17 pm i have made a time lapse for the pictures taken - it's not yet finished but just a snapshot . Have a look https://dreamhomeinsydney.blogspot.com/2019/03/time-lapse-for-our-glendale.html Re: How often do you visit your site? 648May 02, 2019 11:42 am We live 5 mins away and I drive past each day as school drop off is 400m down the road. It has been handy to keep an eye on progress - especially when I got an email from our SS today saying 'roof is complete' and windows installed on lower level. I wrote back and said that when I drove past this morning, roof was only 1/2 finished and the guys were only just moving the windows out of the weather at front of block. Interesting when they try to tell you a stage is completed when you have seen first had it is not. I think I need to keep an eye on this SS Re: How often do you visit your site? 649Jul 05, 2019 1:41 pm Realistically I think it will continue to be once a month. We live an hour away. I think @dany's idea is a great one! I have heard one builder provides photos of their build- envious. Re: How often do you visit your site? 650Jul 05, 2019 4:45 pm brokenstick Agree completely, I regularly point out things as I see them. My SS has grumbled a little bit but I have explained to him the benefits to both of us - I would rather point out things now so that they can be fixed while the trades are there, rather than presenting a list at the end. There have been several examples where things have been easy to fix, but would be much harder at the end. Someone should create such a details list on this forum, it'd be very useful to every god darn one of us who is apprehensive about what the builder is doin. I'd visit every week, and more if time permits. Get as many photos you can and store them on google photos. At one point my SO was suggesting installing the security cams on the nearby trees to keep an eye out. Re: How often do you visit your site? 652Sep 18, 2019 2:23 pm We just started our build last week and turned up to watch the demolition! We'll probably visit the site once every few weeks to document the progress. Follow our project at https://the35thweek.blogspot.com/ Canberra knockdown rebuild https://the35thweek.blogspot.com Re: How often do you visit your site? 653Sep 18, 2019 2:47 pm We visit 1-2 times a day and pretty well every night, but only live 200m away so pretty easy to walk around to check progress.
We also have an awesome site supervisor and it’s been great to be able to raise any potential issues immediately, saves a lot of drama and disappointment later down the track. Re: How often do you visit your site? 654Sep 18, 2019 5:14 pm On my Metricon build, after the NSW Department of Fair Trading rectification order I visited my site roughly every week with the Metricon area building manager. BTW he was a good guy. He assisted me to check things like the floor levels, straightness of walls and ceilings, brickwork and concreting, roof plumbing etc This usually took about 1.5 - 2 hours, starting at 7am in the morning. I kept a spreadsheet (and dated photos) of the outstanding issues which was updated after each visit and shared with Metricon's senior management and NSWDFT by fax, post and email. Agree it’s better to raise issues as they arise however Metricon’s absence of a quality checking process during the building stages means they just push on regardless and issues are covered up or identified too late to be practically fixed. Their low cost business model does not support the high cost of a QA process during the build. Quality assurance is therefore up to the customer using a combination of professional private inspections, DIY inspections, and negotiating with them to get defects fixed, unfortunately. Re: How often do you visit your site? 655Oct 18, 2019 9:55 pm I go there quite often. We are at frame stage and it appears that our builder has arranged for delivery of aluminium doors and windows 4 weeks earlier than required. These are now in open exposed to natural elements. I am concerned that this might cause corrosion or withering. What could or should i do in your opinion. Re: How often do you visit your site? 656Oct 19, 2019 7:16 am Take dated photos and document this in a letter to the builder in case their is damage evident at PCI and you need to refer to them later as proof you advised them of your concerns that the windows and doors were not treated in accordance to the manufacturer’s installation instructions. Re: How often do you visit your site? 657Oct 19, 2019 10:07 pm We visit every day. mainly to check to make sure all the doors are locked up. even from the beginning of the build, we were there everyday. we currently live around 25km from the build. usual routine would be go to work, get home, go see the house and then come home to eat, sleep and repeat. its our second build, we did it for the first one as well. Gives us a chance to catch any possible issues too before they become major issues. Re: How often do you visit your site? 658Nov 26, 2019 7:44 am Just out of curiosity have any of you guys been warned by your builder not to enter the site via email? I must admit it was my own fault I went to look at the house on the weekend and took pics of some substandard work and emailed my S/S. IMO I'm doing him a favor by not using up his time, and the time his available is 6:30-2pm Mon-Fri which doesnt work for me as I'm at work myself... Re: How often do you visit your site? 659Nov 26, 2019 8:51 am ourrawsonbalmoral38 Just out of curiosity have any of you guys been warned by your builder not to enter the site via email? I must admit it was my own fault I went to look at the house on the weekend and took pics of some substandard work and emailed my S/S. IMO I'm doing him a favor by not using up his time, and the time his available is 6:30-2pm Mon-Fri which doesnt work for me as I'm at work myself... I visited the site daily after work, any thing seem wrong I asked builder and get it rectify. I am building with custom builder. May be they don’t want you to see underneath the house skin on thing they want to hide from you !! Re: How often do you visit your site? 660Nov 26, 2019 9:05 am Sanders2 ourrawsonbalmoral38 Just out of curiosity have any of you guys been warned by your builder not to enter the site via email? I must admit it was my own fault I went to look at the house on the weekend and took pics of some substandard work and emailed my S/S. IMO I'm doing him a favor by not using up his time, and the time his available is 6:30-2pm Mon-Fri which doesnt work for me as I'm at work myself... I visited the site daily after work, any thing seem wrong I asked builder and get it rectify. I am building with custom builder. May be they don’t want you to see underneath the house skin on thing they want to hide from you !! Yeah I think my S/S is getting narky with me perhaps highlighting issues as I see them and emailing him. He's not going to be happy with the building inspection report with a list of defects that need fixing.. 9 25342 In Victoria you cannot put a caveat on arising from a domestic building contract. 65 112947 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 40875 |