Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Finally finished with Clarendon, 12 months! pics inside 7Dec 06, 2007 1:11 pm Gav & Vanessa Building In Melbourne (Sth East Suburbs) http://www.arkraider.blogspot.com/ Rawdon Hill Construction - Canterbury Heritage Re: Finally finished with Clarendon, 12 months! pics inside 18Dec 08, 2007 12:41 am congrats "worktime" you are surely living the dream now and are the envy of 90% of the people on the forum (me incl.)
My question is.... where did the time go... how did a 30 week build turn into 52 weeks. I know there are multiple answers to this question but what was the main delay, weather, contractors, clarendon, fittings after handover? Cheers... Re: Finally finished with Clarendon, 12 months! pics inside 19Dec 08, 2007 6:22 am I included approval time from council. Building started in Feb so it was about 8 months or so.
At the end of the day, the best way to get things moving forward is to KEEP NAGGING! Re: Finally finished with Clarendon, 12 months! pics inside 20Dec 08, 2007 9:04 am worktime 95% of the furniture is from Nick Scali www.nickscali.com.au (e.g. all the chairs, cupboards, glass table). They have really modern designs at a price that is much more affordable than Harvey Norman/Domayne. But beware, just like at most places you need to wait 1-2months before you get the furniture. Make sure you bargain hard as they gave me "HUGE" discounts! Their RRP prices on display is a lot different when you add 1-2 other items Hi worktime, your house looks fantastic! Just on the above note - for anyone considering Nick Scali furniture (and you have obviously had a better experience than us) DONT!! The quality and condidtion of the loungesuite we recieved from them was appalling, and the hassle it took to get a refund out of them was unbelieveable They were on today tonight repeatedly for a reason people - and I am the last person to pay much attention to the qualtiy current affairs on that program But on this occasion - they were spot on!! Cheers! Built Porter Davis "Dromana" 2007. This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 22034 interesting situation what happened after builder issued final invoice? did you list as defect or not does the building surveyor have any responsibility? ie. issuing… 13 39309 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi all, My neighbour has built his 15m long garage on our boundary. It was agreed as part of the planning permit that the wall must be in exposed recycled brick. For some… 0 7228 |