Browse Forums Building A New House Re: shocking 3 year journey so far............can you top t 24Jan 23, 2012 3:10 pm For info on our build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=43093 Built the McLaren by Dechellis - slab down 22 Feb - handover 30 Aug 2011 - and gardens finished 9 Dec 2012!! Re: shocking 3 year journey so far............can you top t 30Nov 27, 2012 9:34 pm finn ....i "can't be ringing every 3-4 days".....only call because his set dates never materialise and it can't be blamed on the weather all the time-plus hubbie says if HE calls, he'll lose his rag. hahaha sounds familiar, I ignore this everytime it comes up, I just ring. He is your site manager and is there for you not the other way round. You have a concern you should just ring (this goes for anyone). I was told categorically that I should not ring and do you think i listen . finn the horrifying thing is, when we sneaked on site and walked around inside the frame, everything seemed miniscule. there is a huge deviation from the show home size and the size our home will be (about 20-25%) because the bloody council kept trimming off the size of the house for supposed boundary issues (when pre-existing boundaries weren't far off) and we just said yes to get it through out of sheer frustration. to see the practical impact is worrying. that was the mistake you made, i had similar issues and simply took on council after Clarendon simply gave up without even trying just accepted what council told them. Interesting that when i dealt with it that all issues of council were addressed and nothing was changed, although it took an extra month but that's nothing considering it is a home build. The OP has gone The latch and striker are definitely not aligned but there was no point trying to help the OP understand that. Hence the reason they are no longer with us. 12 5693 Any advice on how to ensure the kit home granny flat that im thinking of buying will get council approval. The kit home companys wont release plans without a deposit and… 0 7223 Your house roof does not show rusting other than some surface rust on the flashings. In my opinion you dont need to replace or paint the roof other than treat surface rust… 1 10229 |