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Hi All,

Things are still crawling along onsite but no word about rescheduled PCI dates. Communication is virtually non existent, although our new BC seems quite good.

The temporary fencing, site toilet and rubbish cage have been taken away from site, which is kind of good as it feels like the end is close, but now trades have thrown their lunch rubbish in the yard and our 'Respect the Dream' fence banner has been literally dumped in the dirt in the middle of the front yard, graffitied and has a trail of painty water all over it. It's almost amusing..

We have a few jobs yet to go - they do seem to be working through them, though the pace is extremely excruciatingly slow.. although that may be more my excitement and impatience.

- render to front pillars
- put in wall mounted taps to ensuite, as ones chosen couldn't be fitted. Ended up with a good wall tap compromise
- fix up tiling around new taps
- taps to ensuite shower seem to be MIA
- finish garage roof and downpipes
- install the splashback, which was scheduled I think for last Monday, then this Monday, and still hasn't happened
- install remaining retaining wall sections
- hook up ag pipe behind retaining walls to stormwater
- clean brickwork to the side of the garage
- resolve LPOD issue (it was installed in the wrong spot)
- fix fences
- fix footpath/street tree.

For anyone who has done a KDR where there was damage to fences and or footpath - how has this been resolved?

Oh, and on a positive note, I think things have been somewhat slightly smoothed over with my neighbours and their car. I still owe them a bottle of scotch though I think.

Crossover repair is mostly on owner even if they destroy it beyond recognition. There were a few cracks on pavement prior to pd starting and they won't repair those sections of crossover even if destroyed excessively beyond it. So ours was not great at start and now is fully destroyed. We have to pay about a quarter of repair costs.

PD won't repair existing damage. My advice would be to extend your asset protection to at least the end of build. PD will fix their damage and you can get their concreter to repair the others out of your expense. He'll work out cheaper since PD is already paying him to be there.

Also, if you are doing any major landscaping after build that needs heavy machinery in, it will be better to extend your asset protection to cover that period too as your footpath could get damaged again. So basically the idea is to defer the repair as long as you can.

Cheers Sandy45 and Sliick. I just spoke to the council and they're extending it, pretty much for as long as I want, because as you say Sliik, they'll be landscaping work to be done afterwards.

Hi Joea, thank you for your kind comments I am committed to helping where I can . I am sorry to hear that your BC communication has not been great, please don't hesitate to PM if you have any outstanding queries at all, during what I hope is an exciting time with settlement approaching . Regards, Joanne.

No worries Joanne. I'm only stating facts

Thank you for your support as always. I will be sure to contact you if I don't receive any feedback. For now I will give our BC sometime as I understand she is overloaded.

Very exciting. We cannot wait to get a hold of our new home keys!

We have used New Home Inspections for all of our inspections (Slab, Frame, Pre Plaster and PCI). They are awesome. Picked up some items not corrected from last inspection at PCI which are now rectified. Pleasure to deal with! Highly Recommended. Nothing is an issue (even having to change to PCI inspection last minute due to date change was no trouble).

We have used Darren Love from Darbecca, and have been more than happy with him, his attitude, his reports, and most importantly, his relationship with our SS.