Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3244Jun 05, 2013 3:09 pm Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3246Jun 05, 2013 5:00 pm Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3247Jun 05, 2013 6:02 pm Our bubble wrap stayed until PCI but that may have been because our cleaner was too lazy to take it off.. I was glad because the tradies all used our bench for everything My very first blog http://benham33.blogspot.com.au/ Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3248Jun 05, 2013 6:17 pm Definitely agree with Jen - my daily mood was defined by whether someone was at the house working. And yes at this stage I feel like all the frustration was worth it. We are so close, our SS has been amazing & our house is everything we planned it to be! Building Stroud 30 in Lake Macquarie Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3249Jun 05, 2013 9:14 pm No pegs yet and no contact from the SS yet. My CSO got a very disgruntled call from me this afternoon and surprise surprise I didn't have my call returned.. Not really enjoying being in no mans land with no action and no one contacting me. At this slow rate - I'll be lucky to be in my new home by 2015. Absolutely useless.. Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3250Jun 05, 2013 9:51 pm Munchi I think you need to find out if your SS has been given your file yet. The SS meeting is Wednesday at head office so your SS might have only received your file today. With us, I was told by our CSO that the SS was being given the file the week before it actually was. My SS who will also be yours, rung the same day he got the file. Pegs were a further 9 days. I know it feels like everything takes forever, but it will happen. Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3251Jun 05, 2013 10:08 pm Yeah I got told that he had the file last Wednesday - he obviously doesn't. I was also told pegs would be done within the week - week was up today. Just really over the broken promises. I just want my house finished. The coal industry is really volatile at the moment and I really don't want to lose my job mid-build or something. I just want this all over as fast as I can and the "I'm so busy" slow attitude is really starting o annoy me. I wonder if these people would like it if it was their home and the paper work took 9 months. I mean, it's a project home for gods sake - not the Eiffel Tower! I'm sure I'll feel better once we get some action but it just feels like this stupid process is never going to end! Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3252Jun 05, 2013 11:12 pm Munchi- Completely understand your pain, it is very frustrating when things don't happen. We didnt hear from our SS for about 2 weeks after he supposedly got our file. I'd say that he didnt have it when I was told he did. Who knows?? Fingers crossed you get some action soon. Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3253Jun 05, 2013 11:52 pm munchi, I feel your pain ... these project bods really have to manage expectation a LOT better. Things really aren't that bad; it's just you get told "it's all happening fastfastfast" when the reality is they don't know & the culture is apparently just to placate the customer for now. And as for the rest of you - shame! This thread dropped off Page 1 of the subforum for more than a few hours today ... you obviously don't understand, I have to live vicariously through your progress - especially when I'm only doing documentation at work!! Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3254Jun 06, 2013 6:42 am I agree Jen your moods are dictated by the build and that is why I had to restrict myself from going to it to a couple of times a week. Munchi you are so close and hopefully your SS received your file yesterday and you get a call today. This happened to us and my CSO went on leave & all we wanted was that call from our SS so I had to ring & complain and then Craig (I think he is the manager of the CSO's) called & gave me our SS name & number and our SS called that afternoon. By this point you don't want to be waiting any more days you just want to see those little yellow pegs and get started! I saw our SS yesterday (he has 3 R builds in the street behind me) & he is not doing our area anymore as they had to get a new SS as he had 30 builds & obviously he can't do that many at once. It's good news for everyone as R have acknowledged that they need extra staff for the extra builds they sold that I don't think they expected as it happened so quick for them, especially in our area. It would have been good if they had of employed more people in their office as maybe they would not have taken so long to do simple drawing changes etc. and the whole long drawn out admin process. We finally had our dishwasher installed yesterday & I was home when they did it. I was talking to them & looking over it & noticed a giant, deep scratch that ran the whole height of the door. When I noticed it they tried to tell me that the plastic was still on. I said no its not and grabbed a dish cloth to see if it was glue and that's when I realised that I could put my whole finger nail in the scratch. They kept saying they didn't see it but even someone with bad eyesight would have seen it! Obviously they did it while they were getting the package off & wanted to get out of here before I noticed it. I thought they seemed to be in a rush & not even explain anything to me!!! I had to then ask them if they were going to call someone or did they want me to & they then volunteered to call their boss. I can accept mistakes are made but if I wasn't home I wonder if the company would have tried to blame me!! Anyway I have my dishwasher now so I am happy and they can sort out what they are going to do. We got a Westinghouse one & I used it last night & it's so quiet and worked really well. I am so happy with the appliances especially the touch screen oven (which was not an upgrade). It's taken a while to work it out but it's great once you get the hang of it! Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3255Jun 06, 2013 9:53 am Hi Mel C, Looks like you were lucky that you were there when they installed the dishwasher. Besides that how are you enjoying the new house? Also, did you have B for your SS? We have him on our build and found him really easy to deal with. I always try not bother him too much as I know he's busy but he insists it's no trouble. Noticed our first small issue with the build last night. We had ordered a window splash back that was 3.4 metres long and in all the drawings this was one piece of glass. When we were there last night we could see the window had a join right in the middle. I'll give the SS a call later and hopefully he'll be able to sort it out. Cheers B & K Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3256Jun 06, 2013 9:59 am I think the problem is that these CSOs just make up stuff ALL THE TIME. At the end of the day, if you spent less time telling me misthruths and more time doing the job I'd be a lot happier and they wouldn't have to "fight fires" all day.. I got a response from my CSO this morning saying that the SS got my file yesterday and that pegging takes 2 weeks. That's pretty interesting since he told me last wednesday that the SS had my file and that site would be pegged within the week. Fairly sure I didn't just dream that he said that... Hopefully I get a call from the SS before the week is out. Hubby is working away at the moment and he'll be home tuesday so we're keen to have a face to face with the SS before hubby disappears for work again. MelC good to hear that R have finally started hiring more people. Perhaps they shouldn't have taken on so many builds if they were understaffed in the first place though... Greedy. That's so annoying about your dishwasher too and totally unacceptable that they pretended they couldn't see the scratch while you were standing right there! I'd still call their boss if I were you and let them know. You've spent alot of money on your house and you deserve it to be done well - even down to the dishwasher! Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3257Jun 06, 2013 10:23 am Hi Munchi, We had the same issue with the file going to the SS. Basically if they say it's been handed over any other day then Tuesday, then it hasn't happened. Ours was meant to be handed over 2 weeks prior to when it did, I ended up having to call Craig to make sure it happened. You'll be surprised how quickly it all happens once it does start though. Are you still in your 20 days since singing the contract and getting the letter from the bank? Cheers B&K Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3258Jun 06, 2013 10:53 am Munchi our CSO did e same thing and then we were told that it would be express posted to him and it was only when I kept pestering that I was told that it hadn't gone at all. All the peg outs are done by a Sydney company and this took us awhile. Once it gets going, the admin stress will melt away. Glass splashback measured this morning. Still not sure whether we are going to go with glass, caesarstone or tiles. I will see the cost of the caesarstone and glass and then decide. We also had the blinds measured up this morning. Going in this afternoon to see the range and decide what we want and find out how much it will cost. Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3259Jun 06, 2013 1:23 pm I've never quite worked-out who the CSO (I presume Customer Service Officer) is ... is that another name for the salesperson? Or is it someone you get passed onto when you're passed the tender & acceptance process and have signed the contract - they're supposed to be your contact? Are they supposed to be the single point-of-contact; ie. you shouldn't need to hassle your Site Supervisor? Re: Our Benham 33 journey 3260Jun 06, 2013 2:40 pm Forg CSO is customer service officer. You are assigned a CSO when you pay your tender acceptance fee. They look after you until you start to build. Once you start building everything is through the SS and you don't speak to your CSO anymore Modified Fernside 38 Rawson Homes Blog: http://www.thehousethatmatandjenbuilt.blogspot.com Build Thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=60501 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 4075 of course there are legal avenues. You've already mentioned it. Sue them. I find it odd that lawyers wouldnt be willing to take on the case, given CCT evidence and… 1 14682 "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 37 14045 |