Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Mar 24, 2008 6:44 am Seems to me I made a tremendous mistake not referring to these online communities prior to handling over the building of my second floor. Its sort of a major renovation actually which involves 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and am modifying the paints the floors and also the electrical arrangements. The contractor who has been assigned the job is taking too long it seems and I am clueless how long this would ply. Tell me mates on average how long should this take? My total area covered is 1200 sq. ft. Re: Building woes 2Mar 24, 2008 7:16 am Let that be a lesson to all those that are not aware of the forum yet - make sure you refer to the forum before doing anything. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Building woes 3Mar 24, 2008 7:48 pm The building game sure is a difficult one. As consumers we are expected to know so much ( and needless to say we are not the experts ) and there is less responbility on the builders. If they were true professionals we would have far less empty promises..
I hope this is not too harsh … I am sure there are other wonderful builders who do work without defects, on time and deliver on all promises. Did you have a contract and if so what is the finish date? What reasons has the contractor given for these delays? Casa2 you are absolutely right.!! Raz If you think you can, you can. Re: Building woes 4Mar 24, 2008 9:13 pm I wouldn't waste my time replying to this user, they are some type of spammer ... not sure what for, but a user with the same name asked a similar question yesterday on another forum I am a member of. I thought this was strange so I then googled the username to see that they've posted different versions of the story on around 10-15 forums around the world! I'm not sure what the real story is???? Thanks for your reply. I will just wait and see I guess. Trying to get some more information from our builder. 9 30236 go upvc window frames ensure insulation under colorbond. not just sarking, lighter color roof also not sure if you have seen this viewtopic.php?t=5823 last couple of pages… 4 110524 |