Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 81Jun 22, 2015 8:49 pm Oh ya, didn't get a chance to snap more photos because we had to find a shelter every 5 mins. LOL. But we will have plenty of chances now anyway due to delay. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 82Jun 22, 2015 11:23 pm 8 weeks is a long wait for bricks to be up! We were already feeling uncomfortable when our stretched to 5 weeks (or 30 working days), including 4 days of wet weather. I hope that our builds get back on track soon... Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 83Jun 23, 2015 9:41 am Edited because I'm a bit daft....! Sofia you really are getting stuffed around by the sound of it. The difference between a good SS and a not-so-good SS is mainly in their ability to schedule all the trades, to be on site frequently and to be thorough enough to pick up on things early. A change in SS is never good for the client. I'm going back a few pages of your thread to read what else I've missed. I'm really sorry you're having a bad experience I have only recently learnt what a different SS can be like (the gutter issue). I really wish you had our SS but he only works up this way. Keeping my fingers, toes, arms, legs and eyes crossed that the pace picks up for you and any problems are quickly resolved. Yanchep build with Dreamstart Homes ____________________________________________________________ Our build thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73323 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 84Jun 23, 2015 3:05 pm Okay I've read your thread fully now and think I'm up to speed. Yep, you're not having good luck at the moment. It sux, totally agree. While driving between Yanchep and Butler over the past months I've noticed some new houses going up in Trinity/Alkimos area (near mrs terry I think?) and I've frequently admired them from a distance. Then, coming home very late on one of my nights painting the walls, I noticed flood lights on in one of those houses and glimpsed a tradesman working. In the middle of the night! And I think it was also a weekend! And that's when it hit me... These houses are going up at a rate of knots and appear high spec. They are display homes. Lo and behold this weekend a huge H for Homebuyers was erected on the roof of one. So at the time I thought to myself "I'm glad I'm not waiting on a tradesman while a new display home is being built by DS in my area." Which is why I thought I'd ask you Sofia, are DS building one in Wellard or nearby to you? It might explain why your job isn't getting priority...? Inexcusable of course. But a possible explanation perhaps? Yanchep build with Dreamstart Homes ____________________________________________________________ Our build thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73323 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 85Jun 23, 2015 3:19 pm I am not sure if a display home is being built at the moment. Houses of Homebuyers, affordable living and Aussie Living are going up VERY fast in our area. Other than JJ house is going on full speed, the rest of us seem to wait on trade to rotate the job from X house down the street to Y house. They just seem to do a bit here and there for several houses at once rather than finishing one house in one day before moving to the next. That would be more efficient but obviously they aren't doing it that way for some of the trades. The delay this time is due to manufacturer. Yup, not trade. You were just padding my back saying the delay of brickwork will give them time to get all the materials ready. And this is what happens. This is poorly managed. We did have a change in SS after the slab went down but that was at the early stage. I didn't think it would affect anything. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-roof delayed :( 86Jun 25, 2015 7:11 pm Finally, we some photos. The back side of the house. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The front. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 87Jun 25, 2015 7:26 pm Update: we had a site meeting, mainly to address the insulation issue. Yes, it is a mistake and they will fix it. This is good news. The *blessing* of having non-filled perpends so we could shine our flashlight into every external wall to confirm there isn't any. With this stuff up, it really makes me wonder how many other stuff they have missed and is no longer visible to us. eg: termite barrier. We were told at the prestart that we need it for the store and paid extra for it but it isn't in the engineering drawing. The drawing only shows the garage area. Ha..i should have quizzed the SS where they have put it in. I also just found out from the drawing that that we need to have the chemical termite spray just before the garage grano goes in. I think this one would be another missed because SS has no clue at all we aren't doing the grano through them. We couldn't have them to include it in our contract due to soakwell. Anyway, now i know why the office isnt willing to give out the engineering drawings etc in case dealing with people like us who really care the house is built to spec. Council said we owned the documents so gave us a copy. We won't have found out the insulation mistake if we haven't read the energy rating report. So....question to you all. See picture below. We have a wall in the living room which was constructed in two stages. The back side of the facebrick is garage. The fastwall is a standalone wall with nothing behind it. I am still a bit confused how they secure two different set of walls together. We were told that they would put in joints between the two walls on the "surface" before the plaster goes on. I dont think i misinterpreted it because even hubby mentioned we should witness the joints are there before the plaster goes on after the site meeting last time. But when i asked again yesterday seeing nothing has been done, we were told that there are wall ties between them. Puzzled. When we checked it one weekend, the garage wall was finished and the standalone wall wasn't there. We clearly didn't see any wall tie coming out of the bed joints of the facebrick. Can they somehow add them when they construct that standalone wall? We aren't going to fuss about this because there is a roof beam sitting on top which will stabilise the wall. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 88Jun 25, 2015 8:02 pm And another good news is that the roof tile delay issue has been solved. Due to many complaints, the manufacturer is giving us an alternative roof tile which will be delivered early next week and hopefully we aren't short of trade this time! Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 89Jun 25, 2015 8:39 pm Congrats on solving the issue with the tiles, sofia14, hope they get onto the roof soon for you. Our Build Thread: The "Extended" Marina by Visionone Homes Our Inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright | Houzz Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 90Jun 25, 2015 9:47 pm Thanks, hootie. The office has handled this one well so now the SS needs to get his tradies to start working on it. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 91Jun 27, 2015 11:59 pm Sofia I'm very glad that they've come up with a solution for the roof tiles and that they'll be adding insulation - what a good thing that you're keeping an eagle eye on your own build! I can't help re the wall ties sorry Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 92Jul 09, 2015 8:46 am That's great news Sofia!!! What was the delay in the first place- colour related?! When discussing the Aussie Living house next door to us that is sitting idle for so long our SS commented that he'd lose his job if he was in charge of it. The SS's have so many jobs on their caseload, like 50+, so they're always keen to offload jobs by finishing them quickly. If everything is in good supply, including tradesmen, hopefully it will speed up now Sofia. I will keep everything crossed for you that you get to JJ's stage quickly!!! Yanchep build with Dreamstart Homes ____________________________________________________________ Our build thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73323 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 93Jul 09, 2015 10:23 am I was told that it isn't color related. The manufacture can't keep up with the production because perth has been raining in the past few weeks. They offer us a completely different type of tiles in the end. I don't understand why an order isn't put in earlier on when we were waiting the brickwork to finish. eg: I am sure that the carpet order has been in because we received a phone call from carpet call soon after the prestart. Anyway, I am amazed how quickly the roof tiles got done. They did it in one day! Grey float supposes to finish this week. I hope to see some progress this weekend. Photos to come. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 94Jul 09, 2015 10:56 am sofia14 So....question to you all. See picture below. We have a wall in the living room which was constructed in two stages. The back side of the facebrick is garage. The fastwall is a standalone wall with nothing behind it. I am still a bit confused how they secure two different set of walls together. We were told that they would put in joints between the two walls on the "surface" before the plaster goes on. Technically, it is a weak spot for out of plane bending and it may crack along the line, so the brickwork should have been toothed in or at least wall ties added? on the other hand it appears one part of the brickwork is carried around the corner, hence stiffening the wall in which case no toothing but should have wire ties. Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 95Jul 09, 2015 6:39 pm I'd only assume wall ties have been added to join the bricks? We had something similar in our house and they used ties Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--the up side 96Jul 09, 2015 7:11 pm @kron: We were told two different answers on two separated meetings. A wall tie was explained to us at the second meeting. They built that standalone wall last and we certainly didn't see any wall tie on the bed joints of that facebrick wall when it was done. I didn't take a photo of it so who knows. Maybe they added the wall tie later when they started the brick for that standalone wall. Not going to fuss something that we can't prove. We will just see if it cracks more often down the road. If so, they will have to fix it under structural warranty. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes--roof 97Jul 12, 2015 2:01 pm After a month since the roof frame was finished, we finally have a roof. Sort of....I am amazed how fast they work on the roof. Literally, a day. In principle, if the scheduling is good, progress can be made quickly. It is a hit and miss so far. CLO has been very good at communicating with us except it is always ahead of the actual work being done. It gets us excited only to be disappointed to find out it is lagging behind when we go and look everytime. Back side of the house. The DS house next to us in this picture is already at lock up stage.... Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I was told that they will come back to do the last bit on the roof early this week. It looks like they didn't. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Grey float! They did this in a week. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ What's next??? Hope we aren't waiting for trade or material again. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-- roof 99Jul 12, 2015 2:28 pm kron: you beat me to it when i was editing. 3.5 months since slab down, and a month since the roof frame was finished, it is about time to have a roof. Not quite finished yet, though. Timeline: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=76782 Re: Build @wellard with Dreamstart homes-- roof 100Jul 13, 2015 6:08 am It is starting to resemble a house, sofia, I'm very envious of the tiles! Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17618 3 48402 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74716 |