Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 361Oct 13, 2018 9:45 am Rectification started this week, the plumber has moved some of the external piping that wasn't to code (I had to cite which part before he was made to do it), and it appears that the painter has been back to make a start on the touch-ups. Not much to see though... Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 362Oct 16, 2018 9:08 pm Drew01 Renman Drew01 PCI is done and dusted. Most of the issues were paint related, however most of our windows need looking at sure to not being correctly made, and there being gaps - and subsequently the windows won't be waterproof... A bit disappointing given the windows were all serviced last week - and half of them didn't operate correctly today Should have keys in 2 weeks or so For us we have been told by the broker that our bank will do a final valuation. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=ht ... are_type=t Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 363Oct 17, 2018 12:31 am excited_builders Drew01 Renman [quote="Drew01"]PCI is done and dusted. Most of the issues were paint related, however most of our windows need looking at sure to not being correctly made, and there being gaps - and subsequently the windows won't be waterproof... A bit disappointing given the windows were all serviced last week - and half of them didn't operate correctly today Should have keys in 2 weeks or so For us we have been told by the broker that our bank will do a final valuation. [/quote] We're essentially paying cash, as we've already borrowed against the build, and will refinance as soon as we have the Certificate of Occupancy - the new bank is already ready to go. They want a bank cheque for final payment, but we're going to push for a bank transfer. Westpac do real time transfer to CBA now, so no big deal, and saves me having to go to the bank Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 364Oct 17, 2018 6:01 pm Drew01 excited_builders Drew01 [quote="Renman"][quote="Drew01"]PCI is done and dusted. Most of the issues were paint related, however most of our windows need looking at sure to not being correctly made, and there being gaps - and subsequently the windows won't be waterproof... A bit disappointing given the windows were all serviced last week - and half of them didn't operate correctly today Should have keys in 2 weeks or so For us we have been told by the broker that our bank will do a final valuation. [/quote] We're essentially paying cash, as we've already borrowed against the build, and will refinance as soon as we have the Certificate of Occupancy - the new bank is already ready to go. They want a bank cheque for final payment, but we're going to push for a bank transfer. Westpac do real time transfer to CBA now, so no big deal, and saves me having to go to the bank [/quote]Ok thanks Drew. Not sure what we will do. I thought cheque was better as u can hand it in only when everything is completed. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=ht ... are_type=t Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 365Oct 17, 2018 6:59 pm I guess it depends on your transfer limits... I can transfer significantly more than our final payment at the moment, figure it gives us a bit more leverage... Plus I don't see why I should have to pay for a bank cheque - this is the 21st century! On other news, looks like I'm going to be having back surgery a few weeks after we settle... How awesome... Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 366Oct 23, 2018 8:22 am Drew01 I guess it depends on your transfer limits... I can transfer significantly more than our final payment at the moment, figure it gives us a bit more leverage... Plus I don't see why I should have to pay for a bank cheque - this is the 21st century! On other news, looks like I'm going to be having back surgery a few weeks after we settle... How awesome... Hope your surgery goes well. Good luck! https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=ht ... are_type=t Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 367Oct 27, 2018 11:01 pm Spent the morning picking up some of the things we had in our old neighbours garage - fish tank, my mountain bike, compost bins. Then in the afternoon, put some frost film on the outside of our downstairs windows that overlook the neighbours garden so we can get our C of O on Monday. Discovered that the house was unlocked, and inspected the fixups post PCI. Some of the painting is appalling, and the kitchen bench join is completely unacceptable the way the stone guys have repaired the join. A few items to be fixed before final payment I think Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 368Oct 27, 2018 11:09 pm Hopefully you’ll be in soon. It’s been such a long road for you. I drove past last last week, looks great from the outside! You’ll be busy once you’ve got your keys Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 369Oct 28, 2018 12:20 am Saint Girl Hopefully you’ll be in soon. It’s been such a long road for you. I drove past last last week, looks great from the outside! You’ll be busy once you’ve got your keys Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 370Nov 05, 2018 8:31 pm Have spent 2 days clearing our back yard... Forgot to take a before photo, but here's how it looks now. Lots of capeweed and milk thistles... Got a big cage trailer full of rubble, branches, weeds, etc to take to the tip tomorrow. Reckon we can use the bins to get the rest done now... Tomorrow is moving 2500-3000 odd bricks about 3 metres, as we originally stacked them right in the middle of where we want our garage to be... Made a good fist of it today, but want the slate clear when we finally get OP and handover. We've escalated the mixed communication from our BSC to the regional manager, as we feel we've been done over and need to rebook 4-5 trades and our removalists as a result Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 371Nov 05, 2018 8:33 pm Are you getting stuffed around with handover too? Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 372Nov 05, 2018 8:57 pm blackcat20 Are you getting stuffed around with handover too? And our BSC never answers her phone, nor returns a phone call, but she can reply to an email when she'd be answering the phone... It's terrible customer service Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 373Nov 05, 2018 9:02 pm They really do fall over at the end.... Shouldn't things like privacy film have been required at the start rather than added at the end? We're at six weeks since PCI and still don't have handover locked in despite the fact everything is done. If it's not this week im going to explode. Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 374Nov 05, 2018 9:52 pm Drew01 blackcat20 Are you getting stuffed around with handover too? And our BSC never answers her phone, nor returns a phone call, but she can reply to an email when she'd be answering the phone... It's terrible customer service On another note, when you finally move in, let me know if you need any local tips...sporting clubs for your kids, best coffee, gym, doctors etc Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 375Nov 06, 2018 12:31 am Saint Girl Drew01 blackcat20 Are you getting stuffed around with handover too? And our BSC never answers her phone, nor returns a phone call, but she can reply to an email when she'd be answering the phone... It's terrible customer service On another note, when you finally move in, let me know if you need any local tips...sporting clubs for your kids, best coffee, gym, doctors etc If you see our cars in the driveway, feel free to drop in and say hello... Our kids love dogs, and would think Frazer is great... Already joined Mordy nippers, and found some decent coffee (not in our street) Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 376Nov 07, 2018 5:28 pm Drew01 blackcat20 Are you getting stuffed around with handover too? And our BSC never answers her phone, nor returns a phone call, but she can reply to an email when she'd be answering the phone... It's terrible customer service https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=ht ... are_type=t Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 377Nov 14, 2018 9:14 pm excited_builders Drew01 blackcat20 Are you getting stuffed around with handover too? And our BSC never answers her phone, nor returns a phone call, but she can reply to an email when she'd be answering the phone... It's terrible customer service https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=ht ... are_type=t https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?url=ht ... are_type=t Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 378Nov 14, 2018 11:03 pm I spent today labouring with the fencer, clearing the line and digging post holes. With any luck handover on Friday, and we've had it confirmed the locks will be broken on Friday so the builders keys will no longer work Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 379Nov 15, 2018 8:54 am Drew01 I spent today labouring with the fencer, clearing the line and digging post holes. With any luck handover on Friday, and we've had it confirmed the locks will be broken on Friday so the builders keys will no longer work Fingers crossed for you! Re: Building Bayside : Our Glendale 45 380Nov 15, 2018 9:10 am blackcat20 Drew01 I spent today labouring with the fencer, clearing the line and digging post holes. With any luck handover on Friday, and we've had it confirmed the locks will be broken on Friday so the builders keys will no longer work Fingers crossed for you! And I've got the removalists booked for the 23rd, so I need to get the tiler in Our Bayside KDR Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78298 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 14674 "Losers" "humanity" "off time" "your" "top notch" "love symbol" Sounds like ponzo is done using other people's toilets 37 14043 |