Browse Forums Building A New House Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 2Jul 23, 2008 4:06 pm Seems to be an industry problem - shortage of brickies - and builders got a substantial payrise today - wonder if that gets passed on. You would think with the drop of new home building approvals - it would be going the other way. Hope they brick your house soon. Fi has moved in!! Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 3Jul 23, 2008 4:34 pm Yep, we had to wait for brickies - and I think the good ones are really in demand. I think you want a good one (I know I did!) because that's a major, and very visible part of your house! Solidarity, not solidity.......The Lexicon of Life Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 9Jul 23, 2008 7:36 pm Some friends of ours who are building with NB are still waiting for their brickie.....they've waited so long that the builder has gone ahead regardless and installed the kitchen etc, and the painting started this week!
Their house looks like a big green tent, poor buggers. Geoff - Decophile. Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 11Jul 23, 2008 8:05 pm Mozzie Just as well. From what I hear tradesmen in the building industry have been really hard up. Trades like plumbers, electricians and tilers are often lucky to be earning more than $90 an hour - poor buggers. It's a harsh world. Careful. If you think it's so easy and so lucrative, have a crack at it yourself. Geoff - Decophile. Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 13Jul 23, 2008 10:03 pm brittany At $90 an hour I'll have a crack at it - but not in the rain, or if its too hot, or too dusty or muddy .... But seriously though what a bugger, I would never have expected that such a big company would have trouble finding something as vital as bricklayers, glad they've managed to tee one up for you! Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 14Jul 23, 2008 10:18 pm it sounds just like our boral "preferred roof installer", who we paid initial deposit to on 19th april, did not finish our roof for 3 months cause they didnt have any or enough roof tilers
ps ...my DH is a bricklayer but v busy bricking up our house! Jo Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 15Jul 23, 2008 10:20 pm it sounds just like our boral "preferred roof installer", who we paid initial deposit to on 19th april, did not finish our roof for 3 months cause they didnt have any or enough roof tilers
ps ...my DH is a bricklayer but v busy bricking up our house! Jo Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 16Jul 23, 2008 10:20 pm it sounds just like our boral "preferred roof installer", who we paid initial deposit to on 19th april, did not finish our roof for 3 months cause they didnt have any or enough roof tilers
ps ...my DH is a bricklayer but v busy bricking up our house! Jo Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 17Jul 23, 2008 11:57 pm haywgl Yay I was going to suggest you give Rory the brickie from Big Brother a call Dang you bet me too it.... I was going to suggest Rory too. Re: No Brickies to build our house!! 18Jul 24, 2008 12:00 am monkeyupatree haywgl Yay I was going to suggest you give Rory the brickie from Big Brother a call Dang you bet me too it.... I was going to suggest Rory too. I've heard he's got plenty of experience in laying chicks.......err I mean bricks. 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 23758 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 17517 1 10478 |