Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 07, 2016 11:36 am Hi, just wondering... how often do other people contact their SS? Does your SS ever contact you to give you updates, etc (apart from the PCI appointment booking, etc)? Our build seems to be moving slowly at the moment and whilst I know it will all get done eventually I would like to know what is going on when nothing happens for a week at a time (for example) for no apparent reason. At this stage it feels like I am calling him at least weekly..... I don't want to annoy him or put him offside (our conversations to date have always been civil and friendly though).... what are other people doing in relation to contact with their SS? What is 'normal'?.... My blog: tashandpaul.wordpress.com Re: How often do you contact your SS? 2Apr 07, 2016 12:53 pm Our SS calls us every Monday after lunch to give us an update on what to expect that week etc. He didn't call this week but that's because we are still in the middle of bricks so there wouldn't be anything he needed to update us on.
I think a weekly update is not too much to ask. That being said last time we built we only heard from our SS if there was a problem! How often do you contact your SS? 4Apr 07, 2016 4:00 pm I agree with you tashpaul! 100% how I feel at the moment. Even if nothing is happening that week a phone call goes a long way and I actually feel much happier just having been contacted. To this point basically all contact has been initiated by me and due to the many issues we have had in not entirely happy about that. I do feel like a pain in the butt but at the same time I want to know what's going on (especially as it will be near impossible to meet PCI date now- I want to know they are trying to catch up). I'm going to tell my SS I would like a weekly update and would be happy to phone him weekly if that's easier for him than making a note to call me each week. Maybe you could position something similar with your SS. Also from what i understand head office actually expects them to make contact weekly M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 How often do you contact your SS? 5Apr 07, 2016 4:35 pm I contact ours like hardly ever and he rarely contacts us unless to tell us a change. Though the build is running a lot quicker than yours. There's basically someone there everyday. Re: How often do you contact your SS? 6Apr 07, 2016 7:28 pm I'm yet to meet my SS and I'm at roof cover stage. I do however receive fortnightly updates from my CLO which is great. As good as it would be, I would imagine it may be asking a bit much for an SS to provide a weekly update as many of them are managing 30+ houses at a time so that would be half a day spent making phone calls every week! My build with FHBD viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78344 Re: How often do you contact your SS? 7Apr 08, 2016 7:06 am We get weekly updates. But our initial meet with him he told us whats happeing on what days right up to slab being poured and hes stuck to his word Re: How often do you contact your SS? 8Apr 08, 2016 10:15 am Thanks everyone - I did speak to him yesterday and he apologised for the delays and said it 'should be' all systems go from now on - if that is the case I won't need to ring him anyway.... fingers crossed!! My blog: tashandpaul.wordpress.com Re: How often do you contact your SS? 9Apr 08, 2016 2:25 pm The best chance of achieving a quality build is to have the right relationship with your Site Supervisor including letting them know you are interested. Some more thoughts at this link http://anewhouse.com.au/2012/01/working ... upervisor/ The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: How often do you contact your SS? 10Apr 08, 2016 4:09 pm Thanks Bashworth, I think I have a fairly good 'relationship' with our SS, we get along fine, I was really just wanting confirmation that I wasn't the only one expecting to be kept up to date etc, or calling the SS weekly My blog: tashandpaul.wordpress.com Re: How often do you contact your SS? 11Apr 08, 2016 10:58 pm We ph our supervisior when ever we want to know anything, if he doesn't answer he always returns our call within an hour. Re: How often do you contact your SS? 12Apr 09, 2016 8:12 am We visited the site regularly, we let our SS know we only needed to be contacted if there was an issue, and we only contacted him if there was an issue. We didn't need to be told bricking/tiling/kitchen etc was started when we could see it happening. We'll be the same heading into this build. I'd much rather my SS concentrate on the build than concentrate on telling me about the build. Re: How often do you contact your SS? 13May 19, 2016 1:40 pm I agree with you Frye but when you don't see anything happening it is hard not to call to find out why! We have been having independent inspections done too so I often need to talk to him about things raised in the inspections. My blog: tashandpaul.wordpress.com How often do you contact your SS? 15Jun 14, 2016 7:31 am We get an email from our SS every Friday that gives an overview of what happened in the week just gone and what's planned for the week ahead. Apart from that, I've called or emailed him a few times and he's called or emailed me a few times. We're at bricks and we haven't met yet. http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=82770&p=1531839#p1531839 9 24816 In Victoria you cannot put a caveat on arising from a domestic building contract. 65 112447 We are at the stage on our build in Kilcoy, Queensland where we need to get our fencing installed but we cant get any contact details for our neighbours to give them… 0 6172 |