Hi all,
What I am about to say is in no way an attack against our building company as they have acknowledged the faults and are rectifying the issues in a courteous and very professional manner.
What this post is about is to highlight the importance of using an independant building consultant like Kevin McDonald of New Home Inspections, he is worth his weight in gold.
He just completed our pre-handover inspection and found a number of walls were warped, insulation issues, scratches in windows, roof tile issues and a number of other small issues. (All getting fixed which is great)
What he did comment on was the quality of mortar between our bricks. Thanks Kev!! Our SS offered a mortar test and the results in........it FAILED.
Now we have two choices, render or pull all the bricks down and start again...on a house that was due for hand over in three days!!
Kev was right on the money, well done Kev and thankyou for your service to my wife and I as well as a lot of other members on this site.
If we did not use Kev we would have accepted the house as it is as we know no better.
People, use Kev...yes he is busy, yes he is hard to get hold of sometimes and yes he sometimes answers emails late...but trust me he is worth the wait.
Thnx Kev.....and also a big thnx to our building group who as I have mentioned are being extremely professional and rectifying our issues in a timely and professional manner.
Things like this happen, tradies make mistakes, that's why getting an independant inspection is so important.
New Home Inspections
0421646611
97738165
kevin@newhomeinspections.com.au
www.newhomeinspections.com.au
Regards,
Izzys123