So, where are you stuck at now everyone has closed for the Christmas break?
Our site has been cut for the slab and pegged... Now we wait! So frustrating to just get started then to have to stop!
Browse Forums Building A New House Re: The dreaded Christmas shutdown 6Dec 30, 2014 8:51 am Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: The dreaded Christmas shutdown 8Dec 30, 2014 9:39 am Thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=66299 Slab: 16/6/14 Frame: 4/7/14 Roof: 22/7/14 Lock Up: 20/8/14 Fixing: 26/8/14 PCI: 9/10/14 Handover: 20/10/14 Re: The dreaded Christmas shutdown 13Dec 30, 2014 6:31 pm Block work finished and solid filled, so trusses and framing to get started after the Xmas break. My builders do not start again until 12th January - all in the contract though Dale - Building Newbie Proserpine, QLD Re: The dreaded Christmas shutdown 14Dec 30, 2014 8:01 pm We were so close to the finish line and now the shutdown. All electrical finished so just the final fit out of shower screens and mirrors etc. its killing me as Ihave to drive past it every day in my way to work and its torture seeing it so close but now at standstill.... Re: The dreaded Christmas shutdown 15Dec 30, 2014 8:44 pm [quote="DonThom"]We were so close to the finish line and now the shutdown. All electrical finished so just the final fit out of shower screens and mirrors etc. its killing me as Ihave to drive past it every day in my way to work and its torture seeing it so close but now at standstill..../quote] Oh yeah that would be the worst. At least I still don't have the finish line in sight Re: The dreaded Christmas shutdown 18Dec 31, 2014 11:33 am It was not so long ago that the whole building industry shut down for 4 weeks over the Christmas break. Now it is much shorter. Builders work hard these days and they deserve a break. I wonder how many people posting comments here, are on leave at the moment? Having worked in the building industry (but not for many years now) it never ceases to amaze me that so many people have to have everything finished by Christmas and Easter. Re: The dreaded Christmas shutdown 19Dec 31, 2014 12:10 pm Adriang It was not so long ago that the whole building industry shut down for 4 weeks over the Christmas break. Now it is much shorter. Builders work hard these days and they deserve a break. I wonder how many people posting comments here, are on leave at the moment? Having worked in the building industry (but not for many years now) it never ceases to amaze me that so many people have to have everything finished by Christmas and Easter. Dangerous comment to make. I'm not whinging about the builders closing down over Christmas, far from it. Everyone deserves holidays and having built before, we know that the industry has always shut down at this time. My own whinge is that this is the 2nd shutdown we have faced. We aren't building the Taj, rather a 4x2 single storey in sunny Perth that we were promised by the builder would be our very own by this Christmas 'for sure, without a doubt' (their words, not ours). But due to their delays and poor management we are now experiencing a $15-20k blowout in out of pocket expenses and a 20 month wait for keys. I don't think anyone expects keys by Christmas or Easter. But they do expect honesty, integrity and commitment to customer service, something which many builders seem to lack at times. Re: The dreaded Christmas shutdown 20Dec 31, 2014 12:55 pm Marcia, Please explain why you are so upset with my general comments to come back with a personal attack by stating that they are "dangerous comments to make and very uneducated". I see that your post has now been edited to remove the "very uneducated" comment. Not sure who you're building with, but I moved in recently to a 11month scheduled, 8 month actual build on the South coast/Illawarra NSW 3 6110 |