Browse Forums Building A New House Re: House of horrors - Kek's Bridgeport 35 - ALL MOVED IN! 9Nov 19, 2008 8:45 am Everything I know, I learned from SBS. LATEST: Frame Complete http://metricon-mercer.livejournal.com Re: House of horrors - Kek's Bridgeport 35 - ALL MOVED IN! 18Nov 20, 2008 9:59 am Everything I know, I learned from SBS. LATEST: Frame Complete http://metricon-mercer.livejournal.com Re: House of horrors - Kek's Bridgeport 35 - ALL MOVED IN! 20Nov 20, 2008 4:29 pm Our PCI went well. There are still a lot of outstanding items, but most are minor - small paint/plaster damage, a couple of crooked door handles, door seals damaged on our bifolds, stuff like that. And of the not-so-minor stuff, there's nothing new - it's all been previously raised and undertakings have been given to fix everything. Materials have been ordered and trades booked, so we're hopeful of completing handover next Friday.
Our major issues are: 1. A thorough roof service needs to be carried out. There are cracked tiles, tiles not seated right and some mis-matched cement. Oh, and two missing tiles at the front, where tiles meet steel deck behind a parapet wall. The gaps were "temporarily" covered by lead flashing around 7 or 8 months ago..... 2. Site clean. We were promised that large amounts of broken brick, small rocks and other rubble would be removed from the narrow side of the house. We were also promised that spilled concrete would be removed (not keen to start landscaping if we have to dig out big chunks of concrete that shouldn't be there). The guy came this morning, took away some rubbish and spread soil around the house - OVER the concrete and rubble. I don't think so.... 3. Some of the mortar is a bit crumbly (we think the brick cleaner got a bit over-enthusiastic) and in places our flush mortar isn't at all flush. Tradies are booked to tidy this up. 4. A couple of sections of fascia need replacing - long story, but this is the 4th or 5th go they've had at this. The supervisor from the company that supplies the fascia turned up while we were there and they've agreed to fix it. Again. I think that's it, apart from the other 40 or 50 minor bits and pieces. The house is covered in red dots now... The fence should be going up over the next week (developer does that), I have power and gas organised, floorboard and carpet layers are booked in, the concreter should be coming to give us a quote on our driveway tomorrow, and I just need to do something FAST about our blinds now. That's tomorrow's job. We've asked PD to hold off on installing our appliances till the floorboards are in - that'll save moving the free-standing stove and dishwasher around. I'm beginning to believe we might actually be moved in before Christmas. ETA is the 12th of December. All I want now is the keys and a big fat cheque for the rent compo. Joe, it depends on your certifier but we are noticing the ones we deal with are really cracking down. So i would recommend you follow your approved landscaping plans to… 4 11001 Hi Simeon, Thank you for laying it down for us. Makes sense. Appreciate it very much. Have a nice day. Cheers 2 9050 A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5846 |