Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 9Jul 06, 2007 10:51 am We have both been fortunate to have flexible work hours. never had to take a whole day off. we also divided the roles. He stayed longer for the electrical visit and I stayed longer for the colour selection visit. The most annoying thing was the electrical where the lady ran 30 min late to start us and then rushed and rushed and was not happy as she ran into the next client's time... cant they provide a better information brochure beforhand? or at least have 30 min of backup time... as everywhere... overwork.. underpay... and expect productivity...
vp Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 10Jul 06, 2007 11:32 am We only had two of those 4 hour meetings. (Colour selection and electrical appointment) The rest was done either after hours or early in the morning.
So we've only had to take 2 half days off prior to commencing building. Currently Building in Bayside (Brighton East) Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 11Jul 06, 2007 11:43 am We did all selections on Saturdays. The builder came to our house on many occasions to discuss things, at a time that suited us. I did have to go see the builder's cabinet maker on a weekday (just because I'm so fussy) and the builder came to pick me up & drove me there. I think taxi fees are included in our final price Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 12Jul 06, 2007 12:07 pm Vlad76 We only had two of those 4 hour meetings. (Colour selection and electrical appointment) The rest was done either after hours or early in the morning. So we've only had to take 2 half days off prior to commencing building. Same! We had a tender that took 3 hours 9:00-12:00 and a colour appointment that took 4 hours 8:30 to 12:30. The contract and tenders were worked out via 100's of emails prior to arriving at the appointments. The contract signing was at 8:00 in the morning and lasted 45 mins! The guys at Carlisle Homes made this a really smooth process... Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 13Jul 06, 2007 1:17 pm As the builder's workers can only do their work during their normal working hours, so I don't think there's any other option for this...
Cheers Allan http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/ Current stage: old house demolished, contract signed, fence ready, waiting for excavation to start... Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 14Jul 06, 2007 3:34 pm Funny though - the SALES people are available on the weekend! Once they've got you....
Imagine how we felt after taking time off work for Tender Appointment, Colour appointment, electrical, tiling.... only to pull the pin on the project. It wasn't a complete waste - we will go with similar colour scheme once we decide on what we want, and it was a pretty good learning exercise. Perry Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 15Jul 06, 2007 5:33 pm perryr Funny though - the SALES people are available on the weekend! Once they've got you.... Imagine how we felt after taking time off work for Tender Appointment, Colour appointment, electrical, tiling.... only to pull the pin on the project. It wasn't a complete waste - we will go with similar colour scheme once we decide on what we want, and it was a pretty good learning exercise. Perry Yep, that's it. Make the sales people available on weekends to get your business and then switch everything to weekdays to make it difficult for you to take your time with selections and hurry the process to signing you up. And you think that's bad enough, once you've signed they don't want to know you ... except for progress payments. If a builder can offer real customer service they will get alot of business, which I would say is essential in the eastern states if you want to survive. Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 16Jul 06, 2007 6:52 pm i like the sound of mek's builder. We will do that next time.
I agree that there isn't really another option - things must be done during the week, but surely better coordination with timing etc could cut down the number of days required??? We always preplan and discuss options before we go to any meeting so they never last more than 60mins. There should be a short meeting time on offer for those that are prepared and longer times for those that have more questions/decisions etc. Then EVERYONE would be happy Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 17Jul 06, 2007 7:17 pm Homebuyers Centre were really good, the finance and sales people are available 24 hours 7 days and they really are very flexiable with appointment times. I think it was easier for us as well though as we bothe work shift work jobs full time. selection process 18Jul 07, 2007 1:07 am be good if the display homes had a display of all the different arrray of tiles colours ect (that you would normally see at their selection centres) you would get a better idea of what everything would look like. pick there. save a lot of time and travelling . i think ive seen this done before Re: Time off work for Builder meetings 19Jul 07, 2007 8:26 am I saw this done at a Kitome display during the week. Seems to be a good idea, although having the Rumpus Room stuffed full of bricks and tiles does take something away from the overall look of the home. Hi folks, Victoria resident here. I've submitted my owner builder application to the VBA. I thought I'd share my experience so far. I submitted my application… 0 6173 Block of two storey townhouses requires painting on the roof. A brick parapet wall separates each unit and extends above the tiled roof. The parapet walls require sealing… 0 2818 I posted the floorplan on Houzz.com forum and got some really good ideas and advice from people there. Then we reached out to a couple of renovation companies and one… 5 6759 |