Browse Forums Building A New House Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1223Nov 06, 2017 7:16 pm I think the driveway needs to be free. Seems like the only fair compromise. Considering if you tell them to rip it up then they will be forking out for another driveway anyway. Just my 2 cents Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1225Nov 06, 2017 8:39 pm Sarah159 I think the driveway needs to be free. Seems like the only fair compromise. Considering if you tell them to rip it up then they will be forking out for another driveway anyway. Just my 2 cents Totally agree, but their cost price will be less than we paid so not sure what to expect. Although removing the concrete will add to their costs as well. It's just so frustrating that it has happened at all. They have also mentioned potentially more concrete as compensation, which might be handy. We are unsure what we want to do with the back landscaping and planned to live in it for a bit before we made any decisions. I want concrete on the dead side, hubby would prefer pavers and stones. He would like concrete outside the laundry, I would prefer pavers with a small grass in between so It's a bit softer feeling. We agreed on everything for the house (except fan colour) it seems we're not on the same page for landscaping . Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1226Nov 06, 2017 8:43 pm aloenyx You definitely have. From experience, don't let it go if it will bother you. Hubby is already regretting telling them they could leave the porch ceiling. It seemed like the most reasonable thing to let slide since it's not something you have to look at, but it really is a dogs breakfast and it bugs us that a chippy ever thought that it was satisfactory workmanship. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1227Nov 08, 2017 7:43 pm So we got a phone call this afternoon to say that some manager way up somewhere, has decided that we will only be happy if they rip the driveway up and redo it in the correct colour! WTF! So much for options. We are actually quite happy (pending paint colour) and if they want to talk about us not being happy they can start with the real problems, like the tapering capping, the d0dgy bath fix, the insulation, the patchy dark mortar, the no. of paint coats etc etc! Our fear is that whilst they did a good job this time, they may not next time. We might be tearing up a perfectly good driveway just to replace it with a d0dgy one. Can you tell how burnt I am by cr@ppy trades and poor workmanship?!
Apparently this is happening next week and the house won't even be painted until mid next week (not sure what happened to late this week for painting!). That said I don't think they have a clue what is going on. We were told that painters hadn't started fixing defects, yet I saw them working there today . The robe people are supposedly done except the linen, they're not. And the site clean was meant to happen today but the guy was only there today taking his 'what needs to be done' photos. Our inspections have been done and the house has a very mild case of blue dots. Apparently the report is 10 pages long, I'm guessing that is meant to impress us and make us think they are doing a thorough job . Should be a lot worse. I can see many, many painting defects that haven't been marked. Angry day all around. Landlord giving us grief again, dobbed her into the agent this time, I've had enough of being pressured. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1228Nov 08, 2017 7:49 pm We had a single coat of paint on the rendered pillars, they won't do the second coat until the driveway is complete- because they make a mess when they do it.. Wonder if they are just waiting for it to get done properly before doing the painting. I feel sorry that your having such a bad experience! Maybe instead of 'fixing the defects' they should just paint that extra layer of paint for you. What else do you have left to do besides the paint and driveway? Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1229Nov 08, 2017 7:53 pm Princesssarrah06 We had a single coat of paint on the rendered pillars, they won't do the second coat until the driveway is complete- because they make a mess when they do it.. Wonder if they are just waiting for it to get done properly before doing the painting. I feel sorry that your having such a bad experience! Maybe instead of 'fixing the defects' they should just paint that extra layer of paint for you. What else do you have left to do besides the paint and driveway? Just all the stuff from the robe people. Mirrors, backsplash, shower screens and linens. Oh and site clean. Still no PCI date but he thinks week after next. We have 2 and a bit weeks left on the contract. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1230Nov 08, 2017 8:01 pm Oh wow. I kind of want to say you should be happy they are being so decisive about fixing the problem, but I agree with you, its probably the one issue you could negotiate on. And I would be a little bit worried about the impact of them tearing it up and relaying it too *fingers crossed* I'm hoping it all goes well for you and you end up with the driveway you wanted. I'm so hoping your in by Xmas... but ... eeeee.. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1231Nov 08, 2017 8:08 pm aloenyx Oh wow. I kind of want to say you should be happy they are being so decisive about fixing the problem, but I agree with you, its probably the one issue you could negotiate on. And I would be a little bit worried about the impact of them tearing it up and relaying it too *fingers crossed* I'm hoping it all goes well for you and you end up with the driveway you wanted. I'm so hoping your in by Xmas... but ... eeeee.. Yes on one hand it is good that we don't have to make a decision, but from "we'll get back to you with options" to "it's booked to be ripped up" was a bit of a shock. This feels awfully similar to the capping issue. We were given options then they turned around and just did the one option we said a clear NO to without any further consultation. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway 😞 1233Nov 09, 2017 11:28 am trimum Oh no I really feel for you, sorry you are going through so much stress when this should be such an exciting time. Thanks. I agree there should be excitement, but I certainly aren't feeling it. I hope things will change when I'm in, but at the moment I'm not feeling any love towards the house. Hubby keeps showing it off to people, raving about how good the colours have worked out, I'm just not feeling it. It's not that I don't like what we've done, I'm just over it. I have so much anger in me now I can't visit it without ranting and raving about issues. I have to visit though because I don't trust them. Watching what they are doing, I feel like they're rushing to finish by putting lipstick on the pig, in the hope we'll forget about the real issues. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway 😞 1234Nov 09, 2017 1:09 pm Nicer handles for the WIR drawers arrived! Couldn't for the life of me remember what I had ordered that could be so small and heavy. It felt like the postie handed me a bag of wet sand . These are the same as what is in the kitchen and bathrooms, just smaller. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1235Nov 09, 2017 2:42 pm Hopefully youll fall back in love with the house once you move in. Its a long and tiring process. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1236Nov 09, 2017 2:54 pm I can confirm the joy does come back when you move in. All the years of pain have faded for me. Im still grumpy with the builder, but happy with the house and my choices. Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway 😞 1237Nov 09, 2017 11:04 pm Caulking done today. Seems a bit premature given we don't even have a backsplash yet and presumably no shower screens or mirrors. Can't see any evidence on the ground of mortar being scraped out of the expansion joints prior to sealing . Fan has been left running for days and now the lights are on . Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Still no site clean. Can only assume this has been pushed back until after the second attempt on the driveway. I've been saying for a couple of months now that it will be the gas line that prevents us being in by Christmas. It was booked a couple of weeks ago now and as we all know if they show up and the site is a mess they'll leave and won't come back for a minimum of another 3 weeks. Still no new front door! That was meant to be delivered Monday. https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway 😞 1238Nov 11, 2017 11:15 am Driveway be gone! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Quite p1ssed off about the whole thing. I think what was there was perfectly fine. All we wanted was to see it with the house painted. The lack of communication on such a significant issue has been ridiculous. Redoing it may well cost us being in before Christmas because they won't clean the site for the gas line until after the drive is poured and presumably cured long enough that they can drive on it https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1239Nov 11, 2017 12:06 pm What a bugger. You've gotta wonder what they're thinking sometimes... Re: JG King modified Heywood - Driveway :-( 1240Nov 11, 2017 3:43 pm And of all the things they could have have kept as is they ripped it up without discussion! But I guess you could say that if you didn't like it with the paint colour that it has reduced the delay caused by leaving it a week or two. Just pretend it wasn't going to look any good that the colour would have been too white compared to the yellow driveway. Your original pick will look better. However I understand how your feeling about getting in before christmas and how close you are, so I hope the can still continue with the other things. Once its poured how long before they expose the aggregate, and why cannot they do the ground while its curing just obviously avoid driving on the driveway. Our driveway was poured yesterday, and I just imagined they would be doing site clean up outside this week and moving the dirt around the block straight away after the weekend. I would never build with Fowler homes. I built with them in 2021 and till date maintenance issues are pending. All their existing trades and businesses don't work with… 14 109781 1 10182 Hi, you've probably already resolved this, however, Commbank will probably pay the funds to you after you send evidence the work is done regardless the change in the quotes. 1 36618 |