Browse Forums Building A New House Re: How often do you visit your site? 601Oct 13, 2017 9:32 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: How often do you visit your site? 617Apr 14, 2018 2:09 pm About once a week, but there have been times where I've not looked for a few weeks, mainly due to lack of progress (at least 6 months into build - 10 months from contract sign and still no floor on for the main framing)... It is 2 storey, but slow progress. Re: How often do you visit your site? 618May 14, 2018 12:51 pm We go there on site every weekend. Currently going with frame stage. Hopefully it should complete soon. I guess in frame they only do framing and don't put insulation or anything else. Are windows and doors done in frame stage? More exciting times ahead.. Looking to build a home in VIC. Land titled in November 2017. Construction started in February 2018. Double storey 37sq. Re: How often do you visit your site? 619May 17, 2018 5:23 pm micks_k We used to snoop around the block once or twice a week until we got a letter from the builder stating they had been informed we had been on site without supervision. The letter pointed out the clause in the contract referring to this and mentioned OH&S reasons. Bummer. Haha that's crazy. We always jump the fence every week, I wonder if I'm soon to receive a warning letter as well lol. Re: How often do you visit your site? 620Jun 13, 2018 12:56 am I will not be visiting my site at all. First time I see it will be when they hand me the keys I live 8 hours away which is my excuse and after making four return trips down there pre-construction (which really took a toll on me), I don't feel up to making any more till the handover. I have been dealing with this builder for 8 months now, have likely sent them in excess of a thousand emails, have visited them twice (once they paid for me to stay in a pretty high quality hotel) and they have gone out of their way to be extremely professional and thorough. Sufficient for me to trust them and let them get on with the job in peace (mind you, I was incredibly pedantic about precisely what I wanted and paid a huge amount of attention to every detail in the contract). Even if I lived close to it I'd probably at best just drive by once a fortnight or so. But I would not get out of the car. The builder will be sending me a serious of photos at the completion of each stage, which is all I have asked them to do. The only exception I made to the "photos at the end of each stage" request is an additional series of photos once the insulation has been put in and before any plastering has taken place. After all, there is no possible way to check what went into the walls once the house is finished. I had a very bad experience when I built 20 years ago when visiting my site (finding an issue) and after that I came to the conclusion that is is better to simply leave the builder alone and let them do their stuff. Butting in, sticky-beaking and asking too many questions or pointing out "problems" just puts them off-side and does nothing to help the relationship in my experience anyway. If anything, they can become quite hostile. I did not go to the factories to watch my two cars being built either. And they are perfectly fine. If there are issues I will deal with them at and after handover. I trust the builder sufficiently not to make stupid mistakes. They have built 6 homes in the same estate and all the owners are perfectly happy with them. Most of them have moved from afar and did not have the opportunity to visit their sites either. Now if I get one dunny instead of two and a pink roof instead of a grey one, you can all tell me what a mad person I was not to go and visit!! 9 19187 In Victoria you cannot put a caveat on arising from a domestic building contract. 65 105660 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). Would require a mini… 13 30573 |