Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Appointing own Surveyor - VIC - Metricon 3Oct 06, 2021 7:37 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Appointing own Surveyor - VIC - Metricon 8Oct 06, 2021 9:21 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Appointing own Surveyor - VIC - Metricon 10Oct 06, 2021 9:24 am best case scenario if your own does get appointed, expect delays, variations allowable under contract due to "unforeseen expenses outside the builders control" etc. Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Appointing own Surveyor - VIC - Metricon 11Oct 06, 2021 9:26 am Yeah, that's what I'm making out from the contract and other documentation. Use a builder appointed: We apparently don't have anything to worry about. Use our own: Be very aware. They make it out like having someone working in our favor is the worst thing in the world. Re: Appointing own Surveyor - VIC - Metricon 12Oct 06, 2021 9:39 am stanks Yeah, that's what I'm making out from the contract and other documentation. Use a builder appointed: We apparently don't have anything to worry about. Use our own: Be very aware. They make it out like having someone working in our favor is the worst thing in the world. they want to use their own, because they can control the narrative and push things through efficiently and cheaply. Now im not suggesting that a metricon surveyor will sign stuff off unseen, but it has been known to happen in the industry. If you appointed your own, it stuffs up the whole flow at a minimum. Now that shouldn't be a reason not to appoint one, but it adds additional overhead to the builder and potentially erodes tehir margin, so you can bet your bottom dollar they will find a way to make that margin up. SO yeah, be wary either way Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Appointing own Surveyor - VIC - Metricon 13Oct 06, 2021 11:34 am Noname stanks Yeah, that's what I'm making out from the contract and other documentation. Use a builder appointed: We apparently don't have anything to worry about. Use our own: Be very aware. They make it out like having someone working in our favor is the worst thing in the world. they want to use their own, because they can control the narrative and push things through efficiently and cheaply. Now im not suggesting that a metricon surveyor will sign stuff off unseen, but it has been known to happen in the industry. If you appointed your own, it stuffs up the whole flow at a minimum. Now that shouldn't be a reason not to appoint one, but it adds additional overhead to the builder and potentially erodes tehir margin, so you can bet your bottom dollar they will find a way to make that margin up. SO yeah, be wary either way Yeah, there are PROS and CONS to both. I think a suitable compromise would be to use their surveyor, but enlist a private inspector to at least identify things along the way. This would at least be reasonably efficient, but also give us that piece of mind that the private inspector can note the items down. How successful we are having any potential issues remediated remains to be seen. All I want is to do everything I can to make sure we're not a roadblock in the build process, but at the same time, ensure that the builder does job to our satisfaction. Finding that sweet spot is tricky (if it even exists). Re: Appointing own Surveyor - VIC - Metricon 14Oct 11, 2021 8:23 pm Noname stanks Yeah, that's what I'm making out from the contract and other documentation. Use a builder appointed: We apparently don't have anything to worry about. Use our own: Be very aware. They make it out like having someone working in our favor is the worst thing in the world. they want to use their own, because they can control the narrative and push things through efficiently and cheaply. Now im not suggesting that a metricon surveyor will sign stuff off unseen, but it has been known to happen in the industry. If you appointed your own, it stuffs up the whole flow at a minimum. Now that shouldn't be a reason not to appoint one, but it adds additional overhead to the builder and potentially erodes tehir margin, so you can bet your bottom dollar they will find a way to make that margin up. SO yeah, be wary either way Wow, erodes their margin by appointing your own surveyor! How many shortcuts and substandard things are they planning to do? Surely they need budget their work and build to code! Re: Appointing own Surveyor - VIC - Metricon 15Oct 12, 2021 9:49 am Davos Wow, erodes their margin by appointing your own surveyor! How many shortcuts and substandard things are they planning to do? Surely they need budget their work and build to code! you're new to building, aren't you? Dark matter scientist, can breathe underwater, mind reader and can freeze matter just by willing it. Trust me, its in my sig. Re: Appointing own Surveyor - VIC - Metricon 17Oct 12, 2021 3:49 pm Davos New to dealing with off the charts of ripping people off. Wouldn’t touch them anyway. Sorry mate I think you're going to find a lot of commonality among builders, especially production line volume builders. Or just even between subcontracted trades. It's not all bad but when you see dumb stuff all the time, nothing surprises you any more. 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