Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Knockdown-Rebuild [Our NBG Buckingham] 23May 12, 2010 10:30 pm _______________________________________________________________ We're a knockdown | rebuild ~ Melb SE burbs Building modified version of the Fairhaven Glenaire Homeone thread: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=28429 _______________________________________________________________ Re: Knockdown-Rebuild [Our NBG Buckingham] 29Feb 22, 2011 7:35 am Tool, It is frustrating when things don't work out how they should! Although you can never expect a completely smooth ride from building you should at the very least expect the fundamental aspects to work out. I work in the engineering industry and come across commerical and industrial builders very often so I know sometimes how things can turn pear shaped. You are right in that you need to check through all facets of documentation you get from builders. It is not easy but it is worth the time and effort to get it right. Even so we are all human and out of 150 items in a quote document it is not unreasonable to make one or two mistakes or oversights. So don't be too hard on yourself if that's happened. We knocked down our place in November 09 and commenced building in May 10 which I thought was quite long in itself (6 months+). It is now Feb 11 and we are in between fixing and completion. The rains (during base, frame and lock up stage) haven't helped and progress can seem slow sometimes (but when is it never slow when it is your own house!). Overall we are quite happy with things and the quality of the build. We also shuffled a few things around in our house plan and those went through without problems. I had a few issues during construction (I have been keeping quite a close eye during construction) which I communicated with my builder, and he was quite responsive in contacting the tradies involved and getting the issue sorted. In your case, time frames amongst others things have obviously blown out beyond reasonable and I do feel for you! It is also a shame a few bad builders at NBG cast a bad light on the many other excellent and responsive ones who do make every effort to communicate and do right by their clients. I wish you all the best moving forwards! Re: Knockdown-Rebuild [Our NBG Buckingham] 30Mar 10, 2011 10:49 pm Hi Nervous, Thanks for your response. I understand that building is never easy and there are bound to be problems. I am however frusstrated at the lack of expertise and knowledge I encountered from many of the NBG staff. Though my experience, I had to do most of the work and they still got it wrong, and I would have to keep repeating myself and checking their work until they finally did their job right. I don't blame my builder so much, I think NBG have assigned him too much work and he can not cope with the workload. On the positive side my slab has finally gone down! After speaking with consumer affairs and sending letters to my builder for breach of contract, I finally got some action. Let's see how things progress from here. You must be very excited being so close to completion!! I'm sure you can't wait to move in. I would love to see some pics of the finished product. Re: Knockdown-Rebuild [Our NBG Buckingham] 31Dec 30, 2012 10:44 am A question of interest. Do most builders require the owner to organise the knock down? At Clark New Homes, we prefer not to do it but we will if asked. What is the usual? thanks if the original house is in good condition most of what you listed could be added in stages without the need for KDR and costs and disruption of having to live elsewhere… 1 14309 multiple occ properties are always billed by trades at a premium, rarely per sqm for the lot. You either have trades you know whoe will do by sqm or youre going to get… 1 2959 5 7161 |