Browse Forums Building A New House Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 27Mar 24, 2011 12:02 pm Mrs P mapcalla Mrs P I feel very lucky to have picked our builder. I've made 30k+ in variations at no charge, I use their suppliers for quotes so get their price and they haven't put a mark up on anything. My ss emails me every Friday and is happy for me to call him whenever I want and go on site whenever I want. The admin ladies are wonderful. I'm waiting for things to go bad! My goodness Mrs P... who are you building with! A small private builder here in Brisbane, we almost went with one of the major ones I am glad we didn't now Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 28Mar 24, 2011 1:37 pm Thanks for that Mrs P, I'm try to suss out the post reply, I'll work it out, I hope. What is the name of your wonderful builder may I ask? I live in Bris. I might have done some work for them.
Sarah Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 29Mar 24, 2011 2:23 pm The waiting, the money, the tradesman, the dirt, the time, the effort, the organisation skills required, the never ending 'discussions' with DH about what we would like to chose, the arguments after the selections, the phone calls, the wondering if it is all worth it. Did I mention the money? And I am not even at slab stage yet. Building with Life$tyle Homes in Perth SOR Key Dates on First Page of my Thread viewtopic.php?f=31&t=38761 Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 31Mar 24, 2011 10:10 pm Having to deal with incompetent fools. Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 32Mar 25, 2011 5:30 pm Number 4: council objection to demolition of a structurally unsound, workers cottage that has been renovated 10 times using asbestos with no resemblance to it's original design character. Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 33Mar 25, 2011 9:36 pm Tradesmen that think its ok to leave rubbish and food scraps laying around inside AND outside when ther is a bin 20 steps away. And tradesmen that wont pick up any of their left over building material and think its ok because its on acreage out of town and no one will see. Umm HELLO deckhead I will see it and I will have to clean it up so it doesn't fly all over the place and end up in the middle of my paddock like all the excess wrap and tin that is now scattered around my acreage and I will have to find before I put livestock in there. OK Rant over resume normal transmisssion. Cheers Janet Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 34Apr 08, 2011 7:43 pm I know! I forgot about the trades leaving their food scraps on the ground! It's a bit gross. Sarah Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 35Apr 08, 2011 7:54 pm Rain Matt's Brando: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=46340 Started March 30th 2011 PCI July 15th Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 36Apr 08, 2011 9:05 pm I agree Dr Matt, things are looking ok so far, hopefully the rain holds off for your slab. Can't complain about emails, ours are answered straight away and anything that has needed to be looked at has been done within 24hrs. Our first build we went with a small family builder, Italians, they did the best job so fussy and this time we have gone with Bentley and so far things have been great. The waiting is the killer, even though things are being done very quickly, I am the most impatient person on earth, a Scorpian, so that explains it all. Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 37Apr 13, 2011 11:50 am A tradesman leaving a poo in your toilet, AFTER handover Builder not collecting this rubbish pile from my front yard, after handover. I swear if its not picked up by Friday I will load it into our trailer and put it on the front verge of their head office The road to success is always under construction House completed April 2011 - slowly making it a home... Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 38Apr 13, 2011 12:05 pm Zarli A tradesman leaving a poo in your toilet, AFTER handover Builder not collecting this rubbish pile from my front yard, after handover. I swear if its not picked up by Friday I will load it into our trailer and put it on the front verge of their head office that is disgusting, poo, omi. I wouldn't be able to stand the rubbish Zarli, it's so wrong. Re: The most frustrating and annoying things about building? 39Apr 13, 2011 12:54 pm deb17 Zarli A tradesman leaving a poo in your toilet, AFTER handover Builder not collecting this rubbish pile from my front yard, after handover. I swear if its not picked up by Friday I will load it into our trailer and put it on the front verge of their head office that is disgusting, poo, omi. I wouldn't be able to stand the rubbish Zarli, it's so wrong. Yeah really gross about the poo, im sure they wouldn't do it in their own toilet, so why do it in someone elses? The flush button is there for a reason! The road to success is always under construction House completed April 2011 - slowly making it a home... Thank you. That is really helpful. Once we get the place done and passed for OC we can upgrade in the future once we get back on our feet and not paying mortgage and rent. 4 3995 The worst thing you can do is sign a building contract without a pre contract review. Over the years many people have come to me with disputes where they just signed… 0 5613 i wouldn't be worried, you'll definitely miss something, no matter how many times you review. we've spent close to 5 months ensuring everything got reflected in the… 5 9453 |