Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 30, 2008 9:07 pm Re: Why are builders so dumb? 4Jun 30, 2008 9:37 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Why are builders so dumb? 13Jun 30, 2008 11:32 pm Mrs B All I want to know is what granite did you get Ancient Mariner? I love granite and yours sounds very different to the normal supply. Not that different really. It's called Black Forest Gold (although there's another completely different stone with the same name). You can find it here http://www.qldmg.com.au/ Not an easy site to navigate but it's the 8th sample from the left on the top row of their products link. Not a good representation -- in real life it's actually a lot blacker with long sweeps of gold and a lot of slatey blue and greens in it. Oh and a couple of little fossils. Not for everybody but we liked it. Actually, these guys have some lovely stone. They had two slabs with dozens of fossilised fish and leaves and stuff in it. Really spectacular. It cost $30,000 a slab! Re: Why are builders so dumb? 15Jul 01, 2008 12:31 am d@n why can't you just buy some of these things yourself, rather than expecting the builder to buy/order it? Love to be able to buy everything and just deliver it to the site when it's needed but most volume builders are reluctant to let you do that. Supplying things like tiles and tapware etc is part of their margin. And I guess there's also a lot of potential for cock-ups that way too. Re: Why are builders so dumb? 16Jul 01, 2008 12:42 am Yak_Chat Now - you want to change you mind - but he's already bought it Sure, but that's not what I'm talking about. Changing your mind on something you've chosen is not the builder's problem, it's your own. Not being able to supply something you chose because they fail to order it is the builder's problem. The home owner should not have to face that hassle. Put it this way: if you choose a tile or something and change your mind because you found something you like better and the builder refuses to accommodate you because he's already bought the materials that's fair enough. If he can't supply the tile you chose because he didn't buy it then isn't it equally fair for you to refuse to accept an alternative without some sort of recompense? It works both ways but there are a lot of builders who don't accept that. Re: Why are builders so dumb? 17Jul 01, 2008 9:08 am It also doesn't help that they tell you (well our builder tells us) that they have ordered all of your selections ahead of time, and then turn around and cant get something cos they really didnt order it, they just told you that so they could charge you an additional $500 each time you decided you wanted to change something.
What if they hadnt been able to get the tapware that you wanted? (And I would br rightly peeved if I were the person whose now missing out) I'd be wanting them to re-order all the tapware so its all matching from the same range, and theres no way I'd be paying more for it. Building in manor lakes 2008 Re: Why are builders so dumb? 18Aug 18, 2008 2:16 pm That is exactly the sort of thing that worries me, particularly as our place has been so delayed before even starting! The hardest part of building was getting those selections out of the way, it was such a relief when that was done, now if they turn around and tell me something is no longer available I certainly will be ** off like you were.
I reckon that without changing the system or anything else, a happy compromise would be that should anything not be available at the time when it's needed, we should then qualify for an automatic "upgrade" of our choice. It's only fair Re: Why are builders so dumb? 19Aug 18, 2008 3:06 pm I am worried that our tiles wont be available... and what will the builder do? We didn't get to chose indivual pieces, just a board with all selections on it, done by an interior designer. So, if the unthinkable happens, does their interior designer then chose another tile for us and let us know ...or will they re-do the boards again and make us chose another one.
I am praying that it is all available..... I didn't like any of the other boards they had, and if different tiles are selected to replace the unavailable ones...we may not like what they have chosen. Just something else to worry me now I guess. That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 18095 Hi All, I just wanted to close this topic out with an update. So we ended up agreeing to a number with the insurance company, and after an extensive amount of hand… 8 24046 A Sabco spin mop, minimal moisture, not very regularly. I was told these hybrids are water resistant 🤷♀️ 2 9125 |