Denali Demo and Rebuild

[Denali]

I think we're currently having our Construction Manager Inspection... or our QA Inspection.

There are 3 inspections in total. CM, QA & Practical Completion (PCI)

Me:

Mr Denali

 

[Pushka]

Dodgy build up the road update and Jane agreed for a private power pole on her property (to be honest, it benefits her) but Mark had to pay for it .

I think Jane is a quiet assasin then.

 

[Denali]

Today was both QA & CM inspections and more blue tape left in the house for rectification. More than a couple of them both Mr Denali and I looked at and cant figure out what the issue is to be fix. In an industry full of builders that ignore non compliant work, we're about ready to take the blue tape off our builder.

But tomorrow is Liquidated Damages begins day and Im looking forward to sending out my morning greeting text, telling my SS that the Liquidated Damages money clock is now ticking in my favour.

 

[RooFlyer]

telling my SS that the Liquidated Damages money clock is now ticking in my favour.

How does this work?

 

[Denali]

How does this work?

Today is contract final date inc extension due to some weather delays and Christmas shutdown and its $100 per day (M-F) until handover.

The value will be deducted from our final payment.

 

[tgh]

This house was many months late (40years ago) and I had "enjoyed" a veritable war with the architects and the builder.
It was , therefore, a source of considerable satisfaction to receive a letter setting out the applied liquidated damages.
I had no sympathy for the builder, it was a long established commercial/private builder who simply let the build get out of hand.
I was recently looking at the change in colour of the mortar in one of the feature walls.
They built his wall T H R E E times ( and demolished it twice ) , eventually using up all the available colonial sand stock bricks in Qld and waiting months for more...

 

[Quickstatus]

Scottish dog walker gossip and neighbour up the road (Mark), the one with the $42K asbestos bill he tried to get neighbour Jane to pay for and the live wires going through their scaffolding update

which post is the start of this story?

 

[Denali]

which post is the start of this story?

I think the build up the road issues is only a recent posting development. Been dodgy since their demo began (lots of shenanigans from Mark the owner) but it escalated with the power lines and builder knocking on Janes door, making demands.

Starts here: https://www.australianfrequentflyer...member-chit-chat.89120/page-2575#post-2671014

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/member-chit-chat.89120/page-2577#post-2671854

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/member-chit-chat.89120/page-2575#post-2671104

Denali Demo and Rebuild

So close but I love those floors and the blue and white looks great It is a great shade of blue - not too dark and not too light ! gold star to Mr Denali :)

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Denali Demo and Rebuild

So close but I love those floors and the blue and white looks great It is a great shade of blue - not too dark and not too light ! gold star to Mr Denali :)

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

 

[Denali]

My text to my SS this morning

 

[Quickstatus]

@Denali
Sounds like your street could be the 2024 version of "Neighbours" Remember it won a Logies way back when...

 

[Denali]

@Denali
Sounds like your street could be the 2024 version of "Neighbours" Remember it won a Logies way back when...

Neighbours, the Bogan edition! Or Home and Away..... your home is our stuff if youre away

 

[Flyfrequently]

Neighbours, the Bogan edition! Or Home and Away..... your home is our stuff if youre away

Or you could be cast as "Bewitched" neighbours Gladys and Abner Kravitz

 

[Quickstatus]

Bogan edition

Well, dont forget that it propelled a certain diminuitive songbird to stardom. It can still happen @Denali !

 

[prozac]

Or you could be cast as "Bewitched" neighbours Gladys and Abner Kravitz

Or My Name's McGooley, What's Yours? Final episode they demolish the house.

 

[MARTINE]

I think the build up the road issues is only a recent posting development. Been dodgy since their demo began (lots of shenanigans from Mark the owner) but it escalated with the power lines and builder knocking on Janes door, making demands.

Starts here: https://www.australianfrequentflyer...member-chit-chat.89120/page-2575#post-2671014

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/member-chit-chat.89120/page-2577#post-2671854

https://www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au/community/threads/member-chit-chat.89120/page-2575#post-2671104

Denali Demo and Rebuild

So close but I love those floors and the blue and white looks great It is a great shade of blue - not too dark and not too light ! gold star to Mr Denali :)

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Denali Demo and Rebuild

So close but I love those floors and the blue and white looks great It is a great shade of blue - not too dark and not too light ! gold star to Mr Denali :)

www.australianfrequentflyer.com.au

Told you there was s book — and now a TV series.!!
Who do you want to play you, Mr D, Scottish dog walker, Jane and Mark?

 

[tgh]

Liquidated damages are not always applied just because a project runs over time; there are myriad legitimate reasons and historically the application for damages has to be supported with documentary evidence of financial loss from the delay.

 

[Denali]

Liquidated damages are not always applied just because a project runs over time; there are myriad legitimate reasons and historically the application for damages has to be supported with documentary evidence of financial loss from the delay.

Its not a commercial build so its simple


Amended completion

 

[Hvr]

Well, dont forget that it propelled a certain diminuitive songbird to stardom. It can still happen @Denali !

She should be so lucky.

As for damages, as long as the builder is still working and doesn't go broke you might be a long way ahead of other people having a house built.

 

[Quickstatus]

She should be so lucky

you might be a long way ahead of other people having a house built.

Well based on the Neighbours antics/drama, @Denali should be so lucky.
We can see that the experiences of the Renovate or detonate idea can sit on opposite sides of the spectrum

Seems like a dream run compared to Asbestos Mark, Not Happy Jan(e) and whats his name Bob especially with Scottish Dog walker running around spreading gossip about the whole street.

I wanna know how much did the final bill deviate from the original budget?

 

[Denali]

.....

I wanna know how much did the final bill deviate from the original budget?

Only variation so far has been a couple of hundred because we needed to add a small bulk head for aircon into master/over the door. Our ceilings are 3.3mtrs so its not noticeable as it went through the top of our linen cupboard for the majority so its unseen. But I also got a couple of hundred refunded to us for a change in overhead kitchen cabinet height as they couldnt do it because of the highlight window we have.

Our sales rep included as many likes and wants into our tender price so no nasty surprises other than the price of everything went up since 2020.

Plus we had a lot of reports done before tender, like hydraulics engineering for site costs. Ive read horror stories of people getting $50-$180K site costs AFTER tender signed/deposit made so you either lose your deposit or figure it out somehow. Our site is a sloping block so didnt want nasty surprises.

The build industry seems to operate on a: cheap list price, medium tender price then once deposit paid, reports ordered to obtain site costs ect and then you get the real build price plus upgrades for contract price.

We refused to go to tender without site costs so the builder engaged a hydraulic engineer and town planner to get a realistic price. You pay for these eventually as part of your build so we told our builder we wouldnt go to tender without these done first. I walked away from 2 other builders that wouldnt do this plus we included so many things in our tender like all double glazing and increased insulation (for BASIX) ect as most have those added after tender.

Example below, theres not a builder in this country that can build you a house for under $300K but people get taken in. Sales rep is "we'll include a $20K allowance for site costs" ect but you have no idea how much its really going to cost. Our site costs were $60K not including all the double glazing, insulation upgrades that we had included in our tender price.

Ive commented on my builders groups we demanded engineering reports before tender and majority had no idea you could do that