TomCat's new digs!

[QF WP]

Looking forward to seeing the property with my own eyes soon @blackcat20 and @TomVexille .

 

[blackcat20]

Discovered that we're missing the unit required to control our garage door remotely (which we paid extra for), and that we've been given the cheap remotes rather than the premium remotes and wall controller that are in our contract. Fun times.

 

[VPS]

now we need a damnit button as well

 

[QF WP]

Go get 'em @blackcat20. That's unacceptable. Woe betide the person who's up against you - they don't stand a chance...

 

[blackcat20]

I've sent through an email to our post-handover admin with the contract attached, outlining the missing items by item number

We're coming to the end of our service period in a couple of weeks, so theyll need to start working through the list of defects anyway. Most of our issues are paint related (it appears they didnt cover the floors when they did the repaint, lots of splatters on the carpet/laminate/tiles), and a few quirky ones like a data point that doesnt work, a bathroom door lock that doesnt lock, etc.

 

[QF WP]

Do it once, do it well. Got to love people that think a shoddy job is good enough...

 

[blackcat20]

Do it once, do it well. Got to love people that think a shoddy job is good enough...

I never understand the rush to do a cough job, when it means they have to come back and do it again....

We've also got paint all over the glass in the front door, door handles etc.

 

[QF WP]

Completely agree. They need to treat a job like they're doing their mothers house...and they think some people won't complain and will do the fix themselves (generally out of frustration).

 

[Pushka]

Do it once, do it well. Got to love people that think a shoddy job is good enough...

I guess they expect that people won’t pick up everything.

The paint thing is interesting. I have done a lot of painting in the house and stress a bit if I get paint on glass. We’ve had professional painters in downstairs. Now, they do a better job of painting than I do but they still get paint on glass. Most of which gets scraped off but not all. And some on the timber floor. But it’s considered normal for that to happen. White paint on dark timber shows up quite a bit so I’ve removed it.

 

[Bazzi]

At the beginning of our build, our carpenter personally instructed us to under no curcumstances give him the final monies owing until he finished/fixed everything he was contracted to do otherwise we’d have Buckley’s of getting him back.

Having heard some horror stories, we consider ourselves so fortunate. Our two storey timber house on a fairly decent slope built frame by frame on site by 2 of the loveliest guys. I coordinated the other trades allowing a 2 week window for weather/delays. We were done - start to finish - in 5 months and a week earlier than our planned move date, which allowed us some time to put some blue metal (all we could afford) down the drive and path with our last $250 to stop the rich Exeter dirt from being carried into the house. 17 years later, neighbours have all lost their fancy drive gravel at least twice while the blue metal lives on, albeit does need a top up.

 

[RB]

I've sent through an email to our post-handover admin with the contract attached, outlining the missing items by item number

We're coming to the end of our service period in a couple of weeks, so theyll need to start working through the list of defects anyway. Most of our issues are paint related (it appears they didnt cover the floors when they did the repaint, lots of splatters on the carpet/laminate/tiles), and a few quirky ones like a data point that doesnt work, a bathroom door lock that doesnt lock, etc.

We moved in to our new place in Aug 2018. Still getting minor stuff fixed. Like you, the painter has been the main culprit-doesn't seemed fussed that people might think his team are dumb & lazy

 

[QF WP]

The crazy things is...the best referrals are from recent jobs. Do them well and you'll be busy...but so many of them aren't business people so they fail. Understand the basics...

 

[Bazzi]

Our neighbour had to have some internal doors repainted before handover, painter didn’t use a drop cloth, knocked the paint can over onto the carpet - the biggest continuous piece of carpet in the house that ran through the living, dining, family rooms. All had to be replaced. Not cheap carpet!

 

[Bazzi]

Another neighbour (who worked as a building supervisor for another building company than the one they used) had to have all the tiles in their kitchen replaced as the tiler ran out of the coloured tiles they chose and decided to place 4 white ones sporadically in the mix, like they wouldn’t notice!

 

[RB]

The crazy things is...the best referrals are from recent jobs. Do them well and you'll be busy...but so many of them aren't business people so they fail. Understand the basics...

Maybe different elsewhere but the building game around here is hectic so everyone is in demand (building firms are holding onto the ones they have). Very difficult to get any small trade job done at the moment.-have seen this before & the inevitable downturn will sort some out I guess

 

[Pushka]

Maybe different elsewhere but the building game around here is hectic so everyone is in demand (building firms are holding onto the ones they have). Very difficult to get any small trade job done at the moment.-have seen this before & the inevitable downturn will sort some out I guess

And demand will be high in Sydney after recent hailstorms. Christchurch rebuilt its economy after the earthquake.

 

[TomVexille]

The crazy things is...the best referrals are from recent jobs. Do them well and you'll be busy...but so many of them aren't business people so they fail. Understand the basics...

Heard from a tradesman once that Melbourne is big enough that he never needs a repeat customer. There's enough new ones out there. Thankfully not someone who was working for me.

 

[blackcat20]

Courier couldn't work out our letter box and tucked the missed parcel card under the door mat

 

[blackcat20]

Our 2m painting finally arrived. Found it on the gold coast in Feb last year and the artist has been holding it for us since then.

 

[blackcat20]

Grass got it's first haircut

TV has cut all the storm water pipes down to ground level for drainage.

Next project is the front yard.