TomCat's new digs!

[rogerkambah]

Had the tiler and builder here this morning, as we have a couple of tiles in our shower that have cracked. They have finally decided to replace the tiles. Theyre also going to sort out the creaking floor in the ensuite, which will require either the floor to be pulled up, or the ceiling below.

Oh dear. That's very disappointing. Are they floor tiles that have cracked. Hope they fix it properly. How long is the warranty period?

 

[blackcat20]

Oh dear. That's very disappointing. Are they floor tiles that have cracked. Hope they fix it properly. How long is the warranty period?

Wall tiles, either side of the window where they’ve been cut with a right angle (so like an L shape). I can understand how the stress causes the cracks, it’s just annoying that the crack must have appeared during tiling as one was filled with grout.

The warranties vary, apparently tiles, flooring etc don’t have any. So if it’s not mentioned at handover, too bad. Pity they didn’t tell us that.... we’re still arguing about carpet damage caused by them, and damage to some of the roofing that we clearly aren’t responsible for.

 

[blackcat20]

Ergh, we're going round in circles with the service team. We tell them that we were not given the opportunity to log defects at handover, and they say "no worries, just send us proof you logged these defects at handover". Theyve been told multiple times and we go round and round in circles... takes days to get a response, an immediate reply gets an out of office email, and they never answer the phone

 

[rogerkambah]

Dealing with builders etc is never easy. Once you've paid your money you lose any priority you had.

 

[blackcat20]

Dealing with builders etc is never easy. Once you've paid your money you lose any priority you had.

Pity our bank paid the final installment before we could do the handover inspection. We lost all our leverage

 

[love_the_life]

Oh what a pain. Hope that you can get it sorted soon, without any more angst.

 

[blackcat20]

Construction has finally started behind us. The first of the trees has been removed and they've started carving out the road.

 

[love_the_life]

That will make it noisier for you for quite a while. Hopefully the trucks etc are coming in the other way and not past you at all.

 

[blackcat20]

That will make it noisier for you for quite a while. Hopefully the trucks etc are coming in the other way and not past you at all.

The access is near the bottom of our street, so they go past the back fence but not the front. Double glazing does an amazing job of reducing the noise.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Hopefully not too much dust on the washing!

 

[blackcat20]

Hopefully not too much dust on the washing!

Lucky it’s raining! The amount of dirt we get inside when it’s dry is unbelievable, even our couch is dusty.

 

[Flying mermaid]

Lucky it’s raining! The amount of dirt we get inside when it’s dry is unbelievable, even our couch is dusty.

We had the same problem when we built our first house - used to get these red dust storms blow through! not much you can do until all the houses are built and gardens in

 

[TomVexille]

This photo is for you @Denali

 

[ALH]

From memory a purple Smyrna. Haven’t had a problem with roots, even dug up and moved one at our old house without much hassle.

You’ll have to have a look at mine for me. It’s in terrible condition.

 

[blackcat20]

My bare rooted roses arrived this week and we grabbed a break between showers to get them in this morning

 

[rogerkambah]

Icebergs?

 

[Pushka]

Icebergs?

It’s not that cold! (Couldn’t help meself)

 

[blackcat20]

Icebergs?

Of course

 

[Welsh-Kiwi]

How’s the wine rack looking - is it full??

 

[blackcat20]

How’s the wine rack looking - is it full??

Not quite... We've been working on drinking a few.