week 34: And it still continues............

And so, the never ending process of building is still continuing.

Week 34 - did our walk through and pointed out things that need to be fixed. Extremely unhappy with the paintwork as it looks like a five year old picked up a paint brush and painted everything carelessly. Our list was the below

1. Benchtop Markings need to be buffed.
2. Bottom of the doors need to be sanded and painted.
3. All blue taped areas need to be puttied and painted or sanded and painted.
4. Final clean needs to be done
5. Tile near the stairwell needs to be fixed.
6. Tiles in the main bathroom window sill needs to be laid.

Luckily, it was nothing structural and all cosmetic stuff that needed to be fixed. Anyways, our SS said that he would have the painters back to fix all the touch ups. (this was the day after our walk through). So we decided to head over to the house after the painter had finished and check it out. Needless to say - highly disappointed again. Walked in and looked up at the ceiling to find a huge blister mark in the paint near the down light. Anyways, I don't want to start because then I won't stop.

There has been other things that have been completed on site:

1. Gas installation.
2. Air-conditioning unit installed.

Our driveway is still to be poured - is actually due to be poured today however, they stuffed this up also. It was meant to be a double car driveway and they had only formed it up for a single. Over the weekend when we went to visit, it was still single so I hope they don't stuff it up and pour as the framework is now. They should have gone there to form up before the concreter goes there today but hey, I am not a tradie what do I know right......

SIGH feels like this is never ending and that we will never be getting our keys.

Oh and as per usual, post our walk through, they were quick to send the invoice!

Won't be paying until I am completely happy with the work done on the house, end of story.

Apparently, we are set to have handover on the 24th.. but like I said, I won't be accepting until all my problems with the place are put to rest.

Frustration Central

Okay, so why does building always have to be so damn hard? Organisation is key don't you think?

I am just going to use this place as a venting point because I feel like no one else I speak to understands my frustration. It has been almost 17 weeks since we have started on site and all the blogs I read (yes I know I shouldn't be comparing my build to others) are always done or completed within 6 months or fewer. I just find it ridiculous that just because supervisors were changed that now everything else has to go to sh!t. The lower roofs are apparently being completed this week however the SS is reluctant to say what else he has planned for the up coming week/s. This frustrates me to my core.

If you know what comes next, organise the tradies. if that tradie cant make it, organise someone else that can come and do something else! It really not that difficult. I feel like I would feel so much better if this issue was addressed with all builders.

Organise your days/weeks in advanced and if you do changeover SS, run through the build with the newbie and tell them what was planned next! BETTER YET, request head office to create a spreadsheet or a document that is accessible online by both the builder, the SS and me so every time it is updated or changed, I will be notified. Would this not cut down frustration? Would this not cut down so many calls to the SS from individuals that are building?

I feel like the building industry is just so behind in everything they do. Times are changing and this boom is demanding new ways of thinking and new ways of organising. Sure, more organising is more work but hey, if you can turn over double the amount of houses you do in a year due to better organisation and better ways of thinking, would this not benefit you in the long run?

EUGH!

I'm just frustrated that we have been building for this long and still have not started on internals. Just completely ANNOYED.

I think I may need to take a meditation class until the finish of our build otherwise I'll just lose my mind.