Wednesday, May 13, 2009

What's Left to do?

No activity at the house again...things have certainly slowed down you would think that the house was finished but there are still heaps of outstanding items. This afternoon I received the final invoice to be paid at settlement....we don't even know when we are having our practical completion inspection, we haven't been given any idea of when things will be finished, we have asked repeatedly about the outstanding items on our previous inspection report and when those will be addressed - still no concrete answer just that they will be addressed prior to completion...we are having a meeting with our SS on friday, this is just a general walk through and to go through these outstanding issues again - we already had this conversation with the CM

Here is a list of our outstanding items from previous inspection report:
  1. Front top level window sill needs to be replaced as it has been poorly laid - nothing has been done about this
  2. Rear right side brick window sill is broken and needs repairs - or this
  3. Weep holes need cleaning out in areas - the last cleaning of bricks were poorly done, still an issue
  4. Brickwork needs acid washing in areas - in the alfresco area there is discolouration as it was washed straight after it was laid
  5. Lower level roof lead flashings need dressing down correctly - front and back of house - still to be addressed
  6. Some of the windows will need aluminium angles to cover the cavity gapping now visible. - I think most of this has been addressed
  7. Right side small fascia return is not level. To be replaced as per its intended operation - still not fixed
  8. Site needs appropriate surface inlet drainage points to be completed off correctly in areas - not sure if anything is happening with this
  9. Some Aluminium windows and sliding/Bi-fold doors tested “inadequate” (cannot even close the back window) - not sure if this has been fixed but the windows have not been cleaned also
  10. Floor sheeting joints will need to be sanded smooth, prior to completion and some of the loose floor sheets must be screwed to prevent future movement after carpets or agreed floor coverings have been fitted. - as far as I'm aware still to be done
  11. The front concrete kerb is damaged as shown and will need repairs. The cause of kerb damage is to be confirmed as to who did this damage. This occurred when the bricks were delivered. - still to be rectified
  12. Rear steel door jamb needs to be sealed as there is rusting visible in areas - apparently this got fixed when the painting was done - still to check
There were 17 items on this list and 12 are still to be rectified and we are suppose to be doing the practical completion inspection...

Other outstanding items:

  1. sanding of floor before carpet laid
  2. bathroom fittings and accessories
  3. bathtub & toilets installed
  4. drains to be cleared, the tilers poured crap down the drain
  5. painting - internal - the woodwork looks unfinished, baulstrade not finished also
  6. painting - external - the cladding, lower eaves & portico, touch ups to moroko,
  7. carpet
  8. ac - apparently this doesn't get done till after settlement
  9. rangehood - same as above
  10. door handles
  11. not sure if the electricals were done based on the amendements or plan - still to check
  12. driveway
  13. windows cleaned - will also need to check the bifold doors - these looked scratched also
  14. hot water service
The one thing I've not done is check the measurements of the house or check whether the floor is level as I thought the inspector checked this....would I need to check each room? or does the builder provide a survey certificate that the height of the house and so forth has been checked???

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Hermyleen,
I left you the advice on bubblewrapping your benchtops. Can I also let you know to check the levels of your floors upstairs when sanded. We just assumed everything would be checked & up to standard! Not so we have woopies in our floor which are noticable when walking across them. If you can be very vigialant in this last stage the only thing you have to keep them honest is your last payment! Make sure you hold the bank cheque to them for handover day. We had soooo much stuff outstanding & thought our SS was of his word & hardly anything has been followed up. Terribly disappointing from our point of view as we had a good pr with our SS much of the way through. Now nothing has been done & we are awaiting our 3 month inspection to see where things sit. Much better to resolve absolutely everyting before you settle. They do not give a care after.!!! Tyrell's Inspections mean nothing when they don't follow through!

Anonymous said...

Hey Hermyleen, just another note after reading Southies blog, you are able to read your reports from Tyrells' I requested mine & got a copy. You have to be strong, it is part of their Quality Guarantee!!! Persist with it & your CSR, I received mine after a bit of persisting & low & behold not much was completed on the list & we have settled!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hermyleen, we received Tyrell's report (March inspection) within 6 hours of requesting it from our CSR. She asked our SS to forward it to us. So it's your SS who has it.

hermyleen said...

We have asked the SS and CM for this inspection report since March to no avail...so something must be in that report or maybe there wasn't a Tyrrell's inspection done???According to our SS we get ALL the reports at handover - when it's too late obviously and nothing can be done.

Houseinpark it must be terribly disappointing and very frustrating too that EB have put you in this situation were you had a certain level of trust with them and they abused it. It's just very bad form. I hope they make good and rectify all your outstanding issues.