Day 96 - Meeting with our SS

Today we met with our Site Supervisor at the house.

We spent just over 2 hours going over all our questions and queries.  Our Site Supervisor was great.  He managed to answer most of our questions and also showed us some of the work that still needs to be done in the house. 

We still have a few things that need to be fixed but all in all the meeting went well.  It does make a difference when you can talk one on one with the builder and find out why things are taking longer than they should.

I may have already mentioned this but I will say it again.  It is really important you have everything in writing...and that you are specific with your builder as to how you want things to be.  As there are so many different people working on your house at any one time if you keep on top of the builders you are more likely to find mistakes early so that they can be fixed.

The good thing is that we are all on the same page with our Site Supervisor.  We want things done right the first time. 

As it has been some time since I last posted a photo of the house I thought I would add one in.  Unfortunately you can't see much because of all the scaffolding.



Checking it Twice...

It has been a little over a week now since we received our final construction drawings.  In that week we have been back to Metricon four times to correct the drawings.

The 1st time we noticed they forgot to include a window to the main bathroom. The 2nd, 3rd & 4th times we had to make sure that power points/gas and water outlets were placed in the correct positions.

Keeping all of our correspondence on file helped at this part of the process as some things we discussed a few months ago were not actioned in our plans and only because we had it in writing did Metricon agree to fix the issues. So make sure you keep all discussions etc on file.

Now you may or may not know this but when you get to this stage of the building process with Metricon anything new you want to change/upgrade or move will cost $2,500.

The only changes that can be made are discrepancies that were in the initial plans that are omitted out of the final drawings.

All our changes have been errors or discrepancies on Metricon's part - which gets us a little worried at this stage of the game.  Hence the importance of checking every little detail twice before signing the drawings.

Also once you sign off the plans - that's it!  These are the plans that the builder will use to construct your home. Which is a little scary!

We did sign off on our plans today, which was a relief to say the least.  Metricon called earlier to advise us that they have found a few things that were omitted from our plans and that will be updated - we need to sign them again!

As we are upgrading the kitchen/butler's pantry and also including some additional cabinetry there were some power points and ducted vacuum points that were omitted - which we never would have picked up on. So thanks Metricon for being on top of this!

We are still hoping to start building by the end of the month so fingers crossed we don't get any more delays.