We had a walk through with our SS this morning and really enjoyed the chance to display our building inexperience by asking lots of basic (and probably silly) questions. One thing we had noticed on daily drive-bys which we pointed out today is that the window in the pantry was not where it should be. After checking the plans, SS did not hesitate to admit this and said it will be rectified.
This did make us think about whether we should engage a private building surveyor but for now we're still very happy with the quality of the build Comdain is delivering.
The bricks and sand for the garage arrived today (but unfortunately not the brickies). We've chosen "Greythorn" from the Melbourne series of Austral bricks. These come in 2 sizes (76 & 50mm). At our "colours" appointment, we were able to specify that they use yellow sand instead of white so we don't get grey-looking mortar.
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ReplyDeleteI would recommend getting an inspector, I have heard that comdain is an excellent builder, but there will be items that will be wrong. The inspector will usually uncover 30 odd defects that will need to be corrected, or that you should at least be aware of.
As to what inspection service you should use, I cant comment as they all will pick up faults and they all seem to have various advantages and disadvantages, ie work directly for builder on some jobs therefore unlikely to be too critical of their bigger customer, some arguably have too little exposure to older homes so are not well placed to see what happens to faults in new homes over time. Regardless they all know more that you and I (or at least I) and means that you have access to some more assurance that the building is going well and will be less likely have problems further down the track that will cause discontent between you and your builder (IMHO).
BTW, it is looking great!
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