20 February 2011

We are sad and tired.

It appears our house won't be ready for quite a few more weeks. The builders, Watersun Homes, have been uncommunicative and have ignored the bulk of our emails and phone calls. In fact, they have yet to return a single one of my phone calls over the past 2 weeks. That just builds more resentment and ill feeling towards them. All we are trying to do is resolve the problems as soon as possible and to work with them to get our house finished as soon as possible.

But no, it seems they have other ideas. What they might be is beyond me because they just refuse to communicate with us. Do they want to finish or to keep delaying us?

So what happened? I hear you ask.... well... the final building inspection report came back really bad. In fact, it would seem that all the issues outlined in the previous report have not been rectified and yet they have continued on with adding finishing touches to unfixed problems, thus creating more issues in the report.

Basically, brick and mortar work is not up to scratch, floors not level, paint and finishing done poorly, insulation installed incorrectly, house not cleaned, landscaping incomplete and not done properly, carpet wasn't finished properly....

*SIGH*

What can we do? It seems the other owners are also experiencing similar problems with Watersun Homes.... So it would seem that as soon as problems arise, they suddenly become difficult. And further enhancing the stereotype and poor image that builders have in general.

The report basically tells us that this is sloppy workmanship.

Right.

hmm.....unreliable builders, sloppy work, lack of communiation.
Sound familiar anyone?

Ok, I guess we will look into a formal complaint with the Building Commission and see our solicitor to see how we should handle this situation, because surely this is not new, and it won't be the last time it happens either.

28 January 2011

Happy New Year!

We went to see our house today and GUESS WHAT?!?!
Site manager told us that our house will be ready in TWO weeks!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!

So here's another sneak peak of the inside... a bit more ready than last time. Excitement!

The garage

The kitchen

The living room and front door... so so so tiny!

The living room taken from a different angle

The meals area next to the kitchen. Yes, a small small space, but cute.

The upstairs area leading to 2 bedrooms and the bathroom and toilet

The wardrobe in one bedroom 2 (or was it 3?) one of those ones...