Meeting with Site Supervisor

I met our Site Supervisor out on site for the first time this week so I could go through my concerns with him. After the meeting I was much more confident that I will get a quality job when the house is complete.

He had his carpenters pack out the bowed windows before I had arrived and I was happy with the result. One window now has a 7mm gap from frame to brickwork, which I agreed could be simply caulked and then an aluminium strip placed on top.

He also agreed that the plastering was well below standard and is arranging alternate plasterers to rectify. This was a big relief.

Kings have also agreed to change our water tank and roller door colour as requested this week, surprisingly with no variation fee. 

SS said he expected us to have handover late May/early June although I did tell him we are in no hurry and would prefer a quality house over a rushed job.

Doors are being hung this week along with Arcs installed, and kitchen installed week after.

Brickwork compete and notified of delays

Brickwork now looks to be complete (apart from acid wash).

Plastering is still not completed and still requires sanding. As mentioned in previous posts I have quite a few issues with the quailty of plastering, but SS has insisted it be complete before they are looked at. Plastering process in nearing a month now, which is a bit disserpointing.

I have made a list of windows that are bowed and will pass this onto SS. Some are to the extent that they do not seal and allow air to pass freely.

We are also trying to change the color of our roller door and water tank (Ironstone color we chose is alot more blue than expected); Kings are not being very helpful with this. They initally said no as it was "already in the system". We have requested they try a little harder and told them we are prepared to pay a variation fee if required.

Finally we received a letter from Kings on Friday stating that the company they engaged to do our cabinetry/kitchen is now "unable to do so". I suspect this means they have gone broke. The letter told us to expect delays due to this. I would not be suprised if the delay is a month or two. With this said we are glad our kitchen was not installed by the company before they went broke and are prepared to wait as long as we recieve a quailty job.

Update

It occurred to me today that it has been some time since I have made an update to the Blog. This is basically because there has not been much to blog about!

Brick layers are still chipping away and quality of their work seems good. They expect to be finished by mid next week.

Plastering is still not complete but does seem very rough. I highly doubt the finish will be what I expect. They have also hung cornice in two rooms that are on the plans as square set. SS recommends we wait until the plasters are completely finished before defecting the work.

With the installation of the plaster it has also come to light that some windows are not sitting correctly and need to be adjusted.

We have sacked out independent inspector as I have found he has missed far to much for me to be confident in him. We will not be replacing him at this stage as I feel I am on top of things myself.