tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30203467424088836382024-03-06T15:04:53.349+11:00Building Liberty with MetriconOur experience with a Metricon knockdown and rebuild in Melbourne. Hope the information is useful for anyone out there looking to do a Metricon knockdown/rebuild!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-40801923240889429052014-08-19T21:51:00.001+10:002014-08-19T21:55:50.854+10:00Day 245<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We are getting close to the end, as evidenced by the following photos. However, as we look forward to a brand new start in a more spacious home (our current house is a 15m2 1960s clinker brick with 1 bathroom and no storage) we are bracing ourselves for more frustrations and disappointments. Earlier on in the build we were out of our league in terms of building know-how and unable to tell whether things have been done properly but now as the finishes are installed any defects/ discrepancies are more easily detectable by building ignorant people like us. An acquaintance told us it took one year for her house to be built and another for it to be fixed! We are bracing ourselves for the worst. Our pessimism has been borne out of optimism - if we expect the worst we could only be pleasantly surprised! Ha! </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-18052000685368063042014-08-11T21:15:00.000+10:002014-08-26T19:40:18.646+10:00Resolution of issues.... NOT!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It's been almost a month since we raised the 'not quite right' issues with the SS. The only thing that has been resolved is the down light positions in the kitchen and family area. Despite the down light issue being quite obvious we were told there was nothing wrong with them - that they were spaced evenly and that the electrician would have installed the down lights in those positions for a reason such as to avoid metal, joist/trusses etc. It took several phone conversations, emails, and 3 weeks of frustration culminating in an email in which we attached photos we took pre plaster (to show there was nothing in the way to prevent repositioning of the down lights) and our indication that we were prepared to escalate the matter further before something was done. We got a call from our SS the following morning asking whether we could come to the site as the electrician would be there that afternoon. When we saw the electrician the first thing he said was that he agreed with us about the lighting. Then, the SS also said he agreed.....</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The crooked window was actually a crooked cornice. There was approximately a 5mm difference between the top right corner and top left hand corner of the window when measuring from the cornice. Since building tolerances allow for up to 4mm difference the most Metricon would do was to shave off 1mm from the cornice. However, it was portrayed to us that although it could be done it would not make much of a difference and that it was not worth the effort.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The SS told us that he had contacted the ducted heating company and was told that they had installed the required 14 outlets and that we had made a variation to the contract, which explains why the 15th outlet was not installed. This is a load of @#$%. We did no such thing. The plans clearly shows the ducted outlet and the contract clearly says that we paid extra for it. We do not know if this has been rectified yet. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We feel basically defeated about the linen cupboard, whose shelves fall short. The issue was that (unfortunately) the elevation drawings for it were missed by all. While the house plans show the line of the linen shelves going all the way to the cupboard door, with no elevation drawings Metricon's argument is that they installed what they charged us for which were standard shelves (for a cupboard that was not standard!). Pointing out to them that the contract did not state 'standard' shelves made no difference. We were told the company that does the intallation do not make non standard sizes!!!</span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-65006390308901159602014-07-20T21:40:00.001+10:002014-08-26T19:40:30.256+10:00Not quite right?!<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Some of the things we have noticed recently and have informed our SS. Let's hope these get rectified. These includes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1. Missing ducted heating outlet in ensuite</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2. Crooked window - this was raised previously and the brickwork on the outside was redone, however, this still looks crooked on the inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> 3. Kitchen down lights skewed to one side (left hand side)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> 4. Family room down lights and fan provision (where batten light is) is positioned closer to window side and should be more centred. Hard to tell from this angle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tiling started yesterday. Here are some pics:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As the tiling was the last visit of our 'colour selection' we were exhausted and overwhelmed by the cumulative cost of the build and therefore just went with the standard inclusions. We would have loved to have tiled to the ceiling. When we saw the tiler on site in our ignorance we asked whether it would be possible to get someone to tile up to the ceiling at a later stage. We were told that it wouldn't look right because of the way the tiles are initially aligned/positioned. Bugger!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-5409794606050279252014-07-15T21:45:00.000+10:002014-07-26T11:30:47.994+10:00Day 210 Garage door<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Drove past yesterday evening and noticed that they have installed the new Colorbond Timberlook Garage door (Classic Cedar - light colour). The initial impression was disappointment when I noticed the colour difference between the Gable slats and garage door. We had based our colour selection on the Metricon Plantation design we had seen at Metricon display homes (e.g Mornington Peninsula), on the Metricon website and other Metricon homes on the internet. In addition to the timber-look Colorbond garage door, the front door will be stained Cabot Jarrah. But as you can see the gable slats don't look quite right. In addition to the colour (or lack of it) the slats are quite wide apart. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is how the gable should like at Metricon Mornington</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Front door - we found out a few weeks ago that the "solid" timber door we thought we had upgraded to was not solid enough for the door handle we chose. We had chosen this door handle from a selection presented to us at Studio M (after having chosen the so-called "solid" timber door) - it was not a special order! The upshot was we had to pay for another upgrade to a "solid", solid door (which is basically a double upgrade) otherwise our only other option was the standard door knob handle!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Painting (internal) is all done and looks good. The electricians, telecommunications and cabinet guys have been in the property the last couple of days to do some of the electrical fit offs and wardrobes. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-67686253414559001842014-07-05T13:04:00.000+10:002014-07-05T13:14:12.084+10:00Day 200<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Painting started about 2 weeks ago. Our SS uses a particular painter to do the whole job and will take about 3 weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We also received the fixing stage payment request 2 weeks ago, which is 25% of the build cost.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In the meantime, we have been organising landscapers to come over and give us some ideas and cost of landscaping our ideal garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An inlet pipe from the gas main in the street was connected and then located to the front RHS of the property. Gas meter connection to the gas outlet should be soon. Noticed the electrical wire (white wires on the left side of photo) is very close to the gas inlet. Is this safe???</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-39068848938449774122014-06-19T19:31:00.000+10:002014-07-05T13:11:21.849+10:00Day 184 Plaster and Cabinets<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Plastering commenced 3 weeks ago followed by delivery of the cabinets. Lock up has occurred along with the payment request. Painting will be starting very soon.</span><br />
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Noticed that the silver foil around the heating ducts above the dining area had black stains which happened prior to the installation of the roof tiles. These ducts were exposed to the weather for about two months. Our SS organised an inspection by the installer and was told it was ok.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-30229071552409802932014-05-25T19:46:00.000+10:002014-05-25T19:51:19.813+10:00Day 159<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The SS called us last Monday in response to our concerns about the brickwork. He went to inspect the site and organised a site meeting with us. We met up with him on Thursday and he brought along a senior Metricon building consultant (who had brickwork knowledge). The senior consultant agreed with us - some of the chipped bricks, uneven mortaring and bricks that were jutting out needed to be redone. In addition, he noticed that the brickwork above the dining room window was not done properly (something that we would never have picked up!). He also noticed some streaking of the mortar from the bleaching process of the brick cleaning. The other issue is the inconsistent colour of the mortar which should be grey but in some areas it looks white. Our SS is organising for these to be rectified.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The storm water LPOD has been relocated and approved by the council according to our SS.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During the week the roof tiles above the garage, dinning and outdoor area were completed and the temporary scaffolding has been dismantled. Retaining wall constructed on the LHS of property (as per building plans).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The initial fitting of the fire place and flue is in place. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The plastering has been organised to occur in the next few days. It looks like we are back on track. Thank goodness for our new SS!!</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-60440718445896885142014-05-18T20:37:00.001+10:002014-05-25T19:47:07.250+10:00Day 152<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Roofing on the garage, dining and outdoor area are nearly complete. No obvious progress inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We had a good look at the brickwork after the scaffolding was removed and noticed many imperfections in the brickwork. We understand that some imperfections might be expected with the bricking, however, there seemed too many chipped bricks especially on the corners, loose and cracked mortar, and in one area some of the bricks were jutting out slightly and so on. Below are some examples:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We will let the SS know and hopefully these can be fixed. They might appear minor but they happen to be in obvious locations and we wonder whether some of the chips and cracks occurred during the dismantling of the scaffolding. A big concern is if the mortar is coming loose now, what will it be like in a few weeks or months time?! </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-45269535884778273652014-05-09T20:34:00.000+10:002014-05-18T19:48:50.248+10:00Day 143<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not much happened last week except that we met our new SS last Thursday. He officially took over this week. He seems approachable, understanding and took time out to answer our concerns and questions. He was keen to get things moving along again which was great! So far this week he has organised:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">more bricks for completion of the brickworks</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">a site clean</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">scaffolding to come down</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">carpenters to put the garage roof trusses up</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">minor repairs to be done and inside of the building to be cleaned </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Jetmaster fireplace to be delivered </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">brickies to leave some spare bricks for us (for emergencies)</span></li>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-20362120272609522872014-04-25T20:57:00.000+10:002014-04-26T14:00:35.662+10:00Day 129 Progress<h3>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">1. Progress to date</span></h3>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We've been a bit slack with updating this blog. Here is the progress to date:</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Bricking of the ground and first floor with the garage nearly finished</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Insulation almost done</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Plaster has arrived</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Eave sheets being installed</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Garage roof trusses arrived 2 days ago</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">And basically that's it! Things have been moving <i>very </i>slowly. Roof tiles above the dining and outdoor area yet to be done (and cannot be done until the scaffolding comes down). See attached photos for progression of build.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We found out 4 days ago that there was a change in Site Supervisor and Customer Support Co-ordinator. We found out about the SS change when we were chasing him for our independent building inspector - who had tried calling the SS a number of times without a response. This change in SS may explain the slow progress.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Day 96 - Bricking</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Day 103 Scaffolding delivered to site</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Day 105 Scaffolding erected</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Day 105 Garage wall</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Day 107 First Floor Bricking</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yes, the dimensions of the pillars are on the plans that we signed. However, being completely naive to the building process we were unable to visualise and put the scale of the plans into perspective. Furthermore, while we requested for the outdoor room extension we did not determine the pillar size and position and deferred to the expertise of Metricon's designers. We wonder whether this was an oversight because the middle pillar at the front of the house (portico area) is not as deep (470mm) as the other front pillars which are of the same dimensions as the outdoor area pillars. Even our independent building inspector agrees that the middle outdoor pillar could be less deep.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We met our SS for the the first time yesterday. He took us around the site and answered our questions patiently, which we appreciated. We even got to go up to first floor (via a ladder). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There is a lot to be said for a face to face meeting - concerns were discussed and general construction questions answered and even if issues were not resolved a follow up plan discussed. So much better than playing frustrating phone tag and relying on ESP to predict the most convenient time to chat.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">In terms of the issues from the previous week, basically we've missed the boat with the roof sarking and the distance from the fence is irreversible. We are still working with Metricon to resolve the storm water drainage point and crossover position.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Finally had a meeting with the Base Stage Supervisor (better late than never) and went through the issues of the relocation of the storm water drainage point and the gap between the fence and garage wall. Unfortunately, we didn't go through the entire site but hopefully our SS can answer some of the other questions.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Despite a call by the Base Supervisor to the subcontractor it is still unclear why the subcontractors relocated the storm water discharge point by 800mm to where the future crossover will be. However, he has reassured me that it is easily enough to relocate it to a different position (at no cost to us). Have to check with our local council to make sure everything is ok and to mark the minimum distance from the southern border of the property for the final storm water discharge point. The easiest thing to do is to relocate it back to the original position. Hoping the Base Supervisor will call back about a reason why the subcontractors move it in the first place!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Found out why the gap between the garage slab edge and the fence is so wide. They have measured the distance from the edge of the slab/footing to the <i>surveyed boundary line</i> (which is inside the southern fence line) and not to the fence paling line. This issue has not been raised with us previously. The difference in gap between the fence line and surveyed line ranges from 100mm to about 500mm! Which adds to the gap between the fence and edge of the garage slab/footing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It's been a while since we updated this blog and since then a number of things have occurred including the base and frame of the house! It is now day 68! Once the process began the progress was fairly quick but unfortunately not without issues.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The second issue, which we were very unhappy about, involved the distance of the concrete slab on the south side of the house relative to the neighbour's fence. We had requested on several occasions leading up to and including the contract signing day that the house/garage be built as close as possible to the neighbour's fence. Metricon insisted on a 150mm gap between the house and fence and so we were eventually resigned to this gap. To our dismay, the gap is in fact 500mm! We now have 500mm of useless space that we will need to seal off to prevent external access. Furthermore, while this may seem like a trivial distance it may actually impact on the construction of the crossover and impinge on the 2.5m distance set by the council relative to the tree on the nature strip.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">A possible further issue, which we are investigating, is the relocation of the storm water drain on the kerb. It has now been moved from it's original position in line with south side fence line towards our future crossover. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We had arrange to meet with the SS to inspect the site after the frame stage. One of us made special arrangements to leave work in order to do this as we felt it was important for both of us to be there to meet the SS in person. Unfortunately, on the day the SS was held up at another site and this meeting did not eventuate. He did give us permission to inspect the site ourselves and it was at this time that we discovered the second issue above. We contacted the SS via phone the day after to discuss. Unfortunately, he was in transit and we were at work and so the discussion was brief and some issues remained unresolved. We did learn from the SS that we were supposed to have had a meeting at the base stage. We must have missed the fine print somewhere because we were not aware of this. Furthermore, we had previously (early February) attempted to contact the base stage person but did not receive a return call. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We now have a Site Supervisor (SS) and our Customer Support Coordinator has been replaced with a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Building Support Coordinator (BSC).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The official completion date for the build is end of November 2014. Here's looking to moving in before Christmas!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We have enlisted the services of Urban Property Inspections. Hopefully we've made the right choice in building inspection company given our bad experience with choosing a demolisher. Hopefully the building inspection cost will be worth it!</span>Our Metricon Libertyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615935308980462214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3020346742408883638.post-65136088412671970142013-10-27T22:06:00.001+11:002014-07-05T13:18:19.898+10:00Our experience with Metricon so far<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started the Metricon journey in February/March this year when we found our 'dream block' (with an old house on it!). </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We signed on the dotted line early September. The home we have chosen is Metricon's Liberty 42 with plantation facade.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The initial phase of the process with Melissa at the Balwyn office went fairly smoothly. We appreciated her patience and the promptness in which she responded to our queries.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things were more stressful and frustrating once the preliminary contract was signed and the 'colour' selection began. The issues that stood out include:</span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fact we would be quoted a price for an item for e.g. 'about $200' or 'about $3000' and inevitably the actual price would be $299 or $3900. That's almost an extra $100 or $1000 more than expected!</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was assumed we knew what needed to be done for all areas of the house e.g. it was mentioned to us in passing (when talking about an unrelated matter) that the portico was not concreted. It was assumed we knew about this as 'most people choose to pave it after handover'. This was frustrating because just when we thought everything had been addressed and the costs had been considered we found yet another item that we had to budget further for.</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are now waiting for the building permit to come through. Fingers crossed we'll get it soon.</span></div>
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