Archive for February, 2009

Roof done …

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Well bar the shouting and the flashing.

Its been a stressful week all. Odd weather patterns saw patches of rain and shine that did not bring forth roofers. Suffice to say by weeks end… and months end .. we now have all roof iron - sans ridging which is normal . The roofers have been advised by the builder that he will be condsidering a change of contractor.

Meanwhile Steve has almost completed kitchen designs, has bnegotaited project management with the builder and is getting prices.   That sounded easy didnt it. Well in fact it was a process to make the ofl stomach ulcer rumble.  A fixed price contratc implies a fixed set of contractors. This makes sens in that the builder collects a stabel of subbies who are trusted. But what if the clinet wants to bring in either a competitive price or a subby with a different way of working? Well then a credit is awarded from the contract.  In the case of purchasing and oven or whatever that is a relatively simple matter. But in teh case of a whole kitchen … what f the thing doesn’t fit? Who is to blame? I am pleased to say that the calibre of builder and  designer in this case has effected an agreement and we are moving ahead.

Delays

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Mon
16°C
10°C
Tue
14°C
9°C
Wed
18°C
11°C
Thu
18°C
11°C
Fri
20°C
12°C

From Met Service today.. there were images of rain here but they disappeared.

Frustrating delays in getting the roof finished with flow on effect to the rest of the work . End of April hand over now very unlikely!

Things are taking shape however and the decisions are coming thick and fast. Form and function are inevitbaly challenged by budget!

Kitchen being finalised, Bathroom stuff being ordered and laundry is on the drawing board.  Tiling just awaits the tiler to price and ok the tile choice. Wood colour for living room floow is also close to settled.

A quick post here  - blogging is not very easy to maintain!

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