levelheaded posted:URGENT -moved in a week ago and now bath/toilet won't empty
Update - builder came out and tried to fix himself and then yes, a drains plumber guy came out this afternoon - spent about an hour with various tools/snakes trying…
levelheaded posted:Site cut and soil removal
We used a guy called Chris from Melbourne Dingo (0419 206 103) - very nice bloke, reasonably priced - can take the soil away for you - he has a…
levelheaded posted:URGENT -moved in a week ago and now bath/toilet won't empty
Thanks for this - in my blind panicI rang a plumbing/drains guy who told me pretty much the same thing. He said these things are supposed to be checked…
levelheaded posted:Are you getting a solar hot water system?
We got the gas boosted hot water system and got some interesting feedback from the Rheem guy when he came, a week later, to investigate a fault light - many…
levelheaded posted:350 days!!!
We had 20 days from signing to commencement (in the HIA Vic standard contract) and they nominated 320 days. We got brushed off on the liquidated damages part,…
levelheaded posted:URGENT -moved in a week ago and now bath/toilet won't empty
We moved in to our Meletis built house a week ago and tonight, to our horror, the bath won't drain and the accompanying toilet won't drain either (luckily, under "test…
levelheaded posted:Any recommendations of landscapers for timber decking?
Hi - can't speak for the quality of work yet but we've just booked in Xscape Garden design and construction - from my dealings with the guy (Jack Engel) so…
levelheaded posted:LYNDARUM/AURORA/SUMMERHILL ESTATES: Epping, Victoria
Hi - yes road is open yesterday - makes it much quicker to get out I agree! Now we just need a road so that we can bypass that…
levelheaded posted:Final added costs exceed $12k, building at Aurora Epping VIC
Update - pleased to say that costs have shrunk to $4,500 - and hopefully dropping further still... thanks in part to the 3 months' worth of liquidated damages.
levelheaded posted:Frame overhanging off the slab, edge slap chip off
Hi - Mrs Levelheaded here - we had this problem too - I don't know what the technical tolerances are but we took pics of it for security (and suggest…
levelheaded posted:Final added costs exceed $12k, building at Aurora Epping VIC
It's unbelievable - the day before we settle, and it's, "Oh, by the way, you owe us an extra $12 000." Because we have that just sitting around.
We had figure…
levelheaded posted:Final added costs exceed $12k, building at Aurora Epping VIC
We've just received the draft of the final bill and so far there are approx $12k's worth of "additional variation" costs - for which we have but a scrap of…
levelheaded posted:How does practical completion & handover work?
Okay, so ours is coming up also - we've got wonder Kevin going around Monday afternoon and then we're going around with the builder on Friday morning - hopefully with…
levelheaded posted:Lodging a complaint against builder - Meletis Homes
Meletis have offered us some compensation for the incorrect positioning (and we're talking 800mm here further back from the front of the block) but we really had to push them…
levelheaded posted:Lodging a complaint against builder - Meletis Homes
My builder, Meletis Homes, has built my house in the wrong spot (he and his lawyer have acknowledged this). I want to lodge a complaint against Meletis Homes here in…
