Yeah, I heard that today too - looks like I wont be getting that new oven door! Or the 6 month maintenance period.
Im sure the guys that run it will…

still no oven door, still no list of provisional sums. Ill be lodging the complaint to the Commission this week as their 2 weeks are up.

The fact that we had to ask for it was irritating.
7 weeks after handover we are still waiting for the new oven door we were promised (the existing one someone…

We did not get offered the option of looking at the house before handover.
We went to the house before picking up the keys anyway, and made sure all the…

Just got a phonecall saying that all items are finished, and we can go into the office with a bank cheque tomorrow and pick up the keys.
Wow... that was…

Its been one week from PCI. We went and had a look at the house - it doesnt appear that anything has been fixed yet, I couldnt get inside but…

Finally we were able to do PCI yesterday. Myself, the site supervisor and the independant supervisor went through the place.
In the end there were several pages of defects, most…

Dude from Leighton - its not that the end date is being postponed, its the opposite. They are trying to tell us it is finished when it isnt. They want…

They are still harassing us to do PCI, despite the place not being finished - the kitchen splashback and bathroom mirror only went in on Friday, still no flyscreens.
They have…

Ahh, ours is 3.16m, so that explains it. Thankyou for clarifying that! One less thing to worry about.

Well, I certainly wouldnt go near them again.
An update to the countertops - they are refusing to give us the upgrade we signed for, instead they are going to give…

I had to send another email demanding to know what was going on to get a reply regarding the countertops. We had been told 2 weeks ago that our countertops…

Ha! Comedy of errors is definitely the case!!
As for blowing my stack, I dont know whether to yell or cry. I hate having to deal with all this stuff…

They have installed 20mm benchtops in the kitchen instead of 30mm....

I had a chat to the water corp and the Building Commission - they were very helpful! On their advice, I told Kerdels that I wanted to inspect the property,…

Exactly - now they have painted over all the leaks.
I sent them the notice of complaint last Monday - they get 2 weeks to fix the problem, or it is…

Im building with Kerdels and we are almost finished - my advice is RUN AWAY!!!!
Bulding with them is a nightmare, I wouldnt wish them on my worst enemy. Take a…

pics of the water after only a day of light rain.
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We went to the house this weekend (waited til it rained) and the leak is worse than before!!! Now water is not only coming through the double brick external wall,…

It took 2 weeks to get a response from Kerdels. It says "the items listed on your inspection report are/have been dealt with (including the damage to your driveway).
The leak…

Haha! No smashed mirrors, just lots of bad luck! One of the guys at work built last year and had a much worse time than us so I try to…

I think the elbows being pushed up has caused some of the leaks, not all of them. Unfortunately when they try to pull them back down the elbows may be…

We had a meeting onsite with the broker. No SSup - I assumed he was supposed to be there to let us in?? Anyway, we managed to get in an…

Ours is a HIA contract, with the following breakdown:
Slab Down 19%
Plate Height 25%
Roof Cover 17%
Lock up 16%
Tiling 15%
Practical Completion 8%
Sounds like they have a tiling stage instead of cabintery etc.…

The impression we get is "who cares, it will probably be fixed when the downpipes are installed before handover". Handover is still months away.
The independant inspector has not recommended anything…

Someone fron the building broker is going to meet us out at the house next Monday to have a look at the problems we have been having.
Can you believe…

With the violent storms that have hit Perth, I sent an email CL, asking if the problems with wall cavities filling up with water (that we have been asking about…

Hi Scoofy,
Im sure a lot of builders screw things up, but after the customer service we have recieved, I wont recommend Kerdels to anyone.
As for HBA - from the…

This build lurches from one screwup to the next....
We recieved the invoice for the tiling stage last week. We checked on the tiling on the weekend, through an unlocked laundry…

the kitchen cabinets have gone in - the cabinetmaker seems to have done a lovely job, given the stuff-around he had! The tilers have also started, Im hoping to sneak…