Here's this week's update:
- We had asked for a breakdown of the costs from the plumber but had not heard anything. Donald Ward's friend, a master plumber, has offered to do the job for $3000 plus GST and they have started that work yesterday.
- That means that the builder can go in and start on the interior from Thursday.
- We are still waiting to hear from the joiner on the additional costs of using the kitchen joinery we have requested.
- The carpet is sitting rolled up in the cleaner's garage - apparently it's dry but we don't know if it's able to be cleaned. We have asked the builder (who is acting as the project manager) to get him to clean so we can see if it needs to be replaced.
- We have received a quote from the builder for the work required to get the house up to legal requirements
- The interior work will cost us $4462 (incl GST) and can be done straight away (they start Thursday)
- The exterior work will require major heavy landscaping work and leaving the walls exposed so the builder will not be able to do this until the Spring. He has told us it will cost approximately $14,175 but they won't know how much it will cost exactly until they dig it out and see the damage.
- These additional (non-insurance) costs are due directly to previous work not being completed correctly which is very frustrating
That's pretty much it for this week. We'll update you again next week.
Cheers
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