Specifically, a Concreter or a Fencer.
Perhaps both.
That way when I call myself for a quote I will either a) answer my phone or b) return the phone call.
And when I make suitable time with myself to go out to the house to quote, I might even bother to turn up.
Grrrrr, what is it with some people???? Obviously not in need of the work, money or a good reputation.
Fencer #1 supposedly was going to the block 2 weeks ago and was going to pop the quote in the mail. Perhaps it is catching a ride on a snail because I'm still waiting. Strike 1.
Fencer #2 came highly recommended and impressed at the onset with his ability to return phone calls. We made arrangements to meet last Saturday morning. I kept the appointment, he unfortunately did not. And he has not been seen or heard from since. Strike 2.
Concrete guy was initially hard to pin down to a time, but I finally managed to organise a meeting with him. Not the most convenient of times for myself, but I was willing to be flexible, so again off I trotted with a tired 1 y.o in tow. I arrived at the scheduled time and I suppose I shouldn't have been too surprised to find that I was there alone. Half an hour later I thought I should call him just to make sure he wasn't lost or something. Sorry, he said, can't get there today. Ummmmm, and you were going to tell me this when?????? Strike 3.
Big mistake on my part to give this guy a second chance at getting our business. Another no show at the re -scheduled appointment. WTF? Strike 4.
At least the " Blinds and Curtains " man turned out to be gold. Professional, punctual and reasonably priced. At least one thing is organised!!!!
Not that I probably need to be in too much of a hurry. Progress over the last 3 weeks has been very slow indeed.
I had an inspection with SS 2 1/2 weeks ago. Let's call it a Clayton's Lock-up inspection - the Lock -up inspection you have when you are not actually at Lock - up ( on going missing roof drama. )
He told me then that the roof would be complete within days, the painter would be onsite in 1 week ( and would take about a week ) then the tiler would be in for roughly 3 days work. Meaning that right about now we should have a roof in the front bedroom, freshly painted walls and tiled wet areas. Well, 1 out of 3 ain't so bad I suppose. They have done the roof, but it was only finished off on Tuesday!!!!! Hence the very wet slab in that room. God knows what sort of condition the plaster is in.
Oh, and they have flipped one of the Rumpus Room doors now to give us a nice matching set.
And they have ripped out the wall between the Laundry and the Hallway which was framed up into the wrong position, then plastered over in the wrong position. Fellas, the lady with the baby on her hip could tell a long time ago that those Laundry taps weren't in the right spot just by looking at that them. Couldn't you have figured it out, armed with a tape measure and all?
Thankfully the BSS inspection picked it up. Not so pleased that the expensive Independent Inspection that supposedly included a fancy " laser light measure " to check room dimensions did not. :-(
Oh, and the Bricks have been washed...finally.
Looks great for the most part. Does it have to be perfect? I'd like it to be perfect, DH thinks I'm being too picky. A few bricks now have holes in them after the high pressure wash. Is this normal and/or to be expected?
And there is an area in the alfresco that looks a bit wonky, for want of a better word.
Here are some pics....
AUSTRAL'S HAWTHORN BRICKS WITH FLUSH OFF- WHITE MORTAR
From the front
From the back
From the side
Looking " not quite right " to me in the Alfresco. Hmmmmm.......
So, that is about it from me at the moment. ( Sorry J for not having more to report, lol! Hopefully you're the one that will be full of news tonight! ;-)
Good luck with your builds, decorating, landscaping, concreting, fencing etc wherever you may be.... hope you are seeing more progress than us!
K.
