Nusteel has now informed us that due to the requirement of the CFS a new council application must be submitted and assessed from scratch for this portion of the development.
We asked Nusteel to submit changes requested by the CFS with our original development application. They refused saying it would be handled by variations to the existing application.
We had not even seen the changes they were proposing that now require another application to Council.
We are gobsmacked and considering our position.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
'Misunderstandings'
Nusteel told us they had a meeting with Adelaide Hills Council today at 1 pm with specific people. I rang one of those people at the Council and he indicated there was no such meeting scheduled. He also checked the calendars of his colleagues and supervisor and also found so no such meeting scheduled.
When C rang Nusteel back with this information the Contract Administrator, Tracey said "that's what they told me".
We are starting to have grave doubts about the integrity of this company since we have now had several instances of these types of 'misunderstandings' with them.
What sort of home building process are we in for when we cannot rely on the information supplied to us by our builder? How do we know whether they will build a sound, structurally up to standard home if we are having so much difficulty getting to the point of even starting to build?
I am now seeking advice from Government agencies as to what our next steps should be. I honestly hope that Nusteel lifts their game and we can get our dream home happening but it's not looking good right now!
When C rang Nusteel back with this information the Contract Administrator, Tracey said "that's what they told me".
We are starting to have grave doubts about the integrity of this company since we have now had several instances of these types of 'misunderstandings' with them.
What sort of home building process are we in for when we cannot rely on the information supplied to us by our builder? How do we know whether they will build a sound, structurally up to standard home if we are having so much difficulty getting to the point of even starting to build?
I am now seeking advice from Government agencies as to what our next steps should be. I honestly hope that Nusteel lifts their game and we can get our dream home happening but it's not looking good right now!
Monday, September 24, 2012
Really sick of Nusteel's lack of response
It seems like Nusteel has a policy of never responding to an email or phone call on the same day or next day or even in several days. It also requires several requests to get a response. We certainly haven't ever had a response from them within 24 hours or from a single request or email for at least the last year of our dealings with them. This is so frustrating and makes us dread what the building process will be like, if it ever starts that is!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Still Waiting For Nusteel
We are STILL waiting for Nusteel to supply changes and information requested by council. We have been trying to find out why we are still waiting for a week now. C has sent them four emails and phoned them 4 times too with no return responses letting us know what is going on. We are starting to wonder why Nusteel is not responding to our communication. We have started to speculate the worst.
Sunday, August 5, 2012
:o(
Why are we wai-ting
Why-y are we wai-ting
Why are we wai-ai-ting
Why, why why?????
Yes Folks we are STILL waiting!!!
Nusteel finally managed, last Friday (so they tell us), to submit information requested by council several weeks ago. Nusteel are blaming their engineers for the delay. Council has always promised processing within 5 days if they have the information they need so maybe... just maybe we might be getting somewhere. *big sigh*
Gosh I hope Nusteel aren't this slow when it comes to actually building the house - after all the media is full of stories about how the building industry is crying out for work at the moment!!!
Why-y are we wai-ting
Why are we wai-ai-ting
Why, why why?????
Yes Folks we are STILL waiting!!!
Nusteel finally managed, last Friday (so they tell us), to submit information requested by council several weeks ago. Nusteel are blaming their engineers for the delay. Council has always promised processing within 5 days if they have the information they need so maybe... just maybe we might be getting somewhere. *big sigh*
Gosh I hope Nusteel aren't this slow when it comes to actually building the house - after all the media is full of stories about how the building industry is crying out for work at the moment!!!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Again with the waiting.....
....and waiting....and waiting. I should be better at it by now! We are expecting building rules approval any day now and that will mean we can actually start breaking ground to build! It'll be pretty exciting when it finally happens I'm telling you!
C is thinking he'll start putting up our 'safety fence' (to stop any debris descending the hill and surprising the neighbours) this Friday - which is very brave of him in my opinion! :)
C is thinking he'll start putting up our 'safety fence' (to stop any debris descending the hill and surprising the neighbours) this Friday - which is very brave of him in my opinion! :)
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Bugga!
Well it seems we will not be moving into our new house this year.
Following Planning Commission approval we've now met with NuSteel to try to get things moving on this project to build a house on a hill. The next step is Building Rules Consent. Quite some time has elapsed since we signed our contract so NuSteel wanted a meeting to consolidate where we stand in the process.
NuSteel has indicated some price rises in the time since we signed the contract (in excess of a year ago) and also changes in their suppliers whose selections they had us do very early in the process. We have negotiated with NuSteel on the variations they requested - indeed the price rises they indicated seemed very large by percentage of the original cost, even considering the period of time that has elapsed. Fortunately they have been open to negotiation with some of these variations.
The company being contracted to provide the joinery (cupboards, benches etc) has changed but fortunately have all the same fittings we have chosen and this will therefore mean our original selections are fine (thank heavens for this - didn't relish designing a new kitchen again!)
The only other changes to be incorporated in our plans at this stage were generated by the CFS BAL rating report and involved maintaining a larger stock water volume for firefighting (we elected to get larger tanks) and providing a turn-around as part of our driveway to enable vehicles to exit the property facing forward.
NuSteel have elected to submit their request incorporating these minor changes to their contractors to prepare Civil Plans this coming Monday so this means a period of 2 weeks will elapse between obtaining Planning Commission Approval and commencing the process of creating Civil Plans for submission for Building Rules Consent. It's difficult not to be impatient after waiting so long already but it is certainly starting to seem like we are progressing towards a build.
NuSteel has said they will commence building at the beginning of July and that completion is likely to be in January 2013. We have elected to hire our own earthworks contractor (the especially helpful individual mentioned earlier in this blog) so we've asked him to schedule us in for June. NuSteel has indicated they will meet with him to ensure we're all on the same page.
Now is also the time that we have notified the company providing our waste management system (another one of those helpful individuals I mentioned earlier) that commencement is imminent in the hopes that we can coordinate the beginnings of this project without too many delays.
It's kind of exciting and kind of frustrating at the same time to have progress and an end date that is so far away - but an end date nevertheless! To allay our frustrations we've been searching for light fittings for our new house and have ordered our external light fittings, our FIRST actual purchase of fittings for Teringatu! Yay!!!
Following Planning Commission approval we've now met with NuSteel to try to get things moving on this project to build a house on a hill. The next step is Building Rules Consent. Quite some time has elapsed since we signed our contract so NuSteel wanted a meeting to consolidate where we stand in the process.
NuSteel has indicated some price rises in the time since we signed the contract (in excess of a year ago) and also changes in their suppliers whose selections they had us do very early in the process. We have negotiated with NuSteel on the variations they requested - indeed the price rises they indicated seemed very large by percentage of the original cost, even considering the period of time that has elapsed. Fortunately they have been open to negotiation with some of these variations.
The company being contracted to provide the joinery (cupboards, benches etc) has changed but fortunately have all the same fittings we have chosen and this will therefore mean our original selections are fine (thank heavens for this - didn't relish designing a new kitchen again!)
The only other changes to be incorporated in our plans at this stage were generated by the CFS BAL rating report and involved maintaining a larger stock water volume for firefighting (we elected to get larger tanks) and providing a turn-around as part of our driveway to enable vehicles to exit the property facing forward.
NuSteel have elected to submit their request incorporating these minor changes to their contractors to prepare Civil Plans this coming Monday so this means a period of 2 weeks will elapse between obtaining Planning Commission Approval and commencing the process of creating Civil Plans for submission for Building Rules Consent. It's difficult not to be impatient after waiting so long already but it is certainly starting to seem like we are progressing towards a build.
NuSteel has said they will commence building at the beginning of July and that completion is likely to be in January 2013. We have elected to hire our own earthworks contractor (the especially helpful individual mentioned earlier in this blog) so we've asked him to schedule us in for June. NuSteel has indicated they will meet with him to ensure we're all on the same page.
Now is also the time that we have notified the company providing our waste management system (another one of those helpful individuals I mentioned earlier) that commencement is imminent in the hopes that we can coordinate the beginnings of this project without too many delays.
It's kind of exciting and kind of frustrating at the same time to have progress and an end date that is so far away - but an end date nevertheless! To allay our frustrations we've been searching for light fittings for our new house and have ordered our external light fittings, our FIRST actual purchase of fittings for Teringatu! Yay!!!
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