Sprint Race, Middle Distance Event and further!
I thought I was almost there when the painter started over 4 weeks ago. I could see the finish line in front and could touch the bespoke staircase! Talk about dragging things out. The last stage felt like a sprint, then a 1500m race and now more of a 10,000m event. What’s the delay? The squad of 6 plasterers dwindled to 3, then had to finish another job. Also, this is a big project because the render on the outside uses the same team. The urgency was to get the render finished so the scaffold could come down and then be transferred to the next build, which was due to be constructed. The timings meant that this did not happen and so now the scaffold firm have had to bring a whole house of scaffold from another site. Huge cost here.
Services……….need I say more!
This is the equivalent of trying to do business with the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. I have tried to develop a detailed schedule of works to cover all ground work contractors. We thought we were there and then one said ‘Oh, by the way, we need the kerb line in, from the main road before we will connect or lay the pipework’. This has meant that the money allocated to move the spoil from the foundations will now have to go on the rather premature work, to the access road.
Plot 4 – update
Plot 4 is up and looks splendid! The beauty of coming on board early is that the client can have an input into the internal design. Each client has a different set of circumstances and a different idea as to how they want to live. Some work from home or have a large family and so we endeavour to accommodate their idea of a perfect house. The external look of the houses all have similar features that remain the same but the internal layout can be modified to make living areas open plan or separate, depending on the request from the client.
The houses are substantial in build and still sit comfortably on the site with minimal intrusion on the main house or with each other. It is an exciting time now as I can visualise how the development will look when it is complete!