We had our final inspection today with the site supervisor, we’re amazed they have completed nearly all outstanding items on our snagging list, in total 48. It was a hive of activity at site, painters, plumbers, cleaners all working to get everything sorted. While we were there the electrician arrived to connect the power.
The only things still outstanding are:- leveling off the floor to the island which is a little high on one side.
Replace the trim to the main bath which is discoloured again after being replaced already.
We only notice today one of the panels to the sliding doors was scratched, which we missed on the first walk through. This will be replaced in the New Year.
Since there were only one or two items that needed to be resolved and this could be dealt with in the New Year, we signed off.
Now all we had to do was get the Bank to make the final payment which was proving to be more difficult than we first thought. Anyway, to cut a long story short we have the keys.
The house is ours. We did have the carpet booked in for tomorrow but thought this maybe cutting it a bit fine. We decided to change it to Tuesday next week. We plan to start the driveway this weekend weather permitting.
Now the hard work starts trying to sort out the garden!!!!!
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Final inspection - part 1
We had our first walk through with the site supervisor today. We had already made a snagging list a few days ago and gave it to Allcastle on Tuesday. We thought the sooner they know about the things we are not happy with the more chance they have of getting them put right before we sign off. It also gave us a chance to go through the house throughly and less chance of missing things. Our original list had 78 points with needed to be addressed. This sounds a lot but probably 90% are paint touch ups.
There are a few more serious ones such as the 2 roof apex tiles have not been cemented down probably.
Also a few issues with the tiling. The silver trim around the bath still hasn't been put right, even after we spoke to the tiler. It's also become discoloured in patches so it needs to be redone.
The tile below was installed after the splash back had been put on and the kitchen tiles re-done. Why bother putting a tile on thats chipped in the corner???
The picture below shows the Stainless Steel splashback now installed.
Plus a few holes and gouges in the floors upstairs which would prevent the carpet from being laid.
During the walk round we went through our list and by the end of it, the list was down to 45 items. So they almost halved it in 2 days, not bad going. We are still hoping to sign off before they shut down for the Christmas break. We will have another walk round next Wednesday and if we are happy we will pay the final payment and arrange to collect the keys on Thursday. We're not planning on moving in straight away but it will give us a chance to do the wood flooring downstairs and have the carpet fitted upstairs. We can also crack on with the landscaping as well.
There are a few more serious ones such as the 2 roof apex tiles have not been cemented down probably.
Also a few issues with the tiling. The silver trim around the bath still hasn't been put right, even after we spoke to the tiler. It's also become discoloured in patches so it needs to be redone.
The tile below was installed after the splash back had been put on and the kitchen tiles re-done. Why bother putting a tile on thats chipped in the corner???
The picture below shows the Stainless Steel splashback now installed.
Plus a few holes and gouges in the floors upstairs which would prevent the carpet from being laid.
During the walk round we went through our list and by the end of it, the list was down to 45 items. So they almost halved it in 2 days, not bad going. We are still hoping to sign off before they shut down for the Christmas break. We will have another walk round next Wednesday and if we are happy we will pay the final payment and arrange to collect the keys on Thursday. We're not planning on moving in straight away but it will give us a chance to do the wood flooring downstairs and have the carpet fitted upstairs. We can also crack on with the landscaping as well.
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