The Pressure Mounts

Another frustrating week despite starting with an email confirming PCI on the 12th. Trouble is, I think we will be turning up with some major jobs outstanding. Sure, the weather has been awful but we have had a couple of really bright and dry days yet the render has still not been done.  Fence came down though - although that just meant the disgusting amount of litter on our plot has spread to our neighbours property. Wholly unacceptable and I fired a terse email to the SS to tell him about this.  It's a tip. 

Electrician was also back to fit out the garage and down lights to the facade. There are still a few missing in the eaves so I'm hoping he'll be back on Monday to complete that.  On Friday, the SS promised that the render would be done that day and the painter would be 'working all weekend'. Yeah, right...! I saw the painter on site briefly on Saturday but not sure what he did. There is a ton of work to be done by Tuesday. 

And then I noticed water leaking through the al fresco ceiling. Oh my....this could be a real problem.  I let the SS know but he couldn't explain why it's happening.  After all, the terrace was waterproofed and tiled.  I notice that a hole was cut and plastered in the ceiling on Friday so maybe they have found the cause - will be watching that closely as a persistent leak there will be a big deal.  

I also provided a long list of snags that I expected to be fixed by PCI. This includes many things that I pointed out to the SS during our first meeting in February.  Thought it best to set out my expectations in writing because they have been ignored thus far.  My number 1 issue is the two brick-course gap above the sliding door on the al fresco.  The SS was referring this to his manager (at long last). He was talking about cutting and welding - it's now time for action not empty promises PD.  With just 48 hours to our PCI, the pressure is mounting.  Still no painter, still no render and the site is a disgrace.  Tick, tock.....

Fence gone...the big reveal!

Water leaking through to al fresco ceiling

Water leak

What a tip.....Really PD???? Litter blowing into our neighbours' properties which is very embarrassing. And tradies are still chucking their crap into it.  So over their complete lack of respect...and PD's inability to manage them.