Frustrated about the delay

All we can say is that the house build has been delayed quite significantly by the builder and we are very very frustrated at this point in time. And that is the understatement of the month.

Currently the framework for the house is done, the roof frame is done, plumbing (gas, water, sewage) is in, electricians are working on roughing in the cables. We are waiting on the roof to come on, so that everything else can move forward. Apparently there have been some disputes between the roofing subcontractor and our builder, and the roofer is refusing to do any work for our builder. We are told that our builder is looking for a new roofing subcontractor to do the job. As far as we know, there are two other houses being built by our builder in our area that are also affected by this.

Mr Sasanqua has been in contact directly with the general manager of our builder, and been trying to push our build forward. The worst part of this whole fiasco is that the site supervisor and GM of the building company don't return calls or emails. Mr Sasanqua needs to call them and leave messages multiple times over many days to get any response at all. They must be trying to avoid us but this is not how things should be done. We are a paying customer, and prompt, accurate, and honest communication will solve and prevent a lot of our frustration and annoyance that we have been feeling. We need to know what is happening (or not happening), and we need to know why.

Mr Sasanqua has spoken to a solicitor (who happens to be his uncle) about the delay in our build but at this point (the contracted building construction period is not up yet) we have no leg to stand on if we consider taking any legal action. We do have in our contract an allocated monetary amount per day that we can claim when/if the build goes over the construction period stipulated in our contract, but the amount is hardly enough to cover our rent. We are now just kicking ourselves for not having negotiated harder on the amount.

Mr Sasanqua will also be contributing to the blog. Unfortunately we have lost a mobile phone that had all the photos that were taken of the house since February so we don't have any photos of concrete pouring to frame up stages.