What's the part of your house you'd most like to hide?
Luke Buckle
8 years ago
Is there a messy room, an awkward feature, an ugly piece of furniture or neighbour's fence that you'd just love to be hidden away forever?
Share what your forgettable feature is below and post pictures if you're brave!
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Vy
8 years ago
robandlyn
8 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (47)kilaclarke, you're right. Trust is essential. We trusted the builder we engaged. I thought we had achieved open and honest communication. That was until he lied about getting an engineering assessment done for the beam needed to replace a load bearing wall; and he kept on lying. His rough guess was found to be grossly under-dimensioned and not even braced properly to the existing structure (was it John, Z?). We became suspicious about the beam because he delivered workmanship like the botched door frame in the pics below. Trust quickly evaporated. I'm sure he now tells people what awful clients we were. It's not always the client. The photos are evidence of what was awful. We sought to protect other families from this cowboy shattering their hopes, dreams and finances. The Master Builders Assoc didn't want to know about it. Neither did Consumer Affairs. Perhaps, if the building industry sought to clean up and eradicate all the shonkies within their ranks, they'd have a better reputation and customers could have a heightened level of trust. New fad: Let sunlight in through your door frames & go nuts with the nail gun. A new approach to mitre joints: they don't join! New fad: Leave 2 to 7mm gaps around the frame. New fad: Rough and raw with semi-hidden light switches. People do not trust builders when they can see that a grade 7 student could achieve a better result in their very first woodwork lesson. This guy should not hold a builders license. How many others are there like him? The industry needs a clean up....See More
Hilde Gard
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
wuff
8 years agoVy
8 years agowuff true true it's hard work though..I'm going on strike this week found all these dishes in my sink when I drove home last night ..into the garbage bags they go until they stop being pigs
Vy
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoand all this can remain there until someone does something about it..I'm not yelling or nagging the kids to do their chores this week lol new strategy let see if it works lol
Vy
8 years ago
LouieT
8 years agorobandlyn
8 years agowuff
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