Piering done, neighbour complaints

Joe the SS called to say the piering is done, after I left a message on Monday to call me before work restarted for the year. Tuesday next week the slab will likely be poured. He mentioned this is a good time to get in and do the RHS retaining wall (which I don't really want to do).

Called the mortgage guy and he says the loan should get approved tomorrow or early next week. I think he's being optimistic.

Went to have a quick look and our grumpy neighbour Neil came to complain. He thinks all the rainwater runoff will be a HUGE problem for the entire neighbourhood. I tried to explain that the roof catches the rainwater which goes into a rainwater tank, and that the stormwater pits will drain it away. The pits have a 30 year flood rating. He and the back neighbour (who is an engineer so obviously his opinion is law) are going to talk to the council about the stormwater tragedy building up in our backyard. I didn't want to bother arguing. Let the council do what they do best, ignore complaints.

I don't see why they're so upset about a little water, considering they've been receiving it for the past 100 years when there was NO tank and NO pit to catch anything.

Images also here

 

View from the front of property

  

 Front of house (View from the first floor stairs of the neighbour's unit)

  

 Middle of house

Back of house

The rest of the piering

Called Joe today about when the rest will get done. He reckons after new years. If we're lucky and can get some people in for inspections then it could be between Xmas and new years, but let's be realistic. I told him to let me know if there will be work fitted in.

Huxl3y are off between 23rd Dec 09 and 11th Jan 10. Some of their contractors might work through but it depends on if they can get the inspections in. I don't know what these inspections are.

Piering day 1

Finances are still not done. Called Navin and he says he is sending something in writing to Huxl3y. Jillian will be calling him to confirm. She is a serial ball dropper; she doesn't even know how to send email.

Today piering began. I can't believe i'm paying so much for work done by people who probably didn't finish year 10. I don't trust their dull-eyed faces and lack of common sense. The piering went a lot deeper than they expected to get to shale. They only did half of the piering today. Who knows when they will continue the rest of it. Probably next year. Three agitators came for the piering and it still didn't fill all the piers that got drilled.

Parking is a problem because it's unrestricted parking time around there so close to the station.

Huxl3y is irritating me about the Date of Commencement of works. It started almost 2 weeks ago but they will consider it 'commenced' when all the paperwork is done from bank. This will be next year unless a miracle happens. I hate Huxl3y, CBA and anyone from the building and trade industries.

I met another neighbour from the flat, her name's Flo

All images are here.
http://s970.photobucket.com/albums/ae181/ragytag/piering_091214/