I need to vent!

[UltraMarginal]

Stoopid rassen frassen house and the stoopid rassen frassen builders.. with all there promishes and all their assurances and all theirs Guarentees that the house will be ready with more then enough time before my wedding to do a few post construction things (like carpet, tiles, driveway, wardrobe fit out and blinds) to day they reach the lovely number of 50 day pas the contracted completion date and they still cannot give us a date for handover...

11 days till i get married and have no where to live!!

Stupid Metricon

That's terrible, time to start holding off payments till the work is complete.
but make sure you take the time to enjoy your wedding!!

[Hursticon]

Stoopid rassen frassen house and the stoopid rassen frassen builders.. with all there promishes and all their assurances and all theirs Guarentees that the house will be ready with more then enough time before my wedding to do a few post construction things (like carpet, tiles, driveway, wardrobe fit out and blinds) to day they reach the lovely number of 50 day pas the contracted completion date and they still cannot give us a date for handover...

11 days till i get married and have no where to live!!

Stupid Metricon

That's terrible, time to start holding off payments till the work is complete.
but make sure you take the time to enjoy your wedding!!

I completely agree with UltraMarginal on here, I'm sorry to hear Sharky as your Blog hasn't been a particularly happy one for a while.

Honestly, builders and their industry whine about not having enough work and money, yet they pull this sort of S#$%?
Is it any wonder why Home Ownership in Australia tends to be such a harrowed experience for people, in many ways I'm kind of glad I'm a very long way of it.
(And yet, I hate that that is the case too... )

[SkyWarp91]

Sharky sounds like he has a case that could make good headlines in A Current Affairs, Today Tonight etc.

Aren't the builders legally obliged to complete construction by the quoted date? Or have you agreed to some sort of T&C that has voided this? (I'm going to assume the latter)

[Sharky]

the Contract protects the builder they can extend the deadline due to rain days or "unforseen circumstances" they claim lost time rain days on days they worked and were not effected byt the weather at all just because "they can"

it doesnt matter tho the builder had more then enough adequate time to complete the house it is just their own incompotence and poor time management that has caused the delays..

its frustrating that they can not be honest with us either...

[Zippo]

Can't even get a job at a place I used to work at (left on good terms ) and getting the copy and paste rejection emails ..

[Golden Phoenix]

Sharky sounds like he has a case that could make good headlines in A Current Affairs, Today Tonight etc.

We don't need to give those small minded, waste of time, moronic, stupid, trash advertisements more stories. They can make them up on their own. I really wish people would stop watching those fictional shows so they can just go away.

If you want to take your case somewhere, take it to actual authorities.

[bowspearer]

We don't need to give those small minded, waste of time, moronic, stupid, trash advertisements more stories. They can make them up on their own. I really wish people would stop watching those fictional shows so they can just go away.

If you want to take your case somewhere, take it to actual authorities.

Yes because that worked so well when thousands of PS3 owners in the country (including myself) got screwed over by Sony. That's not even going int a little publicised scandal involving the ACCC head and Woolies involving a buyout of Franklins.

What was the difference there? Media spotlight wasn't shone on those issues so noone knew about them.

The reality is that politicians only care about public opinion and re-election. Said same politicians are the ones who hire and fire the senior bureaucrats who oversee the "actual authorities" in this country.

It reminds me of what someone once said during the Howard era- "John Howard doesn't run this country; Kerry Packer does".

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Facebook just disabled my 'personal' account for using a false name. I'm so not scanning an official document for 'em to reactivate it.
So long, Stalkbook!

[Golden Phoenix]

Yes because that worked so well when thousands of PS3 owners in the country (including myself) got screwed over by Sony. That's not even going int a little publicised scandal involving the ACCC head and Woolies involving a buyout of Franklins.

What was the difference there? Media spotlight wasn't shone on those issues so noone knew about them.

The reality is that politicians only care about public opinion and re-election. Said same politicians are the ones who hire and fire the senior bureaucrats who oversee the "actual authorities" in this country.

It reminds me of what someone once said during the Howard era- "John Howard doesn't run this country; Kerry Packer does".

Yeah but that doesn't change the fact that ACA and TT are trash that have shown time and time again that they don't let the facts get in the way of a "good story"

[Hursticon]

Yeah but that doesn't change the fact that ACA and TT are trash that have shown time and time again that they don't let the facts get in the way of a "good story"

Totally agree and that's why I refuse to watch either show; they're both full of crap and I'm highly disappointed in ACA as it was a show that I held in great esteem when I was in my early teens; They lost all credibility when the likes of Ray Martin and Jana Wendt left and it is such a tragedy when Journos like George Negus try to report actual Current Affairs with some actual integrity and fact, end up having their shows cancelled due to the idiotic masses preferring bent consumer guides and bollox celebrity gossip.

Hence, if I want 'entertaining' news I'll watch Network 10's The Project otherwise, I get all my news from the ABC; Their reporting is way less biased, they cover more than just the 'Top Stories' as well as having excellent shows like Media Watch, Q&A, 7:30 Report and 4 Corners - SBS also does a far superior job of reporting foreign news and it's Insight program is always an excellent watch.

I also prefer ABC for it's airing of Question Time from both houses of Parliament, it eliminates all of the skewing spin you get from the Commercial channels.

I'm personally tired of the commercial Networks, especially Networks 9 and 7, pandering to the big end of town and executing biased agendas -Case in point is the revelation that Fortescue Group hasn't been paying company tax ever! and the absolute burying of this fact/story procured out of a recent Government Committee hearing by said networks.