I’m appointing Simon Crabb to be the project administrator.
He’ll sit between the builders, contractors etc. and me. He’ll manage the contracts between us and approve when I pay for items that are to the pre-agreed specification.
Snagging
The Housebuilders Bible has an in progress snagging list from pp 405.
Insurance
Check and confirm what structural or other warranties I’ll be getting from the suppliers and builders ?
- The building inspector covers that the structure is adequate and little more
The Housebuilders Bible outlines insurance and warranties on page 101.
During Build
- When the house gets to foundations, get a foundations inspection by the mining survey chap (Nick Datson). They’ll sign off / look at the foundations in relation to the mining survey, that did, as expected find that there is an old tunnel under the property. I know this because I’ve been in it. It is at beach level so probably over 30 meters bellow the property.
The Housebuilders Bible suggests keeping a daily site diary:
- Weather
- What work was done
- Who was on site and how many hours they worked.
- Quotations, orders, deliveries, shopping trips
- Payments made
- Contacts made (with phone numbers etc.)
- Site visits by building inspectors, architects, surveyors etc.
- comments, feedback from casual visitors, neighbours
- accidents (however small), breakages, theft.