It's what dreams are made of and nightmares kindled: Most home owners aspire to it; some take a few tentative steps and fewer still are crazy enough to go the full hog! This blog shares some of the trials and tribulations of a major redevelopment of a 1950s home through a cataclysmic transformation which retains the best of the last Century while metamorposing the property into a design classic fit for today's living.

Tuesday, September 05, 2006

WEEK 25 - Communication (Delay = 9 weeks)

When your builder has become a speeddial on your mobile, you know the project has been going on for too long.

Under normal circumstances, there shouldn't have to be much day-to-day communications beyond the weekly site meetings. But when promises metamorphose into broken promises, we're entitled to know why things are not happening. Surprisingly, they'll never pick up the phone with an update. It's the client that has to do the running, in addition to the architect, who talks to the guys regularly. You sometimes wonder whether it really makes a difference.