Kicking and Screaming

More disappointing news for the shed today.

After paying for a Private Building Surveyor to get the Owner/Builder and Building Permit last week, a phone call today changed all that.  The PBS disagreed with the information I had been provided by the Council Building Surveyor, and flat refused (surprisingly bluntly) to continue with the process – no argument (there was no opportunity to argue), no discussion would be entered into. Money will be refunded, all the documents submitted torn up as if they were never seen.  And here I was under the misguided illusion that the Building Dept of the City Council were the ultimate authority on what can and cannot be built in their district.  Oh wait, they are.

So now I have to do it all myself.  Dragging this damned project kicking and screaming to the finish line.

It will play havoc with the original timeline.

I now have to apply for my own Owner-Builder Certificate of Consent (3 weeks), then apply for the Building Permit (2 weeks).  So instead of getting the Building Permit by the end of this week, it will now cost me another month (assuming no problems (yeah, right)).

So for my own benefit, this is the new timetable (worst case scenario).

Project Stage	Original Estimate	New Worst Case	New Best Case
Owner-Builder Certificate		7 Oct – 25 Oct	7 Oct – 18 Oct
Building Permit	30 Sep – 13 Oct	28 Oct – 8 Nov	21 Oct – 1 Nov
Order Concrete	14 Oct	8 Nov	1 Nov
Order Shed	14 Oct	8 Nov	1 Nov
Shed Manufacture	14 Oct – 10 Nov	8 Nov – 8 Dec	1 Nov – 1 Dec
Clear Out & Remove Shed	19 Oct – 20 Oct	16 Nov – 17 Nov	9 Nov – 10 Nov
Order Skip	21 Oct	18 Nov	11 Nov
Block Clearance	28 Oct – 29 Oct	25 Nov – 26 Nov	18 Nov – 19 Nov
Casting Slab	30 Oct – 31 Oct	27 Nov – 28 Nov	20 Nov – 21 Nov
Shed Arrival	11 Nov	9 Dec	2 Dec
Lead Time for Assembly	11 Nov – 24 Nov	9 Dec – 22 Dec	2 Dec – 8 Dec
Shed Assembly	25 Nov – 1 Dec	6 Jan – 10 Jan	9 Dec – 13 Dec
Completion

So now, best case scenario adds about 2 weeks to the delivery.

Worst case, and this has now added 6 weeks, and means delivery won’t happen this side of Christmas (or this year).

Just for once, it’d be nice if things worked out like they could, not as they always seem to.