Since construction began, Benji has gone out every weekend to have a look at the progress. Each time he takes photos of all the new progress and of anything he's not sure about - cracks in the slab, organic matter in the soil, termite barriers etc etc. He usually emails Scott/Leon, the builders, and asks for more info, or he emails Michael, the building designer, to get his advice.
Last visit Benj took some photos of the roof trusses/beams, concerned about the strength of the joins (or something like that!?! - pretty hard to tell from the photo which is why I've not posted it). He forwarded these on to Michael and to the structural engineer. They're a little bit concerned - Michael thinks we need the engineer to go out and have a look. So Benj emailed and spoke to Scott to discuss it. According to Benji, Scott seems to be ok about it all and is happy enough that we want our engineer to have a look at the house after the major framework is all complete.
It's stressful and awkward. I feel very weird about the fact that it feels like we're checking up on Scott all the time... and yet it's our life savings we're entrusting him with, so of course we have to be careful. We don't want to cause any tension/bad blood with Scott and Leon because they really are a great couple of guys to be working with... and we don't know the accepted etiquette... or even if there is such a thing... I guess we just have to continue to be cautious and I just hope that no-one takes offence.
