Austin family says supply chain issues have caused the move-in date of their new home to be delayed 3 times

AUSTIN, Texas — It’s by no means simple to construct a house, however proper now is perhaps one of many hardest occasions because of provide chain points and excessive prices throughout the board. That is as a result of it takes a variety of completely different items to make a brand new dwelling come collectively.

The COVID-19 pandemic and provide chain points have precipitated individuals, together with Kailynn and Andrew Cannata, to face a variety of issues getting their properties completed.

The Cannatas broke floor on their new Austin dwelling in October 2020 and have confronted challenges from the beginning.

“You understand, groups would get sick, groups can be out,” Andrew Cannata mentioned. “So, we did not really actually poor basis and get the inspiration work began till about March.”

The Cannatas hold having to vary their move-in date, with the large day getting pushed again additional and additional.

Their unique move-in date was speculated to be in October 2021. That was then pushed again 5 months to March 2022, then once more to Could 2022. Now, they’re lastly set to maneuver on this June.

The date adjustments have been particularly troublesome for the Cannatas, as they deliberate their rising household round this new dwelling. They simply had a child lady a few week in the past. By now, they thought they’d have been fully settled into their new dwelling, to start out their subsequent chapter with their new child and their 3-year-old son.

“So, it is positively been a problem. However once more, , there’s not likely something to be performed about it as a result of [the] child’s going to come back when she’s going to come back,” Kailynn Cannata mentioned. “So, I believe that is been one of many largest items, , simply with the ability to pivot round that.”

With their new dwelling construct, the primary provide challenge they confronted was with lumber. 

“There was that entire, like, scarcity and form of explosion of supplies. Like, lumber supplies,” Andrew Cannata mentioned. “And that, sadly, occurred proper across the time that our framing began.”

With the availability chain points even worse now, the Cannatas say it simply looks like one delay after one other attempting to get their customized dwelling put collectively.

“One piece of the fabric that I believe took the longest was our metallic roofing,” Andrew Cannata mentioned. “It was about 90 days delayed from its unique estimate time.”

Since they needed to wait so lengthy for the roof and couldn’t work on the home till they obtained it, the constructing crews began engaged on different tasks – particularly as a result of many builders are going through staffing shortages.

“You understand, if you schedule groups to come back out, they go take different jobs whereas they’re ready for issues to occur, which pushes your timeline much more so,” Andrew Cannata mentioned.

Not solely have these provide chain points precipitated the Cannatas’ timeline to be longer, however they’ve additionally precipitated the price of the house to be a lot larger.

“I might say that our prices have gone up about 30%,” Andrew Cannata mentioned.

So, what would their recommendation be for somebody trying to construct a house in Austin proper now?

“If I may say, ‘Do not do it now, like, proper now on this second,’ I might,” Andrew Cannata mentioned with amusing. “However, no, truthfully, it is simply reset your expectations.”

Regardless of the delays in getting all of the items collectively to construct the home, the Cannatas are excited to start out their new chapter with their new child, of their new dwelling, which can quickly be accomplished.

One other piece of recommendation the Cannatas had for people who find themselves constructing is to not promote your present dwelling too shortly. They initially put their home available on the market in September 2021 and are grateful they didn’t settle for any gives as a result of they’d have had to determine the place to stay till their new dwelling was completed.

Household pictures by Emily Cannata Images. 

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