It's the same the whole world over.

Six years ago we built house and shed connected...no major problems. Our major problem was the Inspector's attitude. He would come and inspect the place, if he found something he didn't approve he would stop the builder's work until he had come back to see if the job was done to where he was satisfied
He had to approve it before twenty working days had passed, ie four weeks...and he never returned until 19 working days had passed.
Only then could anyone pick up a hammer again to continue working on anything else in the building.
Then he would continue his inspection on the building. If he found something else wrong he would once again halt all work. And the builder would once again down tools for four weeks until the bureaucratic Inspector had approved it.
All this 'Down Tool' c**p was costing us money, and I was getting wound up enough to give him more than a vocal round-up, But my builder told me to 'Get-the-Hell-out-of-here' when our Inspector was due.
Council Bureaucrats!? A bunch of sanctimonious ar'e-holes in my opinion.
Why didn't he inspect through the entire place in one day?

Bureaucrats!

Bah!!!

My next job on this property was a retaining wall. Over the last sixty years I've built about thirty culverts and bridges and have built the sides of culvert and the approaches of bridges and I've never had one wash away.
I know what I'm doing...I've been doing it for years
When the inspector turned up it had cost me $46,000.
By the time he'd finished with me the price was $64,000...and that was with me doing things my way at half the money...if I'd gone all his way the cost would've been higher again.

Council bureaucrats...not for this bloke!