Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Upfront costs reasonable? Home warranty, CC and other re 2Mar 03, 2022 11:48 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Upfront costs reasonable? Home warranty, CC and other re 4Mar 03, 2022 1:33 pm Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Upfront costs reasonable? Home warranty, CC and other re 7Mar 03, 2022 7:23 pm Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Upfront costs reasonable? Home warranty, CC and other re 10Mar 07, 2022 8:21 pm Houselog strannik We just paid the whole 5% upon contract signing (not even sure we had an option to pay just their costs). Thanks for responding Strannik! I think the default is to pay the 5% deposit. But we double checked the HIA contract and it says you don't actually have to pay the 5% deposit until the warranty insurance is in force and the certificate of insurance is in place. So we just paid for any items that needed to be done to get this process going makes sense. i just figured that i'll do my part as fast as I can, so that the ball is in builder's court and this cannot be used as excuse for delays/cost increases. the interest we would've saved on it is just pocket change in the grand scheme of things. Re: Upfront costs reasonable? Home warranty, CC and other re 11Mar 08, 2022 8:38 am Instead of the builder asking you for your bank a/c details and whether you have sufficient funds? Maybe you should be asking the builder the same question , find out how many projects he has on the go that have stalled LOL, I don't have enough money in my builders a/c to pay for the indemnity Insurance policy (humour) should be of great concern to you... seriously find another Builder Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Upfront costs reasonable? Home warranty, CC and other re 12Mar 15, 2022 12:56 pm StructuralBIMGuy Instead of the builder asking you for your bank a/c details and whether you have sufficient funds? Maybe you should be asking the builder the same question , find out how many projects he has on the go that have stalled LOL, I don't have enough money in my builders a/c to pay for the indemnity Insurance policy (humour) should be of great concern to you... seriously find another Builder Cheers Chris Thanks for your comment, interesting point raised! I'm not sure if it is just NSW, but I did enquire other builders and they all asked for 5% deposit as well on signing of contract I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. We also swapped some rooms around and tackled a major… 2 11750 Seems good to me. I've been told $4-5k/sqm is reasonable in Perth. 2 12219 put the 2 draw set directly under the cooktop and the 3 draw set either side for balance 1 1316 |