Hi Guys, My building contract is a standard Master Builders Association of Victoria new home (H6) contract, it states the following under 17.5 owner to provide signed defects list to builder in certain circumstances - If at the final inspection of the works the owner claims any defects exist, or th...

I would give building expert a call, he will know your rights back the front. I've sent him a PM lets see what and when he responds to....

I have a Master Builder Contract and it does not have any of these conditions in it, so I guess the builder is just making it harder for me to get my own building quality inspector

Hi there, I am in the process of building a new house in Mickleham, VIC and thinking of hiring an Independent Building Quality Consultant to inspect all the construction stages and provide me with a detailed report outlining any defects found which I can then forward it to my builder for rectificati...

Hey icat, I went to your blog and really loved it. Could you please tell me how often do you get updates from your builder and whom do you speak to get one?

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Hi Guys, I am in the process of building a new house. I am planning to hire services of an Independent Building Inspector for all the stages of the build and have advised of this to my builder. My builder is advising that it will take about 1 month for them to clear any defect list given to them by ...

Unless the contract states when the builder starts after building permit issued. Ours stated that the builder must start within 30 days of permit. You might want to check in your contact. Also I agree your liquidated damages is a pittance. Too late now as your agreed to the contract. I checked it a...

Yes, after you sign the contract you have no control over builder's timing. If you sign off on a bad deal the law will not protect you. How on earth did you agree on $10/week for liquidated damages? Its completely my fault, I did not know anything about liquidated damages and the builder told me th...

I would tread very carefully and get a legal advice about ending the contract or you may loose much more than you think. If you end the contract unlawfully you may still have to pay builder's profit as if he has completed your home maybe 20-30 % of your contract price. Mere delay does not give you ...

It does take awhile for the whole process specially with admin. If people have built with him before. And his got a good rep. I would stick it out a bit more. Or get something in writing through an email about start dates. Paper trail is the best evidence. Read your contract first. And check out th...

Also even if you cancel and get back some of your deposit it take you at least three months to get to the actual construction stage again. I understand that but I just want to cut my losses right now. Sometimes I think that I am being too paranoid and the builder will pull through but when I don't ...

Well there would be the soil costs, drawing plans, building permit, engaging the surveyor and whatever else they have organised to date. You have to read what your contract says about cancelling. The contract is a generic Master builder contract in which if owner cances the contract then Builder is...

A five to six months build...I'm surprised. Must be a very simple design. Is the design yours or the builders? If the builders, you might have trouble getting permission to build it. It's a single storey 30sq house. I told them a plan that I liked from another builder and than worked with their dra...

Did you get the building permit or did the builder get the permit. I say be prepared to lose all of your deposit. It took about a month for our builder to start after building permit was issued. The builder got the building permit. I paid about $18000 in deposit so surely it didn't v cost them that...

Hi Guys, I have signed a contract and paid 5% deposit to the builder since early December 2017. This is a custom builder and not a volume builder. My building permit was issued at the end of Feb 2018. Its almost 4 weeks now and the Builder has not yet started the construction, every time I call thei...