Browse Forums General Discussion Re: 21 Mths so far for council approval 2Dec 20, 2021 8:05 pm Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: 21 Mths so far for council approval 3Dec 20, 2021 8:34 pm StructuralBIMGuy Hey banjodan Sorry Dan, Sounds like you are at the arse end of the list, that's going nowhere, where your builder has taken on too much work. Furthermore if you have applied for the covid home owners grant. (I'd say you're also screwed, and there would be tens of thousands more like you.) It's all well and good the government has extended the timeframe but some builders are abusing the extensions, dragging out the slab down ( contract start and Grant handover to owners) and Gouging Battlers for a Hundred grand extra on increased contract variations . OT, I met yesterday on site with one who stands to loose $40K Grant + $30K Deposit =$70K, if they cancel the contract and go elsewhere? I ask why didn't the government foresee this happening? Builders keeps asking for variations and additional money to sort out their Under croft Engineering and the cost increases don't stop there. They are claiming the owners independent designer (design broker) got the under croft design wrong, by not getting the full engineering done earlier, hence the delays and price increases are now the owners fault. How so? I inspected the additional retaining engineering required yesterday... it was builders BS... There was nothing I could say to quell the clients anger.... Anyway goodluck Wow that sucks! We’re pretty well stuck with our builder but I think we’re nearly there. Luckily so far our builder hasn’t tried to hit us with price increases but we have had to pay a lot more for drainage engineers, landscaping above and beyond what we planned, etc. We never qualified for the grant as we signed our contract before it was ever a fart in Scomo’s head so at least we don’t have that pressure. Hi Minho I have heaps of experience in Ku-ring-gai with both DAs and CDC ( this is the main area we build in). DA's are taking 12-18months and CDC's we have been doing… 1 2191 The OP has gone The latch and striker are definitely not aligned but there was no point trying to help the OP understand that. Hence the reason they are no longer with us. 12 3978 1 1346 |