Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Is it compulsory to start construction within certain time? 7May 24, 2007 5:17 pm Second Time 'Round Re: Is it compulsory to start construction within certain time? 8Jun 01, 2007 12:55 pm Be careful, you also have to consider council approval process as well.
1. From council side, normally there's an expiry date. For our council it's 5 years. After that you have to re-apply for approval, 2. From builder side, depends on which stage you are in: A. If you haven't sign any contract, you can delay as long as you like, but project home builders normally adjust the price every 2 to 4 months. The price is only fixed when you sign the contract. You can also walk away, but the design and drawings are their intellectual property, my understandings is unless you get it in writing, project home builders won't allow you to use their drawings to build with someone else. If you got it from some Architect, you won't have this problem. B. If you signed the contract, depending on the contract details, normally you need to start within a few months after council approval. Hope this helps. Cheers Allan http://building-our-first-house.blogspot.com/ We are about to commence a new build I and I’m reading about defects along the way. My question is should we employ a independent building inspector to come in and… 0 5240 Can you give advice on how to get missing certificates needed for a form 21? Our bank requires us to provide one but we are missing 4 building certificates from our first… 3 71807 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair That laser level looks lovely! We bought one for less than a quarter of that price off eBay. It worked really well for us and it's still going now, five years later. After… 1 16710 |