Browse Forums General Discussion Re: What do you do when the goalposts keep being moved...? 22Jul 06, 2009 3:09 pm I think some people are always quick to judge that we are either getting scammed or taken advantage of when things (usually $ based) don't go our way. Sorry to sound critical but sometimes the numbers just don't fall our way no matter how hard we scream and want them to. Maybe its just an expensive lesson learnt: Read your T&C's, read your contract, know WHAT you're paying for, know HOW MUCH. A deposit is not just about the builders buying materials for the job, it is also about clearing their calendar of other anticipated jobs in that period of time. I may be missing the point here but why anyone would sign and pay deposit based on as estimate I dont know. An estimate is exactly that, an estimate. Sounds like you obviously like the price and rolled the dice and would have been prepared to pay an extra $500 (give or take you said) upon site inspection, but now its beyond that you want to pull out? hmmm Let's exaggerate the argument....if the site inspection came in at $500 LESS, would you still have paid the original estimated quote? Re: What do you do when the goalposts keep being moved...? 24Jul 06, 2009 6:02 pm Quote: My example regards the removal/demolition of the kitchen is a case in point. They actually had quoted me for kitchen removal/demolition but later qualified that by saying that it didn't include removal of certain parts of the kitchen Um, I'm sorry but I am not a mind reader! Removal of kitchen it said, not removal of 1/2 a kitchen! How could I have predicted and prevented that? That's what I am trying to sort out now. Yes hindsight is 20/20 agreed. Again, sorry if it came across as critical wasn't meant to be. My point is to cross the 't's and dot the 'i's of a contract. Not about being a mind reader...for example when your quote indicated removal of 'kitchen',your first kitchen should have been 'what exactly is considered to be 'the kitchen'?' Is your sink considered part of the kitchen? What about a free standing stove? What about your waste disposal system? Is your dishwasher considered part of the kitchen, what if the d/washer is in another room though?...or is everything in this 5x5m (or whatever) area of space to be removed? etc Your next question would have been 'where is is being removed to?' The next room?, outside? on the street? the front lawn? If your builder considers the pantry and benchtop as 'the kitchen' and nothing else, and removal is outside the front door, but your expectation is the entire room and every item removed from that room taken off-site, then.............. My garage door has started playing up recently. Sometimes (and getting more frequent) when I press the button to open it, it wont. The motor is an ATA GD0-6V3. Red and… 0 2674 Being an owner builder is no walk in the park. It’s a challenging endeavour that requires dedication and hard… 0 10004 Joe, it depends on your certifier but we are noticing the ones we deal with are really cracking down. So i would recommend you follow your approved landscaping plans to… 4 10974 |