Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Delay in land title+rediculously high bill from Builder= 4Apr 10, 2010 11:41 am Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Delay in land title+rediculously high bill from Builder= 6Apr 10, 2010 1:10 pm “It's just as unpleasant to get more than you bargain for as to get less” George Bernard Shaw. Re: Delay in land title+rediculously high bill from Builder= 11Apr 13, 2010 9:05 am Our house thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=18335 Re: Delay in land title+rediculously high bill from Builder= 14Apr 22, 2010 12:14 pm Built a Tribeca 44 with the Big M Sales Accept 15/06/09, Contract Signed 24/09/09, Site Start 23/11/09, Slab 11/12/09, Frame 12/01/10, Roof 20/01/10, Lock-up 30/03/10, Fixing 30/04/10, Handover 27/08/10. Re: Delay in land title+rediculously high bill from Builder= 15Apr 22, 2010 12:52 pm jimmalenko ~sandra It stated that in accordance with page 38, edition 2-2001 of the home improvements contract and the domestic contracts act 1995 we owe them $8892.24 for an increase to contract as per section 4 - Construction not commencing within 5 months of the signing of contract due to owner circumstances, land or developer issues. We signed our contract on the 18/9/2009 so it has been 5 months, though honestly, this is rediculous since it is out of our hands... is this something we can fight? Shouldnt the land developer be paying crap bills like this as it is there fault? Is there some kind of "compensation" that developers should have to pay for things like this? Sorry, not much sympathy here ... It clearly states developer issues as "not their problem". You should have identified this as a possible issue prior to signing it, and got a counter-clause put in your land contract that would defer liability of this clause to the developer. I daresay your land contract would exonerate the developers for up to 2 years, so they are still well within their contractual obligations even if they are a couple of months off schedule. Legally I don't think you have a leg to stand on, so cop it sweet or cancel the contract in my opinion. ~sandra This bill seriously is not something we expected.. we have thought of everything else and included it in our loan, though this was not something we thought of. We have enough money saved to either pay our land stamp duty, or this bill. Honestly, if we have to pay it, it will break us in the entire building dream! No judgement, but if a $9k bill is going to break you, how is a 3-5% rise in interest rates going to affect you ? EXACTLY! I don't mean to be rude either but this is something that you need to go over before you put yourself into debt. You can argue with the builder and plead with them, but legally you won't get anywhere. Our house thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=18335 Hi, My home construction is complete, and the handover is scheduled next week. However the construction has been delayed and I have raised this to the builder. The… 0 5331 1 7963 Flamingo Give me a call and I will do my best to talk you through it. For those who would like an answer, Subject to seeing your actual DA condition, I think you are… 1 4574 |