Browse Forums General Discussion Re: somerfield stage 25 2Jan 11, 2011 9:02 am 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: somerfield stage 25 5Jan 28, 2011 8:36 am Somerfield has been plagued with Delays. I was lucky and bought in stage 1a and the land was already titiled, but been watching since then. At one stage the company contracted to do the development went under, and they had to get a new developer in. Plus all the rain we have had. By all means start shopping for your house. Work out what you like and pick your builder etc. Even start negotiations. But be warned that if you sign, most builders will put a clause in the contract that if the start date is delayed they get to charge you $XXXX per month. Ive read of people getting charged $20,000+ in penalties. Check out our thread over here: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=24067 Drop in and say hi! Milesy Not unless you have managed to put it as a special condition into the contract somehow. 1 6155 The fastest thing a builder will do is bank your cheque, those systems work perfectly with lightning speed, everything else is slow burn. Just the way it is. 1 8710 1 4697 |