Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Aug 24, 2011 5:21 pm ___________ Building a Newington 40 with Carlisle Homes in stage 7 of Saltwater Coast Point Cook Follow our progress Re: Fixing stage question 2Aug 24, 2011 5:26 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Fixing stage question 4Sep 01, 2011 8:29 am Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Fixing stage question 6Sep 01, 2011 9:08 am chrisandkate Withholding a part of a payment can be deemed a breach of contract. This is what my HIA Victorian new Homes Contract January 2008 says: - Number of Days to make Progress Payment after stage completed and notice received = 7 days - 'Progress Payment' means a payment that the Builder may claim on the completion of a construction stage as detailed in Schedule 3. - Clause 30.0 The Owner must pay the amount of a Progress Payment set out in Schedule 3 within the number of Days set out in Item 7 of Schedule 1 after both:
I'm not a lawyer, but it looks like if you received progress payment and the stage is not yet complete, you can't be breached of contract if you withhold payment. Thanks for much mate. I see that you do cabinets before flooring. For timber flooring, for most parts it's fine because it's got base plates, and for door jabs you can… 7 11563 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9566 Plumbers 'can be' plumbers, made all the worse by self certification which the building surveyor invariably accepts as proof of compliance! The good thing is that you know know. 3 4869 |