Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 24, 2023 1:10 pm Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 3Oct 24, 2023 2:21 pm Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 5Oct 24, 2023 4:52 pm Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 6Oct 24, 2023 9:06 pm Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 8Oct 24, 2023 11:18 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 9Oct 25, 2023 1:08 am Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 10Oct 25, 2023 1:24 am Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 11Oct 25, 2023 1:37 am Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 12Oct 25, 2023 8:11 am Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 13Oct 25, 2023 6:11 pm I feel for you Simeon, clients like that are pretty average.. Not to be too petty, but have you signed all the utilities over to them yet? * Ask water board to reduce water meter to minimum allowable pressure (water authority lock/mechanism)? * Not sure if electricity company can remote access the meter? * If it is technically still a construction site, maybe store a shipping container on the driveway? Ultimately, the above will just add fuel to the fire and may not help the cause. Lawyers and evidence is probably the best way to proceed.. Good luck.. Jerry Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 14Oct 25, 2023 6:22 pm There will be contractual protocol to follow where the owner takes posession before handover. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 15Oct 25, 2023 7:41 pm EvryThingIsNormal I feel for you Simeon, clients like that are pretty average.. Not to be too petty, but have you signed all the utilities over to them yet? * Ask water board to reduce water meter to minimum allowable pressure (water authority lock/mechanism)? * Not sure if electricity company can remote access the meter? * If it is technically still a construction site, maybe store a shipping container on the driveway? Ultimately, the above will just add fuel to the fire and may not help the cause. Lawyers and evidence is probably the best way to proceed.. Good luck.. Jerry Thanks for your advice Jerry Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 16Oct 25, 2023 7:42 pm building-expert There will be contractual protocol to follow where the owner takes posession before handover. I am sure you are correct, but it can't be that common right? I also contacted council today as well. See if they can do anything Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 17Oct 26, 2023 8:07 am If your dispute escalates it will get to the stage where there will be points of claim and points of defence. There will be an opportunity for you to include with your claim all the items not yet charged (nothing is for free) and the costs of delays caused by the owner. So maybe you will get paid for all the things you thought you did for free.(overtime, working weekends etc) Sometimes players dont know when to quit, the owner maybe should have quit while ahead. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 18Oct 26, 2023 8:39 am building-expert If your dispute escalates it will get to the stage where there will be points of claim and points of defence. There will be an opportunity for you to include with your claim all the items not yet charged (nothing is for free) and the costs of delays caused by the owner. So maybe you will get paid for all the things you thought you did for free.(overtime, working weekends etc) Sometimes players dont know when to quit, the owner maybe should have quit while ahead. Thanks for your post. I had a feeling this might be the case so I really appreciate your advice. I will start working on a spreadsheet with all the "free work" we did. Interestingly, just had a call from council. They aren't really interested in getting involved. The best help they could give was that they won't pick up their rubbish. That would be annoying but I was hoping for more. Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: In this forum we often rightly criticise builders.... 19Oct 26, 2023 9:17 am No one cares, you are up against it. Even if the council issued a notice requiring dwelling be vacated it could be appealed and or ignored. No magistrate will throw out and evict a family out of their own home on their land for what is a civil matter breach. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog 9 26859 They already have two well known ones (HIA & MBA) that many new home buyers mistakenly think are regulatory bodies that Joe Public can complain to. 6 19065 Thanks for the insight. Pretty surprised that anyone would do this to a regular customer. They are probably in a comfort zone with you for too long. Good of you always… 15 4101 |