Browse Forums Building A New House Re: New to site, confused now, to build or not. 7Nov 23, 2008 9:23 pm Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: New to site, confused now, to build or not. 10Nov 24, 2008 9:07 am Don't fall for the "Freebies" scam Re: New to site, confused now, to build or not. 12Nov 25, 2008 8:42 am Land title is probably the single most likely delay. Your build contract will be fixed length (somewhere between 7 and 9 months), but your little patch of land may not title for anywhere up to 2 years after you've bought it.
Most builders will follow the standard progress payments, as has been mentioned before. You won't get a custom house built without progress payments. You could get the same result by buying a display home perhaps? We built with urbanedge and couldn't possibly be any happier... I couldn't recommend them enough (although their designs certainly do not suit all tastes!) It is also highly unlikely that you'll be able to negotiate on price. The best you can hope for is to get discounted upgrades or something... but they're usually already in set packages anyway. Alan and Thuy in Melbourne Building a second time! 9 24751 For reference, this is the Austlii reference. My take on this is, that they would be breaking the law denying access to a homeowner in Victoria, or their agent from having… 1 9070 If this is a custom build then I would expect the builder to set out the door frame closer to the wall to avoid the gap between architrave and the wall and or specify… 9 8289 |