Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 08, 2007 8:36 pm hi guys, can anyone please tell me if STRUCTURAL CHANGES are possible after HIA contract. your help is greatly appreciated..[b][/b] Re: porter davis structural changes 2Feb 08, 2007 9:08 pm You having the same problem, too?
We're trying to get them to re-site the house (we've signed contract already) but they're telling us NO because we apparently can't change our mind after the contract appointment. However, may it be noted that we asked for this change BEFORE signing the Tender document. Keyword again - BEFORE. And incase I didn't make my point that was BEFORE signing the Tender. Their excuse now is that because it was not written (an incompetent/neglectful Tender presenter perhaps?) anywhere that they cannot accommodate this request at all. They are essentially putting the blame on us when we asked for this change BEFORE any documents were signed. Good luck if you want to change anything. Let me know how you did it if you are succesful. [sneakersss] Re: porter davis structural changes 3Feb 08, 2007 11:43 pm My understanding is no, you can't make any structural changes after you've signed your contract. Our admin person was very adament about this & made sure we went through the contract with a fine-tooth comb before we signed it to ensure everything was specified & as it should be.
Having said that, we ended up having to make 2 contract variations - one was the electrical plan (which wasn't included in the original document) & the other was a change to part of our cladding as the estate developer had to approve our cladding before we were able to build & (because of building covenants) we had to change part of the cladding. So minor changes might be able to be made but, in general, you'll probably find you can't make any more changes. Re: porter davis structural changes 4Feb 09, 2007 7:09 am Hi RED. What structural are you referring to. Changing a wall, changing a beam type ?? Peter Clarkson - AusDesign Australia www.ausdesign.com.au This information is intended to provide general information only. It does not purport to be a comprehensive advice. changing facade after hia contract 5Feb 09, 2007 9:32 am i actually want to change the facade. i know minor changes are possible but this is something that i doubt.. Re: porter davis structural changes 6Feb 09, 2007 2:01 pm I don't see why not. Anything can be changed as long as you have enough time and money! Just another variation.
Is this with a project home builder? Maybe they just don't WANT to do it. Do you have Council Approval yet? That could make it difficult to change. council approval 7Feb 09, 2007 3:50 pm no we didnt had council approval yet..just abt to send it for that..we are building through porter davis. Re: porter davis structural changes 8Feb 09, 2007 4:04 pm I don't see why there can't be a variation to the contract.
The plans for council will need to be altered or if they're already lodged, a variation lodged. What did PD say when you asked them ? Peter Clarkson - AusDesign Australia www.ausdesign.com.au This information is intended to provide general information only. It does not purport to be a comprehensive advice. Re: porter davis structural changes 9Feb 09, 2007 8:42 pm ausdesign I don't see why there can't be a variation to the contract. The plans for council will need to be altered or if they're already lodged, a variation lodged. What did PD say when you asked them ? You would think it would be easy to just add a variation to the contract. But such isn't the case. I'm not sure what they told sweethome12 but we got the excuse that we can't change anything after our Contract appointment. However, they didn't tell us the decision that they can't and will not re-site our house until after they received council and developer approvals. Then they started giving us the excuse that nothing can be changed now because the council and developer have approved the plans already. I'm not entirely sure of what I'm about to say but isn't changing the facade possibly a lot of work? As in they have to redraw some of the drawings to accommodate for the change in facade? [sneakersss] Re: porter davis structural changes 10Feb 09, 2007 11:49 pm YSSIM I'm not entirely sure of what I'm about to say but isn't changing the facade possibly a lot of work? As in they have to redraw some of the drawings to accommodate for the change in facade? You could be right, actually...because the "point of no more changes" includes signing off on the elevation drawings...& if you change the facade, they'd have to redo the drawings. Re: porter davis structural changes 11Feb 09, 2007 11:53 pm Can you clarify what you mean by re-site?
PDU Re: porter davis structural changes 12Feb 10, 2007 10:00 am Pom down under Can you clarify what you mean by re-site? It just means moving/relocating the house to a different position on the block of land. Our house is sited 1.5m from the southern boundary of the block. The southern end is where we've also asked for the watertank to be located as opposed to the western end where it originally was. They moved the watertank but didn't re-site the house to accomodate for it. Because the tank is almost 1m in depth, it only leaves us around 0.5m between the boundary fence and the watertank. Tight squeeze I say but I guess we'll have to live with it. I'm beyond caring about what excuses they give us at the moment. Everything else is fine, anyway. We're just waiting for a building permit and then I'm sure the site start date is just around the corner. [sneakersss] Re: porter davis structural changes 13Feb 10, 2007 4:55 pm I'm in SA and the water tank is the last thing they install, how come yours has been done before groundworks have been completed?
PDU Re: porter davis structural changes 14Feb 10, 2007 6:23 pm Pom down under I'm in SA and the water tank is the last thing they install, how come yours has been done before groundworks have been completed? PDU Nothing has been built yet. We were all just merely discussing the topic of making a change (to the contract etc.) after it has been signed and wether this was possible or not. [sneakersss] Re: porter davis structural changes 15Feb 11, 2007 11:06 pm Minor structural changes should be possible, however there could be an additional charge.
We identified a problem, after we had signed our contract, but resolved it quickly. Our original instructions were to make our double garage slightly smaller by replacing two single doors with one double and thereby getting rid of the single central pillar. This would give us an extra 8 inches side clearance for parking a caravan. What we failed to notice on checking the plan, was that the architect had actually increased the width of each end pillar and kept the same overall width to the garage. Rossdale, our builder, had the plans redrawn, a new engineers report was required, council amendment fee to be paid plus the addiition of a header to our storm water down pipes. All up cost $510. Three options 1 Ask the liquidator 2 Find another PD customer and ask the source of their report 3 Pay for new report 3 12320 Assuming you've modelled the TB8, TB10, TB12, TB2 & J1 joists/LVLs there, it appears as per drawing to me. There maybe should be an additional J1 between TB10 and T12 if… 3 31780 |