Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 27, 2009 12:21 pm Hi All, I'm planning to go travelling for a month in November and mostly my house construction will start in June and hence be completed by end Dec / early Jan. I was just wondering if there is a risk of not being available a month before house completion, after sigining the building contract, what are major factors that we need to take care of to ensure the house is appropriately completed. thanks Re: Last month before handover 2Apr 27, 2009 12:29 pm will you have installments to pay during this time? what if there are unexpected additional costs how will you handle it? will you organise someone you trust to be responsible if there are decisions to be made etc Re: Last month before handover 3Apr 27, 2009 1:51 pm the other thing to consider what if there are supplier problems who will deal with those? if you need to change some color choice? to be honest the final stage feels like FOREVER!! and you should be right, but just make sure you do have a contact that the builder can go to 'just in case' there are issues! Re: Last month before handover 4Apr 27, 2009 3:40 pm woodsey the other thing to consider what if there are supplier problems who will deal with those? if you need to change some color choice? to be honest the final stage feels like FOREVER!! and you should be right, but just make sure you do have a contact that the builder can go to 'just in case' there are issues! it sure does.. Look, even as part of a couple DH wouldn't hear of me taking a holiday away with a gf during this stage of the build. Even though he would be here. BUt then I am opinionated. I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 17061 Ardo That is so funny! I wonder how many people know who Larry Haun is these days. I have a couple of young guys we call Mo 1 & Mo 2 who run a crew of 6 boys and… 9 15535 Building a fence now will help limit people dumping rubbish and soil on your property. Many houses in suburbia on small lots have fences up before a build. I moved into a… 1 4410 |