Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Sep 15, 2009 3:15 pm Hi all,
Old member, new name, just in case someone watching my thread didn't want to put it in there, if you know what I mean?! Just wondering if someone could please help me, we are building a house that is past lock-up stage and have realised that the builder is missing parts of our eaves, a quick look back through e-mails etc etc and a chat to the SS, we realise we have actually paid for 58mtrs of eaves and have only recieved 21mtrs, so that makes us 37mtrs short. SS has told us that they can put the eaves on if we want them on or maybe we could come to some sort of an arrangement with something else, if there was something else we may want. We have something in mind but need to know what monterey figure we would be looking at, as we don't want to ask for eg: the front door to be upgraded when we could potentially be talking thousands of $$$, but still want to be fair and reasonable. So my question for you all is: Has anyone got ANY idea what sort of price bracket we should be looking at here, that is still fair and reasonable??? Please help, any help is much appreciated as we have no idea. Thanks Re: How much for eaves??? Builder has made mistake :( 2Sep 15, 2009 4:05 pm It cost just over $3,000 to add eaves to one side of our house, which is roughly 20m long - so yeah, I wouldn't be taking a front door as compensation! I think a 37m stretch would be at least $5k worth. One thing I don't understand though, if you choose to go for the eaves, how can they just put them on after - doesn't this need to be part of the roof from the beginning? I would be wary about how they plan to achieve this once the roof has already been completed... someone else might be able to shed some light on this though. Re: How much for eaves??? Builder has made mistake :( 3Sep 15, 2009 5:54 pm vivadixiesubmarine It cost just over $3,000 to add eaves to one side of our house, which is roughly 20m long - so yeah, I wouldn't be taking a front door as compensation! I think a 37m stretch would be at least $5k worth. One thing I don't understand though, if you choose to go for the eaves, how can they just put them on after - doesn't this need to be part of the roof from the beginning? I would be wary about how they plan to achieve this once the roof has already been completed... someone else might be able to shed some light on this though. They will scab a piece of timber to the side of the truss that will need to have a back span of about 2/3rds of the eave distance. It would look a bit messy at first but it would be well hidden. Re: How much for eaves??? Builder has made mistake :( 4Sep 15, 2009 11:48 pm vivadixiesubmarine One thing I don't understand though, if you choose to go for the eaves, how can they just put them on after - doesn't this need to be part of the roof from the beginning? Yeah, I was wondering too. So there would be a slight bend in the roof? How about structural strength, say if you want to hang something from the "extension"? Re: How much for eaves??? Builder has made mistake :( 5Sep 17, 2009 1:39 pm Thanks for the responses. Macy vivadixiesubmarine One thing I don't understand though, if you choose to go for the eaves, how can they just put them on after - doesn't this need to be part of the roof from the beginning? Yeah, I was wondering too. So there would be a slight bend in the roof? How about structural strength, say if you want to hang something from the "extension"? vivadixiesubmarine It cost just over $3,000 to add eaves to one side of our house, which is roughly 20m long - so yeah, I wouldn't be taking a front door as compensation! I think a 37m stretch would be at least $5k worth. One thing I don't understand though, if you choose to go for the eaves, how can they just put them on after - doesn't this need to be part of the roof from the beginning? I would be wary about how they plan to achieve this once the roof has already been completed... someone else might be able to shed some light on this though. Can anyone else shed some light on this issus for me, maybe some legal advice, or where I can go/call to find out where we stand legally??? Re: Builder has made mistake :( Where do we stand legally? 6Sep 17, 2009 2:19 pm Which state are you in? Each state should have their own building commission with a hotline that you can call. They're very helpful but can't always help you out from a legal point...if you know what I mean. Legal aid in vic will give you a free 30 min referral to a building solicitor. I guess the real question you really have to ask is.... At this stage, what do you want? If you want the money back....then that is the easiest solution. If you paid $6000 for the eaves to be upgraded ....then you should get this back as it's a defined amount. It should be pretty straight forward. If it was included in the house price as a package and they didn't put it in...then it's a bit harder to work out. Our building journey has begun: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=23138 Brookvale 45 by Porter Davis ************** Lead me not into temptation.....I can find the way myself. Re: Builder has made mistake :( Where do we stand legally? 7Sep 17, 2009 6:18 pm Legally they have to build what you signed. Give them the option of building the roof again or credit you $6000. Dont let them modify it. My house has had a few modifications and they dont work. Re: Builder has made mistake :( Where do we stand legally? 8Oct 09, 2009 10:57 am Thanks for the responses, I have since called two building surveyors to make sure that this can actually be done and the procedure that needs to be taken for the extension to happen, which is not a small job. Any proposed changes structually, need to be drafted properly and submitted to our building surveyor for approval and all the paperwork with how they intend to correct the problem needs to be submitted, the truss company need to send paperwork through to building surveyor also, once works completed, buiilding surveyor needs to inspect to make sure it passes. Builder is back peddling now. Still heard nothing back from builder regarding this matter even after emails and phone calls, hubby called the SS the other night and SS told him we would hear something back today, let's just see about that. We asked what has taken so long and his response was "We are trying to figure out where it all went wrong". Didn't think this should take 4 weeks...pfffftttt. Hubby and I seem to be ok with just leaving the house as is and asking them for some compo eg: builder to suppler xxx amount of metres of colorbond fencing and we install it, not sure what they will say but we will put it to him tonight when he calls, can only ask the question. Hope no-one else finds themselves in this situation but just in case, I will update this thread with progress for people to read if need be. Thanks. Re: Builder has made mistake :( Where do we stand legally? 9Oct 09, 2009 8:38 pm Not good news, builder has offered us $3000 back, he rekons it's only going to cost him $4,500 to fix and also told us it's actually 53 metres that are missing from original plans instead of 37m...WTF??? 37 metres = $5-6k compo but now he tells us there is an extra 16 meters missing and only wants to gives us $3k back... Think we might just tell him to go ahead with putting the eaves on. Win, win situation really. Re: Builder has made mistake :( Where do we stand legally? 10Oct 15, 2009 8:19 am Quote: Not good news, builder has offered us $3000 back, he rekons it's only going to cost him $4,500 to fix and also told us it's actually 53 metres that are missing from original plans instead of 37m...WTF??? At least your builder is being honest, that something went wrong. I am surprised they told you how much it is going to cost? What did you do in the end? Re: Builder has made mistake :( Where do we stand legally? 11Oct 15, 2009 6:30 pm If it was me, i'd get the builder to put in the eaves rather than take the compo. Sorry! I'm new to this forum and have made a mistake in my posting! I'm looking for a structural solution to a stand alone wooden pickets fence with no structural rail… 1 3243 I'll look into different shower heads and ask the plumber about some engineering and see what he says. Thanks 2 9535 |