Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 03, 2009 7:05 am Two of our five boundary pegs have been obliterated by the builders on two adjoining blocks... so now we have to fork out $800-1000 for a new site survey . Just wondering how common this is? Is there any way to make those builders pay? One of our neighbours already said he was thinking of complaining to his builder about it... will he have any chance? (Builder is M*****n). "Now, supposing a house to have a southern aspect, sunshine during winter will steal in under the verandah, but in summer, when the sun traverses a path right over our heads, the roof will afford an agreeable shade, will it not?" -- Socrates, ca. 400 BC Re: Neighbours builders lost the boundary pegs 2Nov 03, 2009 2:23 pm Terrible! It's not fair you have to pay to get a survey done. The pegs shouldn't really be removed as they are there for obvious reasons so stuff like this doesn't happen. I look forward in hearing the outcome. That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 17731 it depends on the natural ground level, if they excavated their boundary wall needed to be built as a retaining wall. If you filled, which sounds like the case then you… 1 7064 The only thing to add to these comments is that where possible it's always good to try and work with people than just say "no" because you can. Having someone… 4 17052 |