Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 12, 2009 10:02 am Hi All, We recently moved into our brand new house and on the first weekend there was rain (YES! there was rain in Melbourne). We noticed that the water ran from the higher ground at the rear fence to the bricks at the rear of the house and started to pool up along the bricks and also in the alfresco which is at the rear of the house. I rang our builder DFH and asked them why they didn't put drainage in so that the water doesn't risk going into the weepholes between the bricks. They said since the fall of land from rear of land to house is less than 300mm they are not required by law to put drainage in and if we had wanted it then we should've put it into contract. Funnily enough, i looked at the original site plan and one corner of the rear part of the land was actually 360mm from the house cut and fill level. Can anyone provide advice about this situation as we feel that we shouldn't have to pay for this... cheers T-F-build PS. Apart from this issue, DFH were fantastic builders. Our 25.2 sq house took only 12 weeks and 2 days to build. Re: Drainage Advice 2Nov 12, 2009 10:19 am T-F-build Can anyone provide advice about this situation as we feel that we shouldn't have to pay for this... Why wouldn't you have to pay? If your drainage was in your contract, you'd still be paying for it. You can get it done yourself now, and it will be cheaper than if the builder did it because there will be no builder's margin. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Drainage Advice 4Nov 12, 2009 10:25 am T-F-build I wouldn't have to pay because its included in the house price. No, it's not included in the house price. Drainage would have been an extra item and unless you have a fairy paying for your house you would have paid for it. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Drainage Advice 5Nov 12, 2009 10:45 am I'm with Joles on this one - either way you would be paying forit and in fact doing it directly yourself probably will be cheaper than the builder doing it as they would have built a profit into it. It's probably another one of those Oh Well moments - something you wish you had thought of or realised sooner 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Re: Drainage Advice 6Nov 13, 2009 9:07 pm Hi, I agree with Joles, the drainage would of been an extra item added to your contract, hence you would of have to pay for it. Additional drainage such as rainwater pits and channel are always additional items unless stated within the contract and inclusions. Read your contract, if the items are not there, you did not pay for it Regards Shane That's very helpful, thank you. I was mostly interested in knowing if a spoon drain requires a specific slope, but I appreciate the extra information. 4 3921 because its not being managed properly. Also "properly" is too broad and too subjective a term to be able to pinpoint a single event as not being managed properly.… 1 2729 Hi HomeOne, I'm in the midst of landscaping a cat run down the side of my house, and the recent rains have me wondering if I need to install some sort of drainage. I've… 0 9174 |