Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Transition Question - Contract to Construction 8Jul 16, 2007 11:07 pm Thanks everyone for your input and own stories.
For some further clarity, I have dug out the exact language in Henley's Home Manual. I'm aware this is only the manual and not the actual contract. In the 'Common questions and answers' page in the contract section there is the following: Q: "When will you start building?" A: "Once the contact becomes 'unconditional' Henley must commence building building within 31 days. For a contract to become 'unconditional' land must be settled, finance confirmed, full deposit paid and all approvals received, including permit." With regards to our specific land, finances, deposit, etc. everything was in place by June 9th (including the demolition of the house). The final piece was the Building Permit which we received in the mail with an approval date of which was June 15th. The second soil test was completed well before the building permit was issued. That would make the "31st day today" I called and spoke to our Admin. today who said that the 31 days stated in their manual (we are aware it's not stated in their contract), is really more of a 'guide' for Henley to go by. Usually they start within the 31 days, but sometime it's just outside of that. She assured us that the file has gone to the Supervisor (the end of last week), and he requested a couple of small changes (which is why he hasn't called and introduced himself yet), but the materials for the house have been ordered, the supervisor is busy organizing the trades people to do the work and will contact us shortly. I'm fairly confident we'll get started this week or early next at the latest, which is fine, but I'll keep you all posted. Once all this was explained, I didn't bother to ask the original question I had, which was if the 31 days is merely a guide, why would the language be written in such away. In other words, why would you write "must start within 31 days?" Why not write something like "does our best to start within 31 days..." or something like that? More curious about it than worried though.[/i][/u] You talk about deletions, are they variations or PS and PC adjustments? pleas list them 1 16548 We are about to commence a new build I and Iām reading about defects along the way. My question is should we employ a independent building inspector to come in and… 0 5240 Can you give advice on how to get missing certificates needed for a form 21? Our bank requires us to provide one but we are missing 4 building certificates from our first… 3 71807 |