Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Cancelling My Build! 2Jun 16, 2010 5:06 pm Gee, what happened?! If ur unhappy before u've even started your not likely to get any happier! Re: Cancelling My Build! 3Jun 16, 2010 5:09 pm I know!! There just seems to be one issue after another..and suprise suprise everything costs additional $$$$!! my plans are not what was initially agreed and they are trying to charge me 10k to change even though its what i originally asked for! There has been a series of issues and they are just completly unwilling to fix them unless i cough up a ball of cash each time!! I have a feeling though that I wont be able to get out?? Re: Cancelling My Build! 4Jun 16, 2010 5:10 pm I'm sure there are heavy penalties for cancelling since contracts seem to be heavily weighted in builders favours. Is this something that can be worked through? It does sounds serious and we consider changing builders just before we sign contracts because of underquoting of costs. Handover February 2011 Happy with our home Re: Cancelling My Build! 6Jun 16, 2010 5:24 pm Elastic is right. In order to give you ideas we need to know what stage you're up to. Have you signed your full contracts or just a preliminary work agreement and deposit? Are the increased costs due to a difference between initial price guide and official contract price? Why do you think the builder is being difficult and do you have the earlier changes you wanted in writing? I know how stressed you must feel. Building is hard anyway because costs do increase. Handover February 2011 Happy with our home Re: Cancelling My Build! 7Jun 16, 2010 5:35 pm Iv signed the full building contract and my land settled about 2 weeks ago. slab is due to be poured in about a month. the original conversations with my sales guy i chose my elevation and made a few changes to the interior plans. i basically consolidated two plans to fit on my block. when the plans came back to me for approval i advised all the changes that were missing and the elevation was wrong. i got no reply and my salesman left about 2 weeks later. now im told (after signing no plans) that my plans are final and cannot be changed. i argued and they said to be kind they will allow a few changes but will cost approx 10k to get my elevation as i want it (even though i already paid for everything i.e feature walls etc). my flooring was to be supplied my me and fitted by them, they have now come back and said that is unacceptabe now and i must chose my tiling from them and their men lay the tiles and only from a select range of smaller tiles which i do not want, OR i can lay lino (also from them) and rip it up later and tile it later. they have also come back and said my garage door is not included and will cost an additional 2k...even though it says on their brochure it comes standard!!!! grrr!! they just seem like they are trying to screw me and im over it!!! Re: Cancelling My Build! 8Jun 16, 2010 5:39 pm Do you have any of that in writing? The standard inclusion of the garage, the facade allowance, etc etc etc - everything that they agreed to earlier than they are not agreeing to now? If they have already broken their end of the contract then it seems to me that you would be perfectly within your rights to have the contract voided. Perhaps you should seek legal advice - most lawyers will do an initial consult free of charge and can let you know during that consultation what your options are. Re: Cancelling My Build! 9Jun 16, 2010 6:24 pm Unfortunatly all the bits and pieces we wrote on the plans when we drew them up - quite literally we cut and paste stuff and coloured in and made a plan and the sales guy kept it!!! silly me!! he is now denying it all as its going to cost extra money even though i had a witness! this building business is far too stressfulll Re: Cancelling My Build! 10Jun 16, 2010 6:35 pm He should still have the original drawings in your file. You should be able to ask to see everything in your file under the freedom of information act or something - I know that we had to ensure that we always kept EVERYTHING pertaining to works done for customers in the computing sector (still services industry) as they are entitled to see it. Maybe you can prove what was said and discussed with that. Sadly, I'd say it's not looking promising. It doesn't help now to say get EVERYTHING in writing, although it is a definite lesson learned. I hope that you can find a satisfactory outcome. If you don't have any signed set of plans anywhere, then maybe that is a legal angle out of the contract? It was my understanding, however, that the plans make up a portion of the contract, so if you have a signed contract you should have singed plans therein... I really feel for you =\ Re: Cancelling My Build! 12Jun 16, 2010 6:39 pm I feel for you aandreaa. It sounds like quite a mess. I'm not sure you have much of a leg to stand on if you didn't keep any copies of what you gave your consultant. It sounds like your builders are very rigid in what they allow and the choices you're given. This is how they keep their prices low. Once you start varying what you want they whack you huge $. It also seems to me that you do have a bargaining chip if you haven't sign off on the plans. My understanding is you have to personally sign all pages of your plans before it's considered a complete contract. You would need to get advice on this. Also, you could sit down with your builders and get them to cost what you originally wanted to determine what the damages would be if you wanted to still go ahead. Your building schedule and plans outline what you're getting and you need to see what it is you agreed to and/or signed. I urge you to get some advice regarding this. Prayers sent up for you Handover February 2011 Happy with our home Re: Cancelling My Build! 14Jun 16, 2010 7:37 pm plans are not!! not final unless you have signed them. if you are not happy i would take all your issues to the top. and ask to speak to the boss. explain everything and see what they say. they may be willing to be more reasonable, or ask to can the contracts totally..as a very kind compromise from you for all of the errors and poor customer service you have recieved. goodluck and let me know how you go! When times get tough build a house...Our second build Re: Cancelling My Build! 15Jun 16, 2010 8:12 pm sharky55_shan plans are not!! not final unless you have signed them. Totally agree! In our case we both had to sign off an each page of the plans twice. They were signed at the time our contract was signed and again after they came out of council. Good luck! Re: Cancelling My Build! 17Jun 17, 2010 9:46 am get all your paper work together . create a brief diary of events and then get legal advice. if you ahve signed a standard type building contract you probably have to do a mediation process first and go face to face and list your concerns then just negotiate your way out of it. if you are uncomfortable now then imageine what it will be like dealing with this builder for the duration of the project. all agreements are about trust - if that is shot before you start then its probabaly cheaper to get out now. find an expereinced ex builder or project manager to help you through the practical side of the process some lawyers arnt too practical and go to legal. still need the advice howver it is the negoatiation process which will determine how you get out of it. I love this process finding a way of creating win win when it seems no one is going to win. Re: Cancelling My Build! 18Jun 17, 2010 8:27 pm When you say, you signed the final contract, how did you do it? In order to do this, you need to sign on every page of the plan... did you do this? and did this plan have all your changes? If you signed on something that didnt have all the changes you required, then you will get no where. If you did sign the plans which had all things you claim, then you will have a good case against the builder. The sales guys often are contracted by the builder and say things that sometimes might not be true. Is is your responsibility to make sure everything you want is in the plan, before you sign on it and the HIA contract. Land - Northerly Estate, Piara Waters Titles Issues 05 April 2010 Building with Ross North Homes Prestart Completed 12 April 2010 Finance Approved 01 May 2010 Slab down 29 May 2010 Frame Completed 28 June 2010 Roof Completed 22 July 2010 Lockup 12 August 2010 PCI 24 Sep 2010 Handover 08 Oct 2010 Building Thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=32295&start=0 Thank you so much everyone. This all makes a lot of sense. I guess when you talk to a builder who butters up everything to look very polished, you get to start believing… 7 17628 Hi We have finally decided to complete a KDR on our corner plot in NE Melbourne suburbs. Given its a corner plot approx. 400 sqm just a standard design may not fit the… 0 8579 |