Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Aug 03, 2010 2:22 pm Once you've committed to your $2,000 report and new home design. What is there to protect you from being charged "unforseens" and hidden extras by builders. Presumably a fixed price contract but not all builders give this. Any ideas and experiences greatfully recived Re: Builders - How do you stop the extra charges? 2Aug 03, 2010 6:56 pm Reduce the number of provisional allowances or prime cost items (ideally these should be zero). Put in the ocntract that for provisional allowances or prime cost items yopu have the optionof sourcing them yourself. Try to get fixed site costs. Surely this can be done after a soil test. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Unless there were unforeseeable issues with the site, I dont think you should have to pay for contractors errors or poor planning. I'd probably try and be reasonable and… 5 4557 Look at your bill from the electricity company. It should detail the charges. You will need to do some estimating and some calculations. Then charge the… 8 4254 |