Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 21, 2012 5:05 pm Our Builder "Orbit homes" have just slugged us for the generator they hired because Origin was super slow on connection of the power ....look at the break down which is on there invoice to us .... is it normal to get charged a "Builders Margin" of 20% ? for a generator hire that the builder organises? ...this happened to anyone else?
Generator hire for 4 days @$110.71 per day $442.84 Charge to deliver generator to site $143.00 Charge to pick up generator from site $143.00 Charge for fuel $228.00 SUB TOTAL $956.84 PLUS 20% BUILDERS MARGIN $191.36 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< ????? Plus GST $114.82 GRAND TOTAL $1263.02 "Apparently" this Builders Margin is in our contract according to our builder and i'm awaiting confirmation as to where it is in our contract but I feel for the builder to make a profit out of this hire is a bit unfair and under handed. Re: ORBIT HOMES Generator charge 2Feb 21, 2012 5:17 pm The can claim a builder's margin on any additional cost they they incur which is deemed to be "reasonably beyond their control". Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. Re: ORBIT HOMES Generator charge 3Feb 21, 2012 5:19 pm AE86 Our Builder "Orbit homes" have just slugged us for the generator they hired because Origin was super slow on connection of the power ....look at the break down which is on there invoice to us .... is it normal to get charged a "Builders Margin" of 20% ? for a generator hire that the builder organises? ...this happened to anyone else? Generator hire for 4 days @$110.71 per day $442.84 Charge to deliver generator to site $143.00 Charge to pick up generator from site $143.00 Charge for fuel $228.00 SUB TOTAL $956.84 Plus 20% Builders margin $191.36 Plus GST $114.82 GRAND TOTAL $1263.02 "Apparently" this Builders Margin is in our contract according to our builder and i'm awaiting confirmation as to where it is in our contract but I feel for the builder is make a profit out of this hire is unfair and under handed. Yes, that is the standard. I doubt they consider it a profit, more a handling charge for organising it. The alternative would be no site works. I doubt they will forgo the charge, but worth asking... they are good guys. (not my customer). Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 Re: ORBIT HOMES Generator charge 5Feb 21, 2012 6:09 pm I guess this is a bit of a releif that this is "The standard" and we are not singled out for getting taken for a ride but .... on the other hand im oustounded that this is "The standard" for syphoning more money from the builders customers. Re: ORBIT HOMES Generator charge 6Feb 21, 2012 6:29 pm Yep - I guess considering that a large proportion of their building costs are financed by debt you can understand why they'd charge a margin on everything, but it's still not nice at our end to be paying that margin on everything (ie. we get nothing at cost price, never mind a discount). That's just the way the industry is geared though and the customers are just slaves to it - we pay for the convenience of having someone do the building and project management for us. p.s. I had a looksie at your house the other day and we're fairly close in terms of build progress so it's good to see yours is coming along - ours is the one towards the top of the hill in our stage (we're kind of on our lonesome on our side of the street at the moment so it should be easy to spot if you wander up the road a bit). Some people apparently have nothing better to do than comment on other people's sigs. I had a similar issue with my fridge not too long ago. It wasn't the same model, but the symptoms were pretty much the same: the compressor would start and then stop… 3 7538 If you already have a contract, is the inspection cost stated in there? If not they would be forced to issue you a variation which you could of course object to. 12 25866 Ask for references and speak to them. If they are defensive or try to avoid the request, walk. 1 74709 |