Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Contract Clauses- Feedback would be appreciated 13Mar 18, 2008 2:40 pm My experience...
Get your solicitor to read and re-read the contract, and anything that you can put in there to minimise risk then do so. As said in previous posts, the HIA contract is pretty much useless when trying to get a fair deal. We had a building contract fall through because we couldn't get finance, and we are still waiting to get our deposit back - 10 months later - and yep, you guessed it, we didn't get anyone to look at it. Don't assume that it's going to be OK!!!!! Hope for the best, but expect the worst, and make sure the contract expects the worst and gets you the best deal if something goes wrong. If the builder doesn't want to make any variations, go somewhere else. After 2 false starts, a year living overseas, two more world trips and 3 years of uncertainty we are now starting the build process again - hopefully for real this time! You talk about deletions, are they variations or PS and PC adjustments? pleas list them 1 16556 As title suggests, looking at using the interlocking Pentablock stacked stone products to replace failing timber retaining… 0 17866 |