Browse Forums Building A New House Re: PD Delaying construction start - any advice? 7Mar 29, 2008 1:09 pm Mozzie Thanks for the replies, My contract shows 185 days including 10 days of inclement wheather and 56 holidays. You are right - this is 25 weeks. I'm not sure how this works as they kept saying 20 weeks - in fact the sales people said it would be more like 16 weeks. The '20 weeks' apparently starts from the first day of excavation which is why I'm concerned with the starting date. Lets face it, no one wants to pay and extra 4 or 5 weeks rent if they aren't expecting to. We're building the Hamilton 34 as well and our contract allows 27 weeks from memory. The 20 weeks starts from when they cut the site and is only guaranteed if you make no structural changes ie. buy it stock standard. The extra time they add will depend on what changes you make. If you build over Christmas, which we did, they add another 4 weeks to that to allow for the holidays. Our customer service rep explained all this to us, it's a shame yours didn't. Regardless of all that, apparently they do average 16 weeks but allow the extra as a safety net. Our site was cut just before Christmas, our slab was down mid Jan and we are passed lock up stage with our cabinetry installed last week so it does move quickly. Hope that makes you feel a little better. A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 5800 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 15688 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 5237 |