Not sure if this the correct section but posting anyway. Looking for some advice from anyone who may know or has had a similar experience. We are seeking compensation/damages from our builder because of the atrocious timeline that has gone on during our build with the most recent events pushing us over the edge.
April 2013 - signed PPA with builder
June 2013 - planning application submitted
Aug 2013 - contracts signed
September 2013 - planning application rejected
October 2013 - prestart
December 2013 - planning application resubmitted
February 2014 - planning application approved
25 March 2014 - prestart variations finally signed (since October prestart variations have gone back and forth with items being incorrect, this did include a plan redraw as per new planning application)
03 April 2014 - building application submitted
17 April 2014 - called council and was told building licence application wasn't submitted with all the information needed and they had to request more information
30 April 2014 - called council again and was told application was sent back and was still incorrect and another letter has been sent requesting more information.
We have not been contacted by the builder since 3 April when they said the application was sent to council and that we would hear back in 2 weeks. We also have a problem as we are still waiting for finance approval to come through from the bank as they made an error in our valuation and we couldn't submit our finance application until the end of March while we were waiting for correct working drawings and prestart costs etc.
We feel this timeline is so far beyond acceptable from a builder especially after the incidents with the building licence as this is a part of the foundation of their business. We are building in WA with a large commercial builders residential builder. A part of the reason for the first request for information from council was because the planning application that was approved was slightly different to the final plan as we upgraded to longer stacking doors - we asked for this to be included on the plans sent to council but the builder wouldn't as it was a prestart upgrade that hadn't been signed off yet. This has only infuriated us more.
Sorry for the rant but we are at our wits end with what to do as this keeps costing us money as our block settled 14 months ago.
Any help is so much appreciated.
Thanks