Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Unreasonable Site Cost? 19Sep 09, 2014 8:14 pm JKay JB1 just seems too suss to me. How can I walk away now? Can I do that? How can you walk away? Call his bluff, he was the one who threatened to cancel the contract! lol I have done very similar, contracts were signed (still within my 45 day period), then they wanted to charge us an extra $80k for earthworks. I spoke to a property lawyer, and we ended up walking away (a couple of negotiations/meetings later mind you). They just ended up keeping the deposit. The money we have now saved for just taking a back step, has all been worth it. Hi JKay, Do you mind to let me know if you end up building your house with another builder? It will be good to know more about your experience. Thanks, Re: Unreasonable Site Cost? 20Sep 27, 2014 9:30 pm Hi JKay, Do you mind to let me know if you end up building your house with another builder? It will be good to know more about your experience. Thanks, Hey Greatfish Hope I'm not too late (sorry). PM sent. i would suggest nothing is unreasonable for PCI. we did all sorts, including checking the hot water, checking all the GPO's had power, testing that the showers were… 9 98697 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37164 Thanks for the insight! My plot is a new development so hopefully I won't have too much problem during build as everyone should be roughly building together. I also… 2 3381 |