Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Can I outsource something during my build? [VIC] 2Sep 29, 2014 5:28 pm The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Can I outsource something during my build? [VIC] 4Sep 29, 2014 5:55 pm Dale - Building Newbie Proserpine, QLD Re: Can I outsource something during my build? [VIC] 7Sep 30, 2014 8:14 am From personal experience, I would advise against it. We had all our cabling done through an external tradie which was not through the builders contract. We had to sign a clause in the contract that the builders would not be liable for any damage to the 'outside of contract' work done on our house. They also suggested we use a tradie that THEY recommended. My BIL installs cables as his job, and he wasn't allowed on site to carry out the works (would have been a lot cheaper...) The house was all cabled up with 16 data points, 3 phone points, 4 TV points, and a 10 metre $200 HDMI cable going from the family room to the alfresco. All good and exactly what we wanted. The plaster went up, and everything was great. The problem arose, when the builders electricians came to do the fit off. They were NOT contracted to fit off any plates to any of the work done by the external cablers...as it was not in our contract that we signed. They were all going to be fitted off by the cable people at a later stage. The builders electricians fitted off a plate to the HDMI cable in the alfresco (NOT in their contract to do so...) and in doing so, cut the plug off the end to fit it behind the plate, rendering the $200 cable useless. They refused to fix it because it wasn't part of the contracted works, yet they should NEVER have touched it in the first place. Who cuts off a plug obviously designed to be on the end of a cable, anyway?? I battled with them for over a year to fix it, and always got the same answer, "Not our problem". 5 years later, I still haven't got an HDMI cable in the alfresco. Easy fix for my BIL, but haven't got around to it. The fact is, it shouldn't need fixing in the first place... Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: Can I outsource something during my build? [VIC] 8Sep 30, 2014 8:31 am As a builder myself I would not allow owner to bring anyone else to my site. Why would I? If you want something done then pay me to do it. If as a builder you do it then you are just good Samaritan and you may regret it. Foremost Building Expert in Australia,assisting with building problems/disputes, building stage inspections,pre-contract review advice for peace of mind 200 blogs http://www.buildingexpert.net.au/blog I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15265 Hi Everyone I learned something this week that I thought would be worth sharing. In NSW a lot of developers of subdivisions put covenants on the land which normally… 0 6539 Can you give advice on how to get missing certificates needed for a form 21? Our bank requires us to provide one but we are missing 4 building certificates from our first… 3 71807 |