Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 16, 2014 12:39 pm Hi, We have engaged an architect to prepare plans and council approval. Our contact says that the final instalment of fee is due upon approval. We have received conditional approval (garage is yet approved) and the architect has asked for the final account to be paid. We don't want to pay this until we have got everything approved because we are afraid that if the final account is paid the architect will stop working on the final approval. Any advice would be much appreciated. regardless, your contract stipulates a payments schedule and SOPA doesn't give provision to that scenario. Your contractual terms appear to stand. Hence get a lawyer, it… 4 11876 Your build is relatively simple, I believe your job can be easily done by a good building designer, you really do not need to pay for the architect. Remember, architect's… 3 10989 I've just had a look at the website. The company are just building broker's. There are plenty of similar companies that basically draw your plans (they own them so you… 8 10941 |