Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 11, 2014 4:36 pm Hi I am hoping someone can provide some clarity on when the contact period starts and what is classified as "commencement". If we received council approval today and say had our banks letter of commencement tomorrow, does the 20days which the builder has to commence begin tomorrow? Or is some other approval needed? Do they apply and have to wait for a construction certificate AFTER the plans are approved and if so how long do they roughly take to go through or is council plans approval mean the same as approval to comence building? Finally what would be considered commencement of work? Simply a peg out or is something more substantial? Thanks in advance for any replies it's just we got council approval today so we're hoping for a slab before Xmas but we're told were not scheduled to start building until after the 4 week Xmas shutdown Re: Contract start time and commencement of work? 2Nov 12, 2014 8:49 am For us the 'start' date was the day we had all our stuff ready (demolition, proof we owned land, proof of funds) and that they had the ACC done (which comes after all the approvals including basix, stormwater etc) Our CDC approval was 1 July. Our ACC was 30 July and build was meant to commence ~27 August (that's when we had our Site Supervisor and onsite Customer services person assigned) As for work done I'm not sure... but I suppose they can take their time as long as they finish it within their build period (in our case 40 weeks) Hope that helps! Re: Contract start time and commencement of work? 3Nov 12, 2014 10:33 am The HIA contract states what are all the items that need to be in place to consider the contract valid and for your 20 days to start. Work on site is considered to be actual earthworks starting - pegging out should have already happened. My build: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=68002 The HIA contract, in the term & conditions section states that "Commencment" is deemed when the drainage is started or the piers are dug or the slab is formed up (incase… 2 6182 1) I had requested R6 ceiling insualtion batts, however I noticed that on some areas there are huge gaps which will allow hot air to sweep in, and also noticed black/grey… 0 3603 You talk about deletions, are they variations or PS and PC adjustments? pleas list them 1 16569 |