Browse Forums Building A New House Re: q. regarding inspections 7Jun 26, 2008 8:21 am mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: q. regarding inspections 8Jun 26, 2008 8:37 am to_do_list Izzys123 Your builder cannot prevent you from entering your site (or a person authorised by you). The fencing is an OHS requirement that discharges the builders 'vicarious liability' if someone wanders onto the site and breaks their leg. If you are building in Victoria, then you are covered under Section 19 of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (Victorian Legislation). Section 19 - Access to Building Site: (1) A builder must permit the building owner (or a person authorised by the building owner) to have reasonable access to the building site and to view any part of the building works. Penalty: 20 penalty units ($2000 fine). Link: http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au/Domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubLawToday.nsf/a12f6f60fbd56800ca256de500201e54/DB49F5327E2948AFCA2573EC000EACD0/$FILE/95-91a065.pdf In short, you can take your inspector on site any time you want to AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT IMPEDE THE BUILDING WORKS. That is, get in the way of a tradie doing his job. So, it's best to go in the afternoon when the tradies are off site. Always keep the SS informed and invite them along. Excellent post Izzy.....another one for the HomeOne Definitive House Building for Dummies Guide. Seriously some of these pearls of wisdone which are based on fact/law rather than best intentions/guesses should be collated so that fellow forumites can quote chapter and verse. Yes a home owner has the right to go on site, however they taught my partner during his course to have a clause where the builder is to be notified 24 hours prior of going on site. This is all for OH&S reasons. No builder in his right mind will refuse you, however they may refuse you if you just rock up on site without notification. There is a huge emphasis on builders re: OH&S, and the insurance they pay for liability is quite significant therefore their priority is to reduce incidences of injury occurring, especially to those that have not had construction oh&s training (basically everyone other than tradies). i would not be signing anything on the day read your contract about when builder submits final invoice generally, have to meet builder within 7 days of receiving final… 1 4745 Hi All, Recently we have signed a contract with Burbank and we are not aware that they have just DORSET, SURREY, HAMPSHIRE, KENT, PILBARA and REDGUM bricks from PGH are… 0 3160 Thank you @. Tried to play with the facade models but the exact colour is not matching up. 2 3270 |