Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Apr 29, 2016 10:16 pm I am in a situation... Hoping someone could give me ideas. Apologies for a very lengthy post... My builder sent me fixing stage invoice on the 2nd of February and verbally told me that he will complete the build around 1st week of April and try to handover before that if possible. I was going to be away for the whole of April (I told him about this when I met him in Feb) and I requested him to push the dates to end of April when I didn't hear from him about the completion by mid March, which he was not so happy about and the conversation went a bit south as he was saying I need to pay while I'm away. Finally he agreed that the house will be handed over at the end of April and he will slow down enough so that he delays it by two weeks for me to be back. When I came back from holiday he was way behind and told me that he was held by suppliers and there is nothing he could do. Then he came back and advised that the handover will be on the 23rd May @ 4:30. He wouldn't agree for pci until the handover day or face another 10 days delay after pci. I then told him that I'm OK for the delayed handover and asked him to organise pci inspection, but he won't agree on an inspection time before 4:30 pm and the inspection company won't book an appointment later than 2:30 pm. He says he can give an appointment a week after (if I need 2:30 pm appointment) and then handover after 10 days. He is behaving smart as he is still within signed contractual dates. Please give me ideas to handle this situation. Should I just accept that it is what it is and face the delays or should I talk to vcat/lawyer? Re: Help needed with delayed handover and tough builder 2Apr 30, 2016 7:26 am Accept the date and time you can meet - in writing. Better to get it done - a few weeks now is nothing in the overall scheme of things. Not sure what "inspection company" is ? Are they your people ? Or his ? But - when you do it - get everything in writing - take your time and send him a copy. Don't let him steamroll you. Many people just accept as they are excited to get their house and get in. Don't sign anything unless you are happy - ie don't accept verbal promises/assurances. Do you have a professional inspector - a few on here. Re: Help needed with delayed handover and tough builder 3Apr 30, 2016 1:18 pm Thanks. I've engaged a company (NHI). They did inspection for a friend of mine and did a good job. Builder has taken very long than expected and now handover is been dragged. I'm trying my best to stay calm. Let me see how it goes Hi, My home construction is complete, and the handover is scheduled next week. However the construction has been delayed and I have raised this to the builder. The… 0 5312 Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20194 |