Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Appointing a building surveyor? Am I living under a rock 4Sep 11, 2017 9:19 am 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 Re: Appointing a building surveyor? Am I living under a rock 6Nov 02, 2017 12:38 pm rum_home building-expert Your building surveyor has already been appointed and you don't need to do anything. Legislation has been changed so owners appoint building surveyors in an attempt to stop building surveyors getting too close to builders(because they get work from them). How is building surveyor going to be tough on the builder if he gets 200 builds a year from him? Builder will just take his business elsewhere. Now that owners are appointing building surveyors (in theory at least)the bond is broken (or seen to be broken). After some advice, it seems Metricon by action force a buyer to use their preferred Building Surveyor to achieve the outcome that is beneficial in getting a surveyor that'll be beneficial to them. In direct conflict to the intent of that legislation. I've just receive communications that if I choose their preferred independent surveyor, they'll handle all the management and administration of the process via direct communication to that company. But if I choose a non-preferred surveyor I'll have to manage everything, as I am the client and they only communicate directly with me. So how are they able to communicated for one company, but not the other? When both are suppose to be independent and working for me? I have just been told the same from my builder. They are saying I have to use their surveyor (Group 4) as they have a agreement with them for issuing permits and assessment within specified (ie very short) timelines. They however said I am welcome to use my own inspector, which I was planning to do anyway. Seems like these regulations have had little impact. Any feedback on Group 4??? Hi all, I have been looking at land in South Australia, that is on a slope however most of the core excavation is complete, with a flat area to place a house. The agent… 0 1383 Building Standards; Getting It Right! There doesn't look to be any rebate in the slab to prevent water from scooting under the window. AS4654 is the Australian standard to look at/refer to. They have… 1 10138 I would be wary. Is you site demilished but nothing else done? Sounds like liquidity problems to me. Our builder did the same. Got hundreds of thousands of dollars of… 2 15390 |