Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 06, 2017 9:23 am What are peoples experiences with builder delaying start and when does it become an unreasonable delay. It will be 6 weeks since i was issued my ok to start date and council notified of commencement this monday
Edit - looks like they have now started should have just had a little more patience edited again for clarity Re: Delayed start after OK to start date - is it unreasonabl 2Oct 06, 2017 10:15 am Entilzha What are peoples experiences with builder delaying start and when does it become an unreasonable delay. It will be 6 weeks since i was issued my ok to start date and council notified of commencement this monday I have had no siteworks start as of wednesday this week and following up with builder construction manager all i get is she is waiting for the slab date to be booked. this is despite their build across the road being notified to council of commencement 2 weeks after mine was and having siteworks and slab done straight away and now at framing stage Contract is a standard building agreement i think with all thats listed in section 4 Ok to start date saying "builder will commence works upon or within a reasonable period after the ok to start date" (it does then list what needs to be done for the ok to start date to be issued but nothing defining unreasonable or any consequences of a unreasonable delay) Email them again today stating my observation re their other build on my street and also that i am finding this delay becoming unreasonable - but thinking if nothing is happening by Monday i will call them and try and speak to someone higher up the chain. 6 weeks does sound like a long time to start. After our slab went in there was quite a delay before frame started and we were told the builders were working on other jobs. Sometimes I wonder if they take on too many customers and cannot cope with the demand. - View my blog at www.waldorfgrangebuild.wordpress.com Re: No siteworks 6 weeks after OK to start 3Oct 09, 2017 11:09 pm Well edited too soon last thursday or friday they dropped 2 what appears to be 2 truckloads of quarry rubble onto my block - at least i hope it was builder as they have not responded to several attemts to contact them Is it normal to drop rubble onto block before sitescrape? Re: No siteworks 6 weeks after OK to start 4Oct 10, 2017 7:54 am Entilzha Quarry rubble can't be used as House fill? Now your are probably stuck with the delay and (possible dumped fill?) clean-up If your builder isn't communicating with you then it is of further concern Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: No siteworks 6 weeks after OK to start 6Oct 10, 2017 8:20 am Entilzha Check your Geotech report and engineering Drawings/Notes as to what is required They should be with your contract documents or you can ask you council building dept for copies. goodluck Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs The fastest thing a builder will do is bank your cheque, those systems work perfectly with lightning speed, everything else is slow burn. Just the way it is. 1 8708 Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? We… 0 18470 We were lucky in that our old house was so small (86 square metres) compared to the new house, they were able to take enough readings around the old backyard house before… 8 37144 |