Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 09, 2017 8:45 am Hi everyone, Long time reader, first time poster,. I was wondering if anyone else has been hit with some form of Owners works co ordination fee from their builder. We had made it known from the first contact ( about 18 months ago) that we would be doing our own earthworks and have had quite a number of versions of site related costs provided however the latest revision just prior to prestart now has an owners works co ordination fee which has never previoulsy been discussed. Cheers, Re: Works by Owner 2Nov 09, 2017 9:05 am Scorpio75 welcome to the forum "owners works co ordination fee?" a fancy name for builders markup even if they don't do anything they (builder) are contractually entitled to it.. please check your contract You also need to be aware of potential builder warranty/disclaimer issues, should they arise when doing your own work BTW it should have been explained to you. Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Works by Owner 3Nov 09, 2017 9:20 am Thats pretty much what i thought...the fact that they have just put it in there without any prior discussion is what annoys me the most. I could understand a fee if they were doing the earthworks permit paperwork but that is in our remit. We havent signed a contract yet.. MBA and HIA both have sub contract agreements, check them out 2 7315 I want to build a bigger driveway (without a nature strip) than has been approved under my CDC. I’ve also had a DA approved to build a deck. It looks like I can do this… 0 4800 Fair Trading can issue orders to rectify and complete but once the matter goes to NCAT these orders are automatically vacated. You will have to terminate contract and sue… 21 29709 |