Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Simonds in NSW 3Apr 16, 2018 12:29 am I'm bulding with Simonds Queensland now and are confronting a similar situation with Oldwithers. As my bank pre-approval was due on 31 December 2017 and couldn't be renewed due to some reason, I had to signe the HIA contract with Simonds in early December 2017. However, to proceed to the next step, which is the gallery appointment, Simonds advised me that the earliest available date for the appointment was late January 2018. After gallery appointment, I did request a few minor changes which resulted in PCVs. but every time I requested an variation or ask about the pricing for the variation, Simonds took at least 3 business days or even over one week to get back to me with a response, which I think should be solved in minutes by making a call to relevant supplier directly. By doing this, Simonds successfully dragged off my construction start date to their targeted date of late April. Even I've signed off all required documents last Friday, Simonds still advised me they will only deliver my documents to their construction department next Friday and the construction will commence 5 business days after the construction dept. receiving those documents. I really think Simonds has some problem in managing the orders internally, the reason cause this problem may be because of the imbalance between its constrained human resource and overbooked orders. Alternatively, you can sign a contract with pre-defined known amount you pay to the builder for management and warranties and then you just pay the invoices their provide… 2 5254 In NSW the maximum deposit for building work is 5% until the builder provides HBCF insurance 1 3281 |