Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building Inspectors 13Nov 07, 2018 8:34 pm jads88 Thank you all for your replies I will definitely be letting the building company know we are going to use one. We have just finished our selections and getting our final copy of that and the master plans in about a weeks time. The land isn't ready until approx Feb/March next year (Stage 5 in Eden Two Wells) When would be a good time to let the builder know? And would I tell the initial sales consultant or selections staff that we are wanting to use our own? I will be saying this is our long-term/forever home and just want some peace of mind (as we are spending 300k on the build and 200k on the land, which is a development by the Builder we are using) so I would hope there is some sort of understanding from them? Thanks again! Work it out with your site supervisor and your inspector. Re: Building Inspectors 14Mar 21, 2019 12:32 pm The building company will build to the contract and invoice you for the stages. They have no obligation to consider the building inspectors reports, and probably won’t. If your inspector finds defects you will need to follow the notification and dispute process specified in the contract. Be wary of verbal assurances from site supervisors that will never happen! Do not think the builder will happily fix everything in the inspection report before PCI. Re: Building Inspectors 15Mar 21, 2019 7:02 pm Norfolk The building company will build to the contract and invoice you for the stages. They have no obligation to consider the building inspectors reports, and probably won’t. If your inspector finds defects you will need to follow the notification and dispute process specified in the contract. Be wary of verbal assurances from site supervisors that will never happen! Do not think the builder will happily fix everything in the inspection report before PCI. So if they don't fix the defects, they are in breach. Then you win. Re: Building Inspectors 16Mar 21, 2019 8:26 pm sweetswisssteel Norfolk The building company will build to the contract and invoice you for the stages. They have no obligation to consider the building inspectors reports, and probably won’t. If your inspector finds defects you will need to follow the notification and dispute process specified in the contract. Be wary of verbal assurances from site supervisors that will never happen! Do not think the builder will happily fix everything in the inspection report before PCI. What a load of rubbish. Metricon fixed every defect found from every stage inspection. A decent inspector will list the Defects and how they violate the building code. And guess what, your HIA contract specifies that the home must be built to comply to the building code of Australia. So if they don't fix the defects, they are in breach. Then you win. What does it cost you in time and money to "win" if the builder is in breach? Re: Building Inspectors 17Mar 21, 2019 10:28 pm Nothing, because my builder, Metricon fixed everything. Re: Building Inspectors 18Mar 22, 2019 7:33 am In my case the inspector and myself identified many defects which were reported to the builder. The builder ignored the report and sped up construction to claim the fixing stage complete and send their invoice with 5 day payment terms. I disputed this due to the defects. After all their verbal assurances that things would be fixed were not backed up by action and therefore not accepted by me they then slowed down. They even breached a government legal order. The reason they slowed down was to pressure me financially to accept the defective work. Like many other customers have had to. In the end the build was about 45 weeks delayed which cost me over $85,000 in rent, interest and legal fees. Other customers are living in homes with similar defects either knowingly or unaware. Building inspectiors do a good job however the ‘standard’ HIA contract that Metricon uses does not provide customers with protection when defects are identified. A liquidated damages amount of $30 per working day for delays allows Metricon to pressure customers to accept defective work when the actual costs of delays can be $250 per calendar day in rent and interest etc. Something to consider when assessing a Metricon contract. Do you want to rely on their good will to do the right thing? The state government agencies are not effective and legal action for breaches is very expensive. Check the various social media forums about this topic and Metricons recent behaviours and take care! That is a really good attitude Akin to you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I do enjoy watching that tik tok inspector from Victoria but he does go a little… 12 81896 If you are in Victoria you have a statutory right to your own building inspector regardless of builder's consent. No negotiations are required. However the builder will… 1 2943 |