Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Additions after contract 4Jun 27, 2020 5:32 pm As a builder myself I could refuse variation and or refuse you do do anything on site before handover. My advice is, negotiate with your builder, finalise what you want, think three times and then sign the contract and don't change anything. 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: Additions after contract 5Jun 28, 2020 8:25 am Pineapple23 Our consultant recommended not going for the overpriced upgrade but buying what we want from Bunnings and swapping them out later. Could we just bring the taps to site on the day the plumber is installing and ask them to install our purchased taps instead? Typical new home salesman dumping on his employer (Builder) If the builders catches wind the salesman won't last long in his job. my2c Builders and tradies will make you pay later, it's called a triple whammy Here Retaining Wall per CDC approval but builder says it's not required You could swap them for the builders over priced upgrades by offering the tradies a carton, but they will never work for that builder again. BTW, Bunnings has seized on to this in offering registered trades services. OT the whole problem stems from the sales person, the industry isn't regulated and its just a matter of time before they get replaced by apps and automation... Cheers Chris Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs You talk about deletions, are they variations or PS and PC adjustments? pleas list them 1 16542 Yes, I have. But, I haven't paid yet. They know they did not do proper jobs and I sent the email re: final payment, I cannot pay. They said, we will do 2nd PCI. Since… 2 5486 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 37085 |