Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Is this build time excessive? 3Aug 28, 2014 1:02 pm Our build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70984 Re: Is this build time excessive? 5Aug 28, 2014 11:17 pm Julie66 It's a HIA contract and seems to be fairly standard but my query is around the build time? They have stated 45 working days to commence and then 325 working days to completion. There is no allowances for incumbent weather etc included in that so presumably that would be on top. This seems like a very long build! Taking weather and holidays etc into consideration, it could be over 18 months which seems excessive? If its a standard HIA contract it should have allowances for inclement weather and holidays built in. Builders should only be able to claim for unpredictable events, that is Weather that is significantly worse than average. Unpredictable non availability of material. Average rainfall, public holidays, and RDO's are all predictable. The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. Re: Is this build time excessive? 6Aug 29, 2014 9:10 am Thanks for the info - looks like it is not excessive compared to others.... It just seems like a potential 18 months is a very long time! Can only keep our fingers crossed that they don't use their maximum allowable time. Re: Is this build time excessive? 7Sep 02, 2014 9:04 pm Hi, I've just received our contract from RedInk. Their terms are 45 days to commence and 350 to build! I am defintiely going to query the build time, purely on the 'if you don't ask....' proviso! Re: Is this build time excessive? 8Sep 02, 2014 9:05 pm I'd be interested to hear their response Nikkis2000, that seems a long time for a single storey home! Our build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=70984 How good is Simeon?! Always taking time to help others out! Wish we were building in NSW and could work together. Thanks for all that you do! 7 6643 9 24987 So it looks like we finally have some movement on site! Definitely later than expected, but I'll take any progress at this point. I'll drop by over the weekend to get… 5 29648 |