Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Oct 29, 2018 9:51 pm Hi all I’m in a big dilemma with a doggy builder. During build he requested us to pay directly to his suppliers and with lot of disputes we had to agree as we had no choice in order to finish the build soon. Now build is completed except installing down pipes by a plumber. We have over paid the builder by 25k and he is refusing to give OP and over payments we did. What can we do? We have a case with DBDRV pending VCAT but a long wait time, can builder hold off the work and not provide OP as per the contract? He is now accusing us that we have done an alfresco improvements without his knowledge whereas we only provided his site supervisor the carpenter contact details and we have proofs that they coordinated work Can we get OP directly via the building Surveyor without builders involvement or if we legally terminate contract can we get the OP by ourselves? Pl help Re: Builder refusing to give OP 2Nov 03, 2018 8:46 am anu123 Hi all I’m in a big dilemma with a doggy builder. During build he requested us to pay directly to his suppliers and with lot of disputes we had to agree as we had no choice in order to finish the build soon. Now build is completed except installing down pipes by a plumber. We have over paid the builder by 25k and he is refusing to give OP and over payments we did. What can we do? We have a case with DBDRV pending VCAT but a long wait time, can builder hold off the work and not provide OP as per the contract? He is now accusing us that we have done an alfresco improvements without his knowledge whereas we only provided his site supervisor the carpenter contact details and we have proofs that they coordinated work Can we get OP directly via the building Surveyor without builders involvement or if we legally terminate contract can we get the OP by ourselves? Pl help Mate, you need an experienced Construction Law specialist. Hi Mofflepop, I would recommend finding a building designer to prepare plans, they should design to your specified budget. The benefit is you can tender the project out… 9 20417 Hi, did you get any money from insurance? if you did, does it match what you've already paid the builders? 3 9565 |