Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Building with Metricon 8375Mar 17, 2019 11:45 am Joker Plcnewhome The HIA contract is totally one sided and NOT in favour of the consumer. I signed a “standard” HIA fixed price contract last year and it is the biggest mistake of my life. The builder has you by the short ones and if you get to the point where you need to terminate because they are doing the wrong thing you are screwed. So true,should be illegal as they say u sign a standard hia contract that makes customers think it's a government drawn contract ,when it fact it's nothing near the best contract for consumers. Thanks all for your feedback re HIA contract. But what to do as it has to be signed for the build to commence?? Re: Building with Metricon 8376Mar 17, 2019 11:46 am Norfolk MLC Hi All, Just after some advice... we have received our final contract and HIA new homes contract to review before we sign later next week. Is there anything I should know/ check? I have been through the contract item by item and checked against latest house plans- some things we will need to amend but is there anything else I should be looking for? Is there also a company who could help review this contract- esp the new homes contract as there is so much technical lingo in it! Our site fees have gone up $11k without no notification? Really annoying esp when they have itemised we need a $20k slab upgrade in lieu of standard. Is this really necessary? We are building on new land that’s flat! Thanks in advance. Metricon's 'standard' HIA contract will put you at a significant disadvantage if there are problems identified with the build. The HIA is paid to represent Metricon's interests. The standard contract is unfair and, unfortunately,it protects Metricon, not naive first time customers (Metricon's target customer!). The contract supports them to behave in the many questionable ways which have been documented by contributors to this website. For example, Metricon don’t care how slow they are with your build! The cost to them of any delay is $30 per working day - less any rain days as per the liquidated damages clause. The cost to you of delays is rent, interest, storage etc of $200 or more per calendar day. If you push them to fix defects they will respond by slowing down to put you under pressure to accept them. Be aware of this and consider the costs of delays in build time to you. A 6 month delay if you insist on a quality build per the plans can easily cost you $50,000 more, as well as a lot of family stress! I suggest that paying a lawyer to review your contract before you sign may be a good investment. Also, I suggest you demand a detailed explanation for the $11K slab difference. If Metricon are not open and honest with you now before you sign their contract then you cannot expect them to behave ethically towards you later. Metricon's display homes, and their slick sales and marketing presence does not accurately represent their low capability or their ethics as a home builder. Beware of the way Metricon has treated other customers after the contract is signed! Thanks Norfolk- I will be asking for a run down of all the additional costs and a please explain before we proceed. Re: Building with Metricon 8377Mar 17, 2019 11:47 am MLC Joker Plcnewhome The HIA contract is totally one sided and NOT in favour of the consumer. I signed a “standard” HIA fixed price contract last year and it is the biggest mistake of my life. The builder has you by the short ones and if you get to the point where you need to terminate because they are doing the wrong thing you are screwed. So true,should be illegal as they say u sign a standard hia contract that makes customers think it's a government drawn contract ,when it fact it's nothing near the best contract for consumers. Thanks all for your feedback re HIA contract. But what to do as it has to be signed for the build to commence?? There will always be negative cases. If u already decided to build what is there to think about. The contract is std as per any large volume builders. Some worst than others but they are more or less on same level. Re: Building with Metricon 8379Mar 17, 2019 12:20 pm MLC Thanks MyFirst - yes true whoever we go through will have some sort of similar contract... part of the process. Fingers crossed ours will be a positive experience! I think u r in Melbourne right. Seen a few houses build around my area by metricon. They look pretty good. Also on this forum those in melb building with metricon they all seems pretty happy with it. So theoritically should be alright. Re: Building with Metricon 8380Mar 17, 2019 12:38 pm Nah, most will have the same sort of contract,so accept it,no way,just plain wrong,get a pre contract inspection and change contract significantly,you will regret it if something goes wrong,and the chance of something wrong is almost a certainty,this cow manure of not being allowed to take contract with you is enough to say,stick your house up yours or give me the contract ,and personaly if I was told that,I would walk has that's a huge red flag. Hi, First of all, thank you to this community for sharing your thoughts and opinions. We are in early days of our pre-contract stage for Metricon Doulton and we are… 0 10733 Hello All 🙂 We are planning to start our journey of construction our first home. We zeroed down on Metricon and henley homes based on design suitable for our lot and… 0 8179 We don’t live in VIC so want to know the exterior colours of Lumiere display so we can see it at the paint shop. 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