Browse Forums General Discussion Re: building contract help 3Dec 24, 2019 7:19 am 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: building contract help 4Dec 24, 2019 8:16 am Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: building contract help 10Feb 24, 2020 9:41 pm 3in1 Supadiverta. Rainwater Harvesting Best Practice using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: building contract help 12Mar 26, 2020 11:02 pm GrahamB JacL building-expert You need to ask your builder for proper variation documentation which will stipulate why is extra payment claimed or if adjustment to provisional sum what was original allowance inadequate. You should get help from experienced building consultant I am new to this forum, hope I’m posting in the right place. I have signed a building contract with a volume home builder and am waiting to commence building. There is a provisional sum in my tender for traffic control as it’s a busy road. The builder has recently submitted a variation which is very open-ended and almost certainly will exceed the provisional amount substantially based on their estimate. As an example, they are stating $285/hr travel allowance each way for the traffic controllers who they have said are located around an hour away from my site. (I am based in metro Sydney, not a remote area.) The builder estimates I will need 25-30 call outs in total so that is over $14k alone just to pay 2 traffic controllers to travel to site, never mind doing any traffic control. Its not like there aren’t any RMS-accredited local traffic control companies but the builder said I can’t choose another traffic control company. How much of a right do I have to dispute the variation which I haven’t signed, if I believe the variation costs are not in any way considered reasonable? If I got quotes from an equally accredited service provider, can I make them use the provider (and they just add on their margin)? I don’t want any trouble with the builder or bog down the process but I just can’t accept paying extra tens of thousands above provisional sum for essentially no reason. Any advice would be much appreciated. My experience, traffic control is a minimum 4 hours and should be costing around $750-800 per visit, your builder seems to be using excessive amounts if he is calling out 25-30. Check your contract wording, I believe there is a clause which states you are allowed to use your own materials/trades if the builders ones are unreasonable. I am also under the impression with Provisional Sums, that you have the right to see the invoices from the TC company and then only the margin that is noted in your contract can be applied Thanks I will check particularly the right to see invoices for provisional sums. FYI the builder is charging over $1100 per min 4hr visit plus an additional $200-odd for signage/traffic board per visit. Re: building contract help 13Aug 20, 2020 10:14 pm Hi All Apologies, this is my first post and I am still getting hold of home journey. My land gets titled around March 2021, currently I am shopping around for builders and have shortlisted a couple. My question is - If a sign a contract with builder for example in October 2020, are there chances that when the land is titled/close to getting titled the builder might increase the site costs based on soil test results? Is there a way to fix site costs while signing contract so that builder does not waver later or do they always leave a caveat for site costs? Secondly is there any difference between the contract which you sign with builder( and pay 5% or 10% deposit) and HIA contract? Thank you for kind help Re: building contract help 14Aug 22, 2020 9:14 am pravven23 Hi All Apologies, this is my first post and I am still getting hold of home journey. My land gets titled around March 2021, currently I am shopping around for builders and have shortlisted a couple. My question is - If a sign a contract with builder for example in October 2020, are there chances that when the land is titled/close to getting titled the builder might increase the site costs based on soil test results? Is there a way to fix site costs while signing contract so that builder does not waver later or do they always leave a caveat for site costs? Secondly is there any difference between the contract which you sign with builder( and pay 5% or 10% deposit) and HIA contract? Thank you for kind help Pravven If the builders are bale to gain access to the site now (contour/bore hole) then they should be able to fix the costs to a degree. Problem with unregistered land is the final 88B document, although the parent lot can give you a very good idea, once subdivided the individual lots get their own document. Best thing to do is to allow for extra site costs up front (Saline soli, H Class slab for instance) then once the reports come back, if they are not required, the builder should refund you the amount You talk about deletions, are they variations or PS and PC adjustments? pleas list them 1 16442 I've decided, after a period of confusion (my building broker told me it's probably not worth it to use a lawyer, but others have said it is a must) that I definitely will… 7 27899 |