Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Builder’s price variation before commencing works 6Mar 03, 2023 7:10 am lrahman The fixed price contract is ending on 05/03/2023. Does this mean our HIA contract is expiring too? Could you please advise our rights if we want to terminates the contract? If you proceed to cancel the contract the builder is entitle to losses and additional costs that he's incurred You now need to add lawyers cost to your costs. Sorry don't like your chances of your builder letting you off lightly Read and properly understand your contract before you sign up Designer,Engineer (Civil,Const & Envir),Builder,Concrete & Masonry Contract.Struct Repairs Re: Builder’s price variation before commencing works 7Aug 20, 2023 10:15 am StructuralBIMGuy lrahman The fixed price contract is ending on 05/03/2023. Does this mean our HIA contract is expiring too? Could you please advise our rights if we want to terminates the contract? If you proceed to cancel the contract the builder is entitle to losses and additional costs that he's incurred You now need to add lawyers cost to your costs. Sorry don't like your chances of your builder letting you off lightly Read and properly understand your contract before you sign up Contracts do not expire. The date is the date they were supposed to reach practical completion. If they haven't that just means they might be in breach. The contract will continue until the work is completed, or both parties abandon it by just walking away or its terminated. I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 16366 Sorry to hear. All the advice you are going to get on this one comes down to what your contract says and what variations are allowed and the mechanism for them. For… 1 2854 Fair Trading can issue orders to rectify and complete but once the matter goes to NCAT these orders are automatically vacated. You will have to terminate contract and sue… 21 30654 |