Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Nov 09, 2023 7:32 am Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Contract Works Insurance - Why your builder should have 3Nov 09, 2023 8:02 am Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Contract Works Insurance - Why your builder should have 5Nov 09, 2023 9:20 pm ponzutwo damn. So will bricks be cleaned and reused, or will new bricks be delivered? In Victoria all materials must be new, as part of builders’ warranty unless there is prior agreement. 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: Contract Works Insurance - Why your builder should have 6Nov 10, 2023 6:40 am ponzutwo damn. So will bricks be cleaned and reused, or will new bricks be delivered? I'm not 100% sure yet. We might be able to reuse some of the undamaged ones and get new ones for the balance. As it's a party wall they are commons. Have to see what insurance says. Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Contract Works Insurance - Why your builder should have 7Nov 28, 2023 3:43 am Hi Everyone, Quick update on this one. We finally got the meeting with the assessor yesterday. From the correspondence I have seen it would seem that for claims of this size an independent company is appointed to do the assessment. I could be wrong on this trigger point, but it was definitely an independent company. I wasn't able to attend the meeting, but my partner said the assessor was an old school builder type gentlemen, who was incredibly switched on and was very thorough, professional and probing with his questions ( sounds like he was very good at his job). Rightly so, he has asked us to provide evidence ( receipts) of the work to date to make sure we are not over claiming for the rebuild v the original build. We will do that today. So the bottom line is it looks like we have lost 3/4 of the duplex. We should have the engineer's report in the next few days confirming what we can and can't keep and then we can start the repairs. The good news is that our carpentry crew are working through Christmas so can hopefully catch up on some lost time. Till next time Simeon Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Re: Contract Works Insurance - Why your builder should have 9Mar 14, 2024 4:26 pm Hi All, I just wanted to close this topic out with an update. So we ended up agreeing to a number with the insurance company, and after an extensive amount of hand demolition, clearing and rebuilding, this week we finally got the party wall rebuilt! Basically one whole side of the duplex was so extensively damaged it required a full rebuild. It is hard to explain just how bad the damage was! Major steel beams were bent like bananas from the force of the bricks collapsing. Anyway, back on track now and check out the props which we did as the wall was being constructed.....just to be sure! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Architectural Homes & Duplexes - specialising in custom designing homes to your budget Get a Free Onsite Consultation Today or send a PM for information, questions or advice. Unless there is something in special conditions the builder does not have to give you timeline. If your demolition contractor has not removed Asbestos and it was found… 12 29041 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 30070 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 28103 |