Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Late arriving....Piering Costs 2Apr 09, 2009 10:34 pm Blog: http://bluemistkids.blogspot.com "Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, and professionals built the Titanic." Re: Late arriving....Piering Costs 9Apr 22, 2009 7:13 pm Thanks to everyone for your advice. We had reached the same conclusion as all of you after reading our contract but unfortunately the building company in question has seen it differently....I knew that this wasn't going to go smoothly. Apr 9 - Notified of 3 new variations totalling approx $48K Apr 9 - Rang CSO to express my dismay at sighting these variations for the first time one week before handover. Apr 14 - Rang CSO to find out what was happening. She advised that she was waiting to talk to the General Manager about it (sounds like an admission of guilt?) Apr 15 - Rang CSO to find out that she was witing to talk to her supervisor. Apr 16 - Rang CSO who said she hoped to have a resolution by the the next day. Apr 17....21 - Lots of phone calls which were unanswered both by the CSo and her supervisor...but I do know the receptionist quite well now! Apr 22 - An email was issued from the building company which basically said the following: "Our notes in your file indicate that at all times you were kept advised of the progress of your house"..it must be someone else they were thinking of because their communication has been awful. Anyway it continued on with them offering to discount the variations by their margin which was approx $10K but then to add insult to injury they have dug up another variation for rock excavation "based on getting the final consolidation ready" for $4000 which they will happily discount to $3224. How nice of them. I am absolutely dumb-founded at the total mismanagement that has allowed such a situation to occur. I think the crux of the matter is that if we had been made aware of the variation we would have most likely cancelled the contract which, if I read it correctly, is an option in our contract for variations greater than 5% of the contract price. Looks like we are off to visit our solicitor tomorrow! Re: Late arriving....Piering Costs 10Apr 22, 2009 7:27 pm Shaz "Our notes in your file indicate that at all times you were kept advised of the progress of your house". Really? I'd want them to prove that. Where's their return receipt for the emails they sent you advising of the costs? Were the letters sent registered mail advising you of the cost? I'd doubt they can prove it. Shaz Looks like we are off to visit our solicitor tomorrow! Good luck. Hopefully you won't have to pay a cent! I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Late arriving....Piering Costs 11Apr 22, 2009 8:03 pm Oh Shaz I'm absolutely horrified!! I can't believe any builder could be so careless and ruthless. Unless you've signed in agreement of the charges then absolutely no way no how should you be paying. They are trying to get out of their mistake big time. Re: Late arriving....Piering Costs 12Apr 22, 2009 8:08 pm I'd certainly be asking for proof of communication.... Otherwise they don't have a leg to stand on... Electrical Engineer... Don't hold that against me... And keen owner builder... Mainly the building part!! Re: Late arriving....Piering Costs 13Apr 22, 2009 8:19 pm Ask for copies of the letters. It would be a brave (and foolish) company that would create and backdate a letter. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Late arriving....Piering Costs 15Apr 23, 2009 7:56 am Bugger Shaz! I too doubt that they would be able to prove the communication. I'm pretty sure that you would need to sign off on this kind of stuff, so unless they can show the documents with your signature for these changes then I don't think they have a leg to stand on. Let us know (if you are able) what your solicitor says - goodluck! 'A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.' Louis Pasteur Vegie garden: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27637&start=0 My Backyard Adventure Like I said the Occupancy Certificate is not the tollgate that marks the completion of the house. The contract defines… 7 10799 Looking to tile the facade pillars rather than rendering. Builder is quoting 2500$ laying cost for upto 10msq. The 2 pillars come to be 16msq. So laying costs are 5000$… 0 7831 10 15899 |