Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Defects in Contract Drawings. Shoud we sign the contarct? 13Oct 26, 2007 1:18 am the first thing they will say later is well its not in the contract, you should have read the contract more carefully, you know the general along those lines. Don't sign it until its fixed Building again . . with Redink Pre-start 04/12 Keys - 03/13 Finishing off. . . Painting/Floor Tiles/Carpet - 04/13 Walk In Robe/Lighting/Blinds and Moving 05/13 Gates/Front Landscaping / Pool 05/13 Re: Defects in Contract Drawings. Shoud we sign the contarct? 14Oct 26, 2007 7:24 am At out contract signing with Clarendon there was a couple of things wrong on the drawings. These were:
*Outdoor air-con unit located in the wrong place. *2 outdoor taps missing. *Bi-fold doors to study which we wanted removed. *Gas heating outlet in the wrong spot. Clarendon told us that these changes could be made after signing the contract without a problem and that we would be sent a copy of the final drawings before they were submitted for council approval. Since my wife and I couldn't afford to take another day off work each we decided to sign the contract. Sure enough, the following week, we were sent out the changes that were required to the plans as a variation and we signed them off. We were then given a copy of the final plans with all problems taken care off. The plans are now ready for council submission. So for small changes I don't see it being a problem. However, Antoxa, some of the defects in your contract drawings are quite significant as they are structural in nature. Your point 4 - the garage - being the major one. Surely your builder needs to build to the plans as approved by council. Re: Defects in Contract Drawings. Shoud we sign the contarct? 15Oct 26, 2007 8:20 am Thanks to all for your replys.
There is one more question. What is post contract variation? Why does the builder put some stuff in this post contract variation, however the contract is not signed yet (only tender is signed). Isn't it better to have everything in the contract? I guess that everything which is not in the contract will not be covered by insurance and the time (number of days to complete the building) does not apply to the post contract variations. Re: Defects in Contract Drawings. Shoud we sign the contarct? 16Oct 26, 2007 10:04 am That means any changes you or builder wants to made after contract signed... If it's from you, you might have to pay extra excess fees. Read the contract carefully.
We have one change and have to pay $250 on top of the cost for changes, because wife wants to add some downlights, cancel alarm installation (we found a much cheaper one with more sensor and 2 control panels instead of 1) and door chime wiring (they only do wiring and charge hundred for that), in the end we still save some $. Re: Defects in Contract Drawings. Shoud we sign the contarct? 17Oct 26, 2007 10:21 am Just slight off the topic, when you review the contract, do you care about the builder license expired date? what happen after you sign the contract, then the builder license expired and not be renewed? In another word, the builder current license need to cover all the contract period, or just the date of contract signed? Re: Defects in Contract Drawings. Shoud we sign the contarct? 18Oct 26, 2007 10:30 am if the builder's license expired, legally they won't be allow to trade at all. It should be common sense for them to get it renewed. If you really worry about it, just ask your builder about that and ask them to send you the document when it's renewed. Shouldn't be big deal. Re: Defects in Contract Drawings. Shoud we sign the contarct? 19Oct 26, 2007 10:41 am Amongst other things, essentially a contract is there in case something goes wrong.
If you find later that they haven't done up the new drawings, and there's GPO's in the wrong place in your nice brand new house, then they have every right to say "it wasn't in the contract" and there won't be much you can do. Would you rather rush it through now and be unsure, or would you rather wait an extra few days/weeks and have that assurety of it being in the contract? Better to be safe than sorry right? After 2 false starts, a year living overseas, two more world trips and 3 years of uncertainty we are now starting the build process again - hopefully for real this time! Re: Defects in Contract Drawings. Shoud we sign the contarct? 20Oct 26, 2007 10:42 am This is what worries me the most--that our contract will have problems and we will be pushed into signing it without fixing the problems first. I certainly don't want to end up in a situation where we have the wrong things going on at our house and are powerless to do anything about it because "it's in the contract".
--Mike Everything I know, I learned from SBS. LATEST: Frame Complete http://metricon-mercer.livejournal.com Thanks very much! And would the landscaper/contractor generally involve the engineer or is that something the client would do? Thanks for your help 2 10450 Peter In NSW your Certifier will have a copy, and the Certifier works for you not the builder. They are your representative so just contact them and ask for a… 6 3458 1 3229 |