Browse Forums General Discussion Re: House Finished - Builder wants more money - HELP! 8May 28, 2011 10:42 pm Get a solicitor ... give a copy of the contract to the solicitor and then tell the builder to go see the solicitor. Advise the solicitor that you do not want to pay another cent ... and nor should you. The builder can deal with the solicitor directly. Just make sure the solicitor is not billing you for the time that they spend with the builder. Having to see a solicitor may discourage the builder all together. My feeling is that many builder rely on their inside knowledge of their industry and the ignorance of their clients to get away with as much as they can. Re: House Finished - Builder wants more money - HELP! 9May 30, 2011 11:32 am I would move forward with claiming the money back from the builder, but also tell them that they can try giving a more convincing explanation of why you owe them money, if they want to. There's 2 options here - they honestly missed out $8000 worth of work and waited until they got the insurance money before telling you, so they would have the upper hand in negotiations. Or the other option is they are trying to rip you off, and they waited for the insurance money so they would have the upper hand. In either case, claiming back the money will give you the upper hand again. And that's what you need to get this resolved, whether it was an honest mistake or not. This is how I would approach it if it were me. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: House Finished - Builder wants more money - HELP! 10May 30, 2011 4:57 pm 3timesbuilda Assuming that you don't owe them any money THAT WAS IN THE CONTRACT OR A SIGNED VARIATION, tell them they have 7 days to make payment or you will lodge a claim against them to the MBA or other such bodies. If in Victoria, you can use VCAT. +1. You can get some free general advice from VCAT(or your local equivalent) . Based on that you can decide if you need a solicitor. Good luck. As a tradesmen get a private inspector although I don't think there worth it in their profession themselves the reminder they serve to the tradesmen doing the work is… 3 27370 Hi, I contracted a Builder to do a Garage to Bedroom + ensuite conversion (Class 1a), the Builder engaged the Certifier and Engineer and received BDA from the Certifier… 0 5032 I've just had a look at the website. The company are just building broker's. There are plenty of similar companies that basically draw your plans (they own them so you… 8 10940 |