We have entered into a contract in september 2010 with end date march 2011 in march they said the building will b completed in june in june they the house was half complete and they sent a variation of 277,000 as final payment addition to contract price ( thoug the house was half complete) we have spent 120 thousands extra engaging contractors ourselfs and paying them directly which they accepted as they said they didnot have money to finish everything , we had to accept because we wanted to move into the house the ysaid it will be 1 more month to finish and in december they said a variation again for the works which was not even signed by us and we have proofs in writing that we have engaged subcontractors and getting works done they didnot respond back in dec house was complete except flyscreens and swimming pool , they again claim for 96000 claim (4600 accodring to final payment and 40000 relating to variation and they have deleted the pool them selves which was in contract basically ) we went to lawyers and drafted a letter asking them to finish the work and handover practical completion , after 4 weeks they didnot respond our lawyers asked them to do the same finish the work and give the practical completion they didnot respond in writing but she called the lawyer and said the are not working according to contractual terms , our lawyers gave them notice that they have breach the contract for not finishing in march and asking for more money and not finishg wat have been in the contract and they advised us to move ito the house which we did and the builder comes in gets a locksmith and opens the keys we called the police she called her police friends and the police has kicked us even without checking the evidence that they are our builders and our contract is terminated now they have posession of the property for which they have literally not spent any thing we have been kicked out saying about safety issues ????? is that right in december she wrote to us that building has passed practical completion and now they say it doesnt comply to safety issues???
CAn someone throw some light into this matter as legal advice have been not in help for us ( is this the way police treat us???