Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Arden Developments 2104Oct 30, 2017 6:00 pm Ezza78 Does anyone know what lights are in the standard SMEG range hood, did I read it had LED lights or am I imagining it? Building the Arden Votivo 43 Follow me here: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88553 Re: Arden Developments 2106Oct 30, 2017 9:13 pm Quick questions for everyone who's been through contracts: - when you notify arden that you're hiring a private inspector (nhi, darbecca, etc.), Do they still do their own inspections as per the contract? -have any of you been able to change the amount payable in case of delays (it's 250pw but i plan to change it to what my actual weekly rent is). Thanks Building the Arden Votivo 43 Follow me here: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88553 Re: Arden Developments 2107Oct 30, 2017 9:18 pm Well I received a phone call from NHI this afternoon that my frame is incomplete, so the inspection could not go ahead. This inspection was arranged between NHI and my SS as soon as I received the frame stage invoice from Arden. I was also hit by the cancellation charge by NHI which should be paid by Arden IMHO. Unfortunately my premonition turned out to be right - I have procrastinated on forwarding the invoice to my broker, and it was quite a wise decision. Should I consider myself lucky? Anyway I wrote to Arden and waiting for their response. Re: Arden Developments 2108Oct 30, 2017 9:33 pm BLKYG Well I received a phone call from NHI this afternoon that my frame is incomplete, so the inspection could not go ahead. This inspection was arranged between NHI and my SS as soon as I received the frame stage invoice from Arden. I was also hit by the cancellation charge by NHI which should be paid by Arden IMHO. Unfortunately my premonition turned out to be right - I have procrastinated on forwarding the invoice to my broker, and it was quite a wise decision. Should I consider myself lucky? Anyway I wrote to Arden and waiting for their response. Well - I would certainly like to know the outcome - Does Arden pay for the wrong information follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 Re: Arden Developments 2109Oct 30, 2017 9:40 pm BLKYG Well I received a phone call from NHI this afternoon that my frame is incomplete, so the inspection could not go ahead. This inspection was arranged between NHI and my SS as soon as I received the frame stage invoice from Arden. I was also hit by the cancellation charge by NHI which should be paid by Arden IMHO. Unfortunately my premonition turned out to be right - I have procrastinated on forwarding the invoice to my broker, and it was quite a wise decision. Should I consider myself lucky? Anyway I wrote to Arden and waiting for their response. Building the Arden Votivo 43 Follow me here: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88553 Re: Arden Developments 2110Oct 30, 2017 10:05 pm pEast BLKYG Well I received a phone call from NHI this afternoon that my frame is incomplete, so the inspection could not go ahead. This inspection was arranged between NHI and my SS as soon as I received the frame stage invoice from Arden. I was also hit by the cancellation charge by NHI which should be paid by Arden IMHO. Unfortunately my premonition turned out to be right - I have procrastinated on forwarding the invoice to my broker, and it was quite a wise decision. Should I consider myself lucky? Anyway I wrote to Arden and waiting for their response. Well - I would certainly like to know the outcome - Does Arden pay for the wrong information I think Arden is responsible. No inspection would have been scheduled today otherwise. Re: Arden Developments 2111Oct 31, 2017 12:48 am g33kerb0t BLKYG Well I received a phone call from NHI this afternoon that my frame is incomplete, so the inspection could not go ahead. This inspection was arranged between NHI and my SS as soon as I received the frame stage invoice from Arden. I was also hit by the cancellation charge by NHI which should be paid by Arden IMHO. Unfortunately my premonition turned out to be right - I have procrastinated on forwarding the invoice to my broker, and it was quite a wise decision. Should I consider myself lucky? Anyway I wrote to Arden and waiting for their response. Ok so how would this happen? Shouldn't builders have a building surveyor that should be checking these things? If you didn't have NHI or your own inspector, does it mean in this scenario you'd be screwed as you're going to be paying them for unfinished work? Even if they check(I'm not too sure whether they exist at all?), they'd be working for builders, not for us. I think they will just try to pass substandard works. So yes, I could have been screwed big time if I hadn't engaged NHI. The inspector reckons mine is not even 90% complete, but about 75%. It is really mind numbing when you imagine you'd have roof, lighting, plaster, cooling/heating units, ducts etc etc supported by incomplete frames. Likely scenario is that on Wed tradies advise SS the works would be done by Sat, so SS tells the head office to issue a progress payment invoice immediately. Tradies don't finish the works by Sat for whatever reason and SS wouldn't know until they tell him or he visits the site. Inspector finds it's not ready yet on Monday. Unfortunately it looks like a common event. So I'm a bit relieved - I'm not the only one lol. Today's lesson: DO NOT PAY until independent inspections have been done. Re: Arden Developments 2112Oct 31, 2017 1:21 am BLKYG Even if they check(I'm not too sure whether they exist at all?), they'd be working for builders, not for us. I think they will just try to pass substandard works. So yes, I could have been screwed big time if I hadn't engaged NHI. The inspector reckons mine is not even 90% complete, but about 75%. It is really mind numbing when you imagine you'd have roof, lighting, plaster, cooling/heating units, ducts etc etc supported by incomplete frames. Likely scenario is that on Wed tradies advise SS the works would be done by Sat, so SS tells the head office to issue a progress payment invoice immediately. Tradies don't finish the works by Sat for whatever reason and SS wouldn't know until they tell him or he visits the site. Inspector finds it's not ready yet on Monday. Unfortunately it looks like a common event. So I'm a bit relieved - I'm not the only one lol. Today's lesson: DO NOT PAY until independent inspections have been done. Depending on your builder and type of build, elements required for payment may be completed but the actual requirements for the whole area being discussed may not be. Example: Given our house being a two storey, elements of the lower roof area with no structure above couldn't be completed at the point of the frame section and had to wait until after the brick work and external upstairs had been completed to be finished. However as the minimum requirements to claim the frame stage were completed, this needed to be paid even though elements wouldn't be completed for a few months. Our private inspector noted these as the incomplete or incorrect elements in his report but gave an overall pass. This may be the case in your area, or it may not. Or it may be the case at some point in your build. Try to ensure you and your SS have an open dialogue so you can bring your private inspectors findings to attention and put the SS response in writing so you know how and when it will be followed up. We've also had our private inspector put back over a month on some elements by our SS as tradies weren't going as fast as expected. Better to us than paying for multiple checks! Re: Arden Developments 2113Oct 31, 2017 8:35 am JM1911A1 BLKYG Even if they check(I'm not too sure whether they exist at all?), they'd be working for builders, not for us. I think they will just try to pass substandard works. So yes, I could have been screwed big time if I hadn't engaged NHI. The inspector reckons mine is not even 90% complete, but about 75%. It is really mind numbing when you imagine you'd have roof, lighting, plaster, cooling/heating units, ducts etc etc supported by incomplete frames. Likely scenario is that on Wed tradies advise SS the works would be done by Sat, so SS tells the head office to issue a progress payment invoice immediately. Tradies don't finish the works by Sat for whatever reason and SS wouldn't know until they tell him or he visits the site. Inspector finds it's not ready yet on Monday. Unfortunately it looks like a common event. So I'm a bit relieved - I'm not the only one lol. Today's lesson: DO NOT PAY until independent inspections have been done. Depending on your builder and type of build, elements required for payment may be completed but the actual requirements for the whole area being discussed may not be. Example: Given our house being a two storey, elements of the lower roof area with no structure above couldn't be completed at the point of the frame section and had to wait until after the brick work and external upstairs had been completed to be finished. However as the minimum requirements to claim the frame stage were completed, this needed to be paid even though elements wouldn't be completed for a few months. Our private inspector noted these as the incomplete or incorrect elements in his report but gave an overall pass. This may be the case in your area, or it may not. Or it may be the case at some point in your build. Try to ensure you and your SS have an open dialogue so you can bring your private inspectors findings to attention and put the SS response in writing so you know how and when it will be followed up. We've also had our private inspector put back over a month on some elements by our SS as tradies weren't going as fast as expected. Better to us than paying for multiple checks! I would say - follow the build process of Sinbox - unfortunately he could not get going with Arden homes - I found his build process very informative - he had posted long time ago on this forum - maybe 2 or 3rd page follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 Re: Arden Developments 2114Oct 31, 2017 10:53 am pEast JM1911A1 BLKYG Even if they check(I'm not too sure whether they exist at all?), they'd be working for builders, not for us. I think they will just try to pass substandard works. So yes, I could have been screwed big time if I hadn't engaged NHI. The inspector reckons mine is not even 90% complete, but about 75%. It is really mind numbing when you imagine you'd have roof, lighting, plaster, cooling/heating units, ducts etc etc supported by incomplete frames. Likely scenario is that on Wed tradies advise SS the works would be done by Sat, so SS tells the head office to issue a progress payment invoice immediately. Tradies don't finish the works by Sat for whatever reason and SS wouldn't know until they tell him or he visits the site. Inspector finds it's not ready yet on Monday. Unfortunately it looks like a common event. So I'm a bit relieved - I'm not the only one lol. Today's lesson: DO NOT PAY until independent inspections have been done. Depending on your builder and type of build, elements required for payment may be completed but the actual requirements for the whole area being discussed may not be. Example: Given our house being a two storey, elements of the lower roof area with no structure above couldn't be completed at the point of the frame section and had to wait until after the brick work and external upstairs had been completed to be finished. However as the minimum requirements to claim the frame stage were completed, this needed to be paid even though elements wouldn't be completed for a few months. Our private inspector noted these as the incomplete or incorrect elements in his report but gave an overall pass. This may be the case in your area, or it may not. Or it may be the case at some point in your build. Try to ensure you and your SS have an open dialogue so you can bring your private inspectors findings to attention and put the SS response in writing so you know how and when it will be followed up. We've also had our private inspector put back over a month on some elements by our SS as tradies weren't going as fast as expected. Better to us than paying for multiple checks! I would say - follow the build process of Sinbox - unfortunately he could not get going with Arden homes - I found his build process very informative - he had posted long time ago on this forum - maybe 2 or 3rd page Arden agreed to cover the cancelled inspection cost and to re-issue the progress payment invoice when the frame is actually complete. Credit to my SS for his frank and upfront manner. And according to the SS, my likely scenario in the previous post was actually what happened, though fine details are a bit different. Re: Arden Developments 2116Oct 31, 2017 11:36 am BLKYG - good and correct outcome follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 Re: Arden Developments 2119Oct 31, 2017 12:15 pm gags Good on Arden. Where about u building BLKYG? He’s ur neighbour if I remember from earlier post - harpley follow my build Arden homes Votivo 37 iin south east: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=88622 |