I guess they have somewhere around 50 a day in liquidated damages?

The HIA contract is heavily biased towards the builder.
I would strongly advise that you get legal advice as the contract provides very little protection for the buyer.
In particular I…

I agree with you there re the contracts.
It is interesting, you have a cooling off period unless you get legal advice then you don’t.
Given all the palava the…

Queensland is waging a campaign to ensure that subbies are paid and unscrupulous builders don’t just run up a series of unpaid bills with their tradesmen and then vapourise, which…

Alright kks I will bite..what do you mean?
There is some form of external agency that arbitrates contract disputes in most jurisdictions.

I have a good solicitor who is dealing with it now, but gee it is frustrating.
It is about 6 weeks away from being finished..
I suspect this guy has done…

Yes. I reckon his issue is cost management not poor quoting.
There is still over 150k in the loan to go but he isn’t interested.
The interesting thing is the…

Yes that was our response.
If I didn’t have the emails I wouldn’t believe it myself!
He has managed the problem by not doing any work on the job since the…

The HIA contract is terrible

Building inspector, congrats on starting the thread.
I have a house under construction - or in theory under construction - as the builder has stopped work because I won’t pay him…

The HIA contract is totally one sided and NOT in favour of the consumer.
I signed a “standard” HIA fixed price contract last year and it is the biggest mistake…