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My contract is with the developer, and his contract is with the builder. Its the bulder that has to remediate it in the end, but stuffed if I am going to run around trying to finf a responsible party for this shoddy development. The developer signs off the quality and the finishes. Ultimately...

The big ticket item is the size. The quality of the works will not stop the settlement as they have 3 months to recify the defects. Problem is that once we settle they can bankrupt themselves and then everything will become so much harder. Developers have a habbit of bankrupting themselves...

This is a very different circumstance, although my property did come in at 10K lower than originally with the bank so I had to cover that difference. The developer coupld not help what happened to the market. In this case I was fully aware of the risk and the fact the market dropped and was...

He says it unnaceptable. We are booking in a surveyor to take proper measurements and write a report. Then we will contact the vendors solicitors with this and see what they say. Worst case scenario we go to VCAT.

Lets just say Caulfield. I got a letter saying that they also take into account 50% of the external wall when they calculate internal space. It still does not add up. It would make the 43m2 apartment 46.8m2. Still a way off to 51m2.

All good points. Its currently with my soclicitor so I am hoping for the best. I will check for the sunset clause, but I think that it might still be good. My hope is that the 17% deviation on the size of the property is enough to call it a breach of contract terms.

Hi All, Has anyone had any experience pulling out of a settlement due to the developer not meeting his contractual obligations? I would be interested to learn how it panned out. I am currently in dispute (have not settled yet) on 2 apartments. A couple of years ago I signed up to purchase...