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Keep us posted as I would be interested to see how it all pans out. All the best

Yes, that's what my certifier advised and why we went NatSpec, what I understood that we use this to replace HIA and yes biased to builder. Perhaps I got confused, not sure in terms of contracts??? I can only talk from my experience, have never used a lawyer for any of my builds and built many...

OK, fair enough. I am learning along the way, and if you feel you need a lawyer then do it. I am not against it, just concerned that they will not cover the most important elements, however in your case it was absolutely worth it.

Natspec Simple Domestic is much better than what you posted, as it will provide further protection, people in the game will know this, my certifier recommended this over the other building contracts, lawyer wont know zip about this.

Guilty, I have never had a lawyer look at my building contracts. There is the generic contract set by Government body, standard for all, depending on State what contract is used. My builders contract, basically detailing the specifications, its about 4 pages. The key here is the...

Perp I agree with you. First establish what happened. However, why get a lawyer involved at this stage, more money?? The plans are the key, the plan will state the height and that is what the builder refers to, he is not liable for the stuff up if he built as per plan. If the...

One thing I have learnt the hard way in the developing game is that on your specs the builder will always state "AS PER PLANS". If your designer gets them wrong, leaves something out you could be pushing sh@t up hill. My g/friend had similar scenario where the builder blamed the draftee and...

Read your contract, in particular progress claims, you could try what PB said but you can also be charged interest if not paid?? that's what my contract said. Anyway, I ignored this and stopped progress claim for getting the tiling wrong, the builder had always agreed to rectify the problem...