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I reckon solicitors are a waste of time. No one is going to go through a building contract in detail like you will. That goes for any contract actually. It's really not all that hard. Main things to check are they are giving you what you were quoted, make sure anything that can be a fixed cost...

Not always, for example I am getting quotes for a granny flat at the moment. So far I have 6x. 5x are between 20-30k more than what I think it should be but the lowest one is almost bang on what I had in mind and that is from the biggest builder of all the ones I got quotes from. So the market...

I have a pretty good handle on what it costs to build something so I keep getting quotes until I get one that is close to what I have in mind. If it's too low they have usually missed something which is going to lead to a fight later so I pick them up on it. If they are too high I know they are...