Hi all, we are hoping we can get some advice on our dilemma,
We engaged our surveyor at the beginning of November to carry out a strata subdivision of 2 villas that we built. We lodged all necessary paperwork with him late November and it was lodged by him with LPI in the first few days of December. We were told that this should be turned around within 2 weeks. We contacted the surveyor mid december for an update and had no correspondence from him... at all, and he would not return several calls/msgs.
We let it go until after new year thinking it was a busy period and when we could not get in touch with the surveyor again after new years, mid january, we called LPI directly and were told the application had been sent back to the surveyor as it needed an extra signature from council as there was a planning agreement over the land. The surveyor had this for 2 weeks!! and had not informed us of this. It took another 2 weeks for him to see council about the issue. However, council had already approved the subdivision DA and councils opinion was that they did not need to provide any further approval. From here the surveyor was to get in touch with LPI to try and resolve the issue. Fast forward 4 weeks and he rarely returns any calls or messages and tells us that LPI are not getting back in touch with him?? For 4 weeks! Not likely!
Does anybody have any tips or advice in dealing with this situation? We have tried to be patient and not lose our cool, we have tried to convey the message that we are all working together as a team to resolve this but we are at our wits end. All fees were paid promptly at his request at the start of December before initial lodgement.
Thanks in advance.
We engaged our surveyor at the beginning of November to carry out a strata subdivision of 2 villas that we built. We lodged all necessary paperwork with him late November and it was lodged by him with LPI in the first few days of December. We were told that this should be turned around within 2 weeks. We contacted the surveyor mid december for an update and had no correspondence from him... at all, and he would not return several calls/msgs.
We let it go until after new year thinking it was a busy period and when we could not get in touch with the surveyor again after new years, mid january, we called LPI directly and were told the application had been sent back to the surveyor as it needed an extra signature from council as there was a planning agreement over the land. The surveyor had this for 2 weeks!! and had not informed us of this. It took another 2 weeks for him to see council about the issue. However, council had already approved the subdivision DA and councils opinion was that they did not need to provide any further approval. From here the surveyor was to get in touch with LPI to try and resolve the issue. Fast forward 4 weeks and he rarely returns any calls or messages and tells us that LPI are not getting back in touch with him?? For 4 weeks! Not likely!
Does anybody have any tips or advice in dealing with this situation? We have tried to be patient and not lose our cool, we have tried to convey the message that we are all working together as a team to resolve this but we are at our wits end. All fees were paid promptly at his request at the start of December before initial lodgement.
Thanks in advance.
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