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This seems to be one of the biggest issues between clients and builders and tradies is the costs when changes are made.
Exactly. Builders want to extract the biggest margins possible, and clients want the best quality available; these are opposing forces at work.
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wrong. builders want to get paid for work performed. clients always want top quality work but dont want to pay for it.. if your going to haggle with a builder or tradesman about his margin or rates dont expect quality work
alot of people dont have the ability to forsee what their new house/ extension/ deck etc will look like in built form and thats why changes are often made during construction (which is where a good architect is worth paying for). People also dont have the time thats needed prior to construction to think about fine details such as grout colour.
wrong. builders want to get paid for work performed. clients always want top quality work but dont want to pay for it.. if your going to haggle with a builder or tradesman about his margin or rates dont expect quality work
People also dont have the time thats needed prior to construction to think about fine details such as grout colour.
Well, sorry to have offended you. It seems that plenty of people have time to make a big deal over these small things after the fact.
Rugrat,
This seems to be one of the biggest issues between clients and builders and tradies is the costs when changes are made. As for mark up that is set out in the contract you maybe able to haggle with the builder to drop this but if nothing is stated in the contract it is 20% (in qld contracts that is).
A big issue is also communication and that is a two way street which also appears is not carried out very well between client and builders.
Mind you these are only two with a host of others which I also feel are simply poor communication.
Pity you had a bad experenice with your builder and always seems to leave a bad after taste.
Brian