Always Check Your Builder's
contracts caution checklist
for Australian home building & renovations
- Some Tips from an old hand
- What are the minimum legal contractual terms for residential building work
- What is a contracts checklist
- Getting out of a building contract
- Variations to a building contract
- What is Implied Builders Warranty
- Provisional sum items
- Prime cost items
- Pre-construction contracts
- Types of Building Contracts, Small projects, Large projects, Whole or substantial build projects
- What is fixed price, What is cost plus, What is design and construct
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3 of his building jobs last year ended up in the courts but yes 2 were perfect.
His truck's been repossessed and he's got 2 defaults against his equipment leases.
His company hasn't filed a tax return in 2 years and his partner is banned from holding a builders licence.
Between them they've had 3 building companies go into liquidation and a heap of sub-contractors won't work for them anymore.
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Getting out of a building contract
Your contract must include notice of your right to cool off.
You can withdraw from a contract without penalty for five days after signing.
If you withdraw from the contract during the cooling-off period, you are not liable to the builder in any way - for example, for
financial losses.
You have five business days after receiving a signed copy of your major domestic building contract to withdraw without penalty.
This is your 'cooling-off period'.
Your cooling-off period starts from the date you received the copy signed by the builder, regardless of when you signed the
contract
By law, your contract must advise of a five-day cooling-off period.
If it did not, you may withdraw from the contract within seven days of becoming aware it was not included.
The builder is entitled to keep $100 and any out-of-pocket expenses the builder incurred before the contract was withdrawn, which
you approved.
The builder must refund all other money.
To ensure it is legally binding, deliver the completed notice to the builder within five business days by:
Giving it to the builder in person
Leaving it at the builder's address
Sending it to the builder by registered post
Serving it to the builder in the way stated in your contract.