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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Prime cost items
Prime cost items are your selection of fixtures and fittings (for example: ovens, taps and tiles) that are listed items in the
contract, but which are not specifically identified and costed.
This is because you or your builder could not determine or agree the make, model or exact price of the item at the time you signed
the contract - you could only estimate the price, which could be less than the final cost.
Where possible, avoid prime cost items.
Try to include the specific details of your selections (such as make, model, colour and style) in your contract, so that the
building cost is final.
Get a copy of any invoice, receipt or other document that shows the cost of any prime cost item.