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Liability Periods for New Homes
Tuesday, January 13 2015

In accordance with the Home Building Act;

It is a term of every contract that the builder is liable to make good at the cost of the builder defects in the home building work notified in writing to the builder within the period of 120 days commencing on the day of practical completion.

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Overstatement of Prime Cost. Hi we recently had a problem with our builder understating a provision sum (prime cost) to get the building work, then once work started the cost of the provisional sum skyrocketed. We got a builder friend to estimate some of the costs and we were horrified. A review of our contract found that A builder must not enter into a contract that contains an amount or an estimated amount for a prime cost item or a provisional sum if the amount or estimated amount is misstated by being less than the least amount that it could reasonably cost to supply the item or perform the work to which the amount relates in accordance with the Home Building ACt
Posted by Christopher Chan on 13/01/2015 - 06:58 PM

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Time limits on complaints for Building Work.

There are essentailly two reasons why you would have a building complaint. They are:

  • You have been adversely affected by building work (this can be a builder you hired or even one that your neighbours have engaged).
  • You have a contract dispute.

As set out in the Building Services (complaint Resolution and Administration Act 2011

Building Services Complaint:

A building service complaint must be made within 6 years after the completion of the regulated building service to which the complaint relates. This means 6 years from Pratccial Completion. It is interesting to note that a Building Services complaint may be made by sebsequent owners for a period of 6 years after PCI.

An example of a Building Services complaint is if the neighbours engaged a builder to construct a new home and the stormwater drainage is affecting your property.

Another example is if you hired a builder to install some new windows and they have begun to crack within 6 years.

If the builder attends to fix something, you get another 6 years waranty 


A Breach of Contract:

You have 3 years to lodge a claim for a contract dispute.

An example may be that you requested a specific brand of tile and it was not installed or the builder did not finish the home building work on time.

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