Myself and family recently decided to build a home ,,our first
Signed a contract in NSW with a QLD project builder at there display home
listing the company as the builder.,,both staff we dealt with left the company a while later and they have closed there display ,this is to do with timeframes allowed for display homes in estates but they havn't built another
A month later before our pick the colours appointment in brisbane at there head office we where asked bring along our contract as an ammendmant needed to be added .
There name, the company, was crossed out and another builders name was added , company name,liscence no abn , etc listed ,though the original signature of there staff member wasn't changed.
Another month just prior to when site prep was supposed to start,and we recieved a request with with a stat dec from a solicitor wanting to change the second builder to another , with a vague referance to changing start time as well , it listed his name and nothing else ,no company name ,abn or liscence no.
we went and saw a solicitor obviously
he noted the company wasn't liscenced to build in nsw and never has been its structure and name was only registered mid last year though the company had been operating previously in NSW under its brand name.
The second builder ,my son contacted and while they had done work previously for the project builder they wern't doing anymore and knew nothing of our contract,further it was stated none had authority to sign on there behalf.
The third builder while being registered in NSW didn't have a current
insurance certificate with required liability to build ,though he seems to have eligability for small builds of less than 12K.
fair trading is looking into it for us,but Ihave my doubts much will come of this as the staff member who changed the original contract is, well at face value appearing a little less than honest on a couple of fronts (for one telling builder 2 original staff member changed contract)when it was her goodself that did the changes.
options
go to court ,,deposit taken 11.5 k.
find another builder whos willing to take on another companys plans , must be changed by 10 % to avoid copyright infringemet,we do have a council approved building certificate,and an archetect in the family happy to do the paperwork,
Start over .
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