Hi All,
Thank you for all your responses and advise. I'm sorry for the late follow on story but been really busy! Anyways, we ended up going with Gold Ruby Homes…

That is really surprising Shirokuma! They definitely asked for $1000 to quote us

Thanks Shirokuma. I did call Blackett Homes but they were charging $1,000 for a quote and it is non-refundable

Hi guys,
My builder has entered into liquidation recently and I am in a process on putting together a claim.
What is everyone's experience on claiming? Did they make it difficult? Do…

Anyone?

I have been recently burnt (so badly) by our builder. Lost a lot of money and very emotionally draining.
Anyways, now I need to appoint a new builder to complete my…

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-new ... 33827.html
Anyone affected?

You are right Mark. I would rather have delays with good quality built than fast and crap. In my case, they are taking their time (took 5-6 months to lockup)…

I just looked at your blog HomeAngels and it seems that you are in the same boat as me... things are delays after delays! Though at least your builder hasn't…

I would say March when they started the work because there are a few paperwork to get done before they can commence work like getting DA approval etc.
Anyone disagree?
Btw.…

I will be contacting our lawyer soon but I just to gather as much information as I can before I do.
Thanks building-expert for your advise. This is my first home…

Hi guys,
I am in a situation where according to our contract, our house should be completed by this month and there is no way they will achieve that as they…

ACT. We are not on the bushfire zone so its not required but I am still very annoyed that we won't have the capability to prevent the possible leakage in…

Do you think I should ask them to retrofit the roof sarking and get R6 batts? (correction from previous post, our contract specified that we are getting R5 batts.
Thank you…

Hi guys,
Our builder is pretty much stuffed up and didn't install the roof sarking until I pointed out - not happy!
Anyways,they told me that they are not removing the rooftiles…

Hi guys,
Our builder is pretty much stuffed up and didn't install the roof sarking until I pointed out - not happy!
Anyways,they told me that they are not removing the rooftiles…

No, I didn't have a chance of meeting the independent inspector of our house (to be honest, I didn't know that it is an option).
So far still no progress

No I don't know their inspectors nor tradies. Also, they are a small building company so they don't have display home.
I swear I did all my research before I…

No the director is definitely not Mentor - you are safe
I will probably walk around the neighborhood on the weekend and see if I can…

Thanks for all advice guys. I will look up at the local council website to check out the approved DA. I guess I will try to me more firm. I…

I have been actually dealing with the Director of the company and even that, there is still no progress Is there a way to find…

Its nearly 3 months since the slab has been laid and we still don't have roofs or bricks installed. Every time I ask when they are going to make any…

I've finally called them up today (feeling guilty about it too because they told me not to...) and they told me that the windows were delivered today (not installed) and…

PS: thanks for all the advice guys. I really appreciate it. Im new to this process and I am learning as I go and worried to do the wrong thing.

That's a good point! I will give them a call tomorrow and ask them what has been happening....They better not pull off the weather excuses because we have had great…

So you don't think its not bad calling them when I see fit?
I'm just afraid to annoy them and end up them doing a bad job or even slow down…

Yes, 2 months from the day they poured the slab and yes we have paid them installment money. So far we have paid 2 stages.
I was told by them that…