Yep only paid $5k at the PPA stage and they did not ask for any more money after that. Did not know that this was abnormal.
Also, some variations were…

Thank you everyone for you replies and advice.
Contract signed date until now has been 400+ days. Seems like both parties have a right to terminate. I've heard some horror…

Definitely a lesson learnt. I am interested in point 5 of your post that states that there is no contract until work actually starts on site. What would be the…

Building a house on a small 250m2 lot in WA. Contract signed for small single storey fixed cost build of 165m2 with a building contract at $220k which includes site…