Frequently Asked Questions

The fixed fee includes a written review of your HIA or Master Builders home building contract pack before signing. We comment on key contract clauses, special conditions, specifications, drawings, allowances, exclusions, payment stages, time provisions and practical issues to raise with the builder.

No. The review is carried out by a construction lawyer with engineering and quantity surveying experience. We look at legal, technical and commercial risks, including scope, specifications, provisional sums, prime cost items, latent conditions, construction period and payment risk.

Upload the contract, special conditions, specifications, plans or drawings, tender, quote or proposal, and any emails or documents the builder gave you before signing.

Yes. We review HIA home building contracts and Master Builders home building contracts.

No. This fixed-fee review is limited to the home building contract and construction contract pack. It does not include review of a land purchase contract, land acquisition contract, conveyancing contract or property acquisition documents. If land acquisition documents also need to be reviewed, that is separate work and can be quoted separately.

Yes, but the review is most useful before signing. If the contract has already been signed, we can still review the documents and identify risks, obligations and possible issues, but your ability to negotiate changes may be limited.

No. The fixed-fee review gives you an owner review document and a builder discussion document identifying practical issues to raise with the builder. Negotiation, drafting amendments, correspondence with the builder or further legal work can be separately agreed if required.

You receive two outputs: an owner review document for your own use, explaining how the contract works, your duties and responsibilities and the highest-risk issues; and a builder discussion document you can take or issue to the builder, identifying clarifications, changes or amendments to raise before signing.

The aim is to provide the review promptly after payment and receipt of the contract pack. Timing depends on the size and condition of the documents.

We do not provide a full quantity survey or market pricing report under the fixed fee. However, we do comment on obvious cost risks such as provisional sums, prime cost items, allowances, exclusions, unclear scope and items that may lead to later price increases.

Yes. We can comment on whether the construction period appears short, long or risky in the context of the documents, and on delay clauses, extension of time provisions and liquidated damages.

Your contract pack is reviewed and you receive an owner review document plus a builder discussion document identifying key risks, missing documents, issues to clarify and matters to raise with the builder before signing.