House completion dragging on & on & on

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My brother put a deposit on a house about Sep '05 and then paid the pre-contract deposit and signed about Nov '05. Original verbal completion date was for Apr '06, but this has passed by. He did his snag in Sep '06 and submitted this but then all of a sudden there was an issue with the site on planning grounds and one thing after another the planning application took nearly 6 months til mid April '07 to get approved.

So obviously nothing was done on site in the period of the planning application and things have limped along very slowly since they came back on site sometime around end of May. Nothing whatsoever has been done on his snag list and excuses based on the bad weather have been used as to why they haven't finished any work.

There are about 6 houses that looked like they are finished from the outside, but only one person has signed and completed, but talking to them, they wish they never did as they have a list as long as their arm to have snags completed.

Is there a standard time that they need to have the property completed by? Should it be in the contract?

Can he contact anyone apart from his solicitor to help with this as the developer is taking longer than than the time it took the Great Wall to be finished?
 
tosullivan said:
My brother put a deposit on a house about Sep '05 and then paid the pre-contract deposit and signed about Nov '05. Original verbal completion date was for Apr '06, but this has passed by. He did his snag in Sep '06 and submitted this but then all of a sudden there was an issue with the site on planning grounds and one thing after another the planning application took nearly 6 months til mid April '07 to get approved.

So obviously nothing was done on site in the period of the planning application and things have limped along very slowly since they came back on site sometime around end of May. Nothing whatsoever has been done on his snag list and excuses based on the bad weather have been used as to why they haven't finished any work.

There are about 6 houses that looked like they are finished from the outside, but only one person has signed and completed, but talking to them, they wish they never did as they have a list as long as their arm to have snags completed.

Is there a standard time that they need to have the property completed by? Should it be in the contract?

Can he contact anyone apart from his solicitor to help with this as the developer is taking longer than than the time it took the Great Wall to be finished?
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What does your brother want to do? Pull Out? Force them to complete quickly?

There is usually a clause in the standard building agreement to the effect that the works are to be completed within a cetain period(usually between 12 and 24 months from date of signing Agreement.

However even if in this case that period has already lapsed it does not necessarily mean he can pull out. He really has to discuss all his options with his solicitor who has the signed contract/agreement. Why does he not want to do this?
 
he still wants the house as its really nice, in a nice area but is just fed up waiting and waiting.
If there was a clause that had a penalty in it that the developer was out of pocket, then it would probably force them to get the finger out
 
tosullivan said:
Is there a standard time that they need to have the property completed by? Should it be in the contract?
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Why isn't he asking his solicitor this?
Can he contact anyone apart from his solicitor to help with this as the developer is taking longer than than the time it took the Great Wall to be finished?
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His solicitor should be his primary port of call.
 
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