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When someone's home and livelihood are on the line, even minor building disputes can balloon into fraught legal nightmares. AANDI Lawyers’ Melbourne legal team represent building owners and contractors, offering a range of services to resolve domestic building disputes justly, quickly and amicably. Book your consultation at our Richmond office today.
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We’ll employ the right domestic building legal service to help you reach an equitable outcome. To maintain an amicable process, we can negotiate directly with the other party or their lawyers, and even host mediation sessions. If necessary, we can litigate and represent you before an administrative tribunal.
Our dispute resolution lawyers have experience representing both builders and developers.
We consult with you to understand your goals and assess all relevant documents, such as your building contract.
We will explain the legal grounds of your dispute and present what we feel are the appropriate next steps for you to take.
Once you’ve approved a course of action, we'll pursue it. That may mean private negotiations or escalations to the VBA or VCAT.
We will strive to reach a just outcome for you and tailor our legal costs to your unique case.
We consult with you to understand your goals and assess all relevant documents, such as your building contract.
We will explain the legal grounds of your dispute and present what we feel are the appropriate next steps for you to take.
Once you’ve approved a course of action, we'll pursue it. That may mean private negotiations or escalations to the VBA or VCAT.
We will strive to reach a just outcome for you and tailor our legal costs to your unique case.
We consult with you to understand your goals and assess all relevant documents, such as your building contract.
We will explain the legal grounds of your dispute and present what we feel are the appropriate next steps for you to take.
Once you’ve approved a course of action, we'll pursue it. That may mean private negotiations or escalations to the VBA or VCAT.
Once you partner with us, we’ll assign you a dedicated lawyer specialising in building dispute law and resolution.
As veteran lawyers, our greatest strength is our versatility. We have proven experience in tackling all types of legal disputes and reaching equitable settlements for our clients. Whether you’re a homeowner, building lead, architect, sub-contractor or any other type of building practitioner, we can provide invaluable legal advice and representation.
We can defend your rights in domestic building disputes involving:
At AANDI Lawyers, our team handles hundreds of dispute resolution cases every year, including many building disputes. We have an in-depth understanding of dispute resolution processes and the building industry.
We understand the value of your time and the importance of working quickly and efficiently. Our lawyers work to bring about a fair resolution as promptly as possible so that you can focus on more important things.
Clear and effective communication is an essential part of dispute resolution. We will keep you informed as your case progresses and communicate in clear, plain language.
We provide a free first-time consultation so you can find out where you stand and what your options are. During your consultation, we will get an understanding of your case and advise you on your options.
"AANDI are very easy to deal with. Always prompt service with informative and timely communication. We will be using them for all our legal needs from now on."
"Leigh and his team provided excellent service and made my claim process seamless when i was being pressured by my insurance company to use their preferred repairer, highly recommend."
Talk to our building dispute lawyers for expert advice on your options.
Level 3, Building 5, 658 Church Street, Richmond, Victoria 3121
Monday-Friday
8:30 am–5 pm
Flexible payment plans available
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Any party to a building contract can bring a claim that another party has breached the contract. Parties involved can include homeowners, builders and subcontractors.
In our experience, most disputes revolve around the inadequate quality of the work, changes to the scope of the work and failure to pay for work done.
We typically only review building contracts when there is a dispute, usually after the contract has been signed. We don't typically review building contracts before they are signed.
If you have a dispute, we will review your building contract to ensure we fully understand your situation.
We employ third-party engineers and assessors to gather evidence of faulty work or defective materials. The independent assessors will then provide us with a detailed report of their findings and their word on whether they have found breaches of Australian Standards.
If we escalate your dispute to a governing regulatory body, such as the VBA or VCAT, their dispute resolution officer may make a call on the quality of the work done.
Leigh has decades of legal experience and has held the Director position at AANDI Lawyers for over 8 years.
