Builders know that once you have signed the Building contract that there is nothing a client can do in regards to variation pricing; ie you either accept the over charging or you just go without. The Pre-start consultant was belligerently disgraceful in that regard and soured the relationship from that point on. Some of the nonsensical reasoning given for the over charging will make for good reading. Before I signed up with Aveling I mentioned to the Sales Consultant that I had heard bad reports about them. _____ emailed me a link to the Product Review Website with all its glowing reviews. I subsequently see that Aveling was fined $380k “for engaging in conduct liable to mislead the public in connection with two online review websites” (quote from the West Australian). I was only informed after I signed the building contract that I was required to pay for the prestart variations up front or construction would not start. When I queried where this was written in the contract, I was not given an answer, only reminded that construction would not start until the variation was paid. This is disgraceful. I intend to document my experience with Aveling and lobby the Government that changes are needed on how the residential building industry operates.