Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

We've paid him a little over $21,000.

Through the entire process he was telling us that we shouldn't have any issues getting through council approval.

These are some of the emails he sent us.

3 May 2011

"Please find attached the revised invoice.

I have reviewed the site and believe we should aim for a 3 unit site.

This decision has been based on a pre-application discussion with council, real estate advice and development/ financial decision making.

This will be a process of designing 3 units that will make best use of the site and aim to capture a market segment with clever use of design and functionality.

Give me a call when you can."

4 July 2011

"Yes we are ready to catch up.

We have designs to go over and discuss moving forward with.

I have extremely good news at this stage as we have been able to design and fit 3 x 3 bedroom units on the site. Yes 3 x 3!!!

Every millimeter is used and used well. This is the very best possible result!

Feel free to call as we need to make a time to catch up.

I know you have busy schedules so let me know what will work for you and we can take it from there."

We're prepared to pay for legal costs  if it meant we could recuperate most of our money.