To anyone in NSW who has had an air conditioning system installed, what deposit did the installer require? My installer now wants a $6k deposit on a $9k install (large 3phase ducted system), however I thought in NSW the max deposit was 10% ?
eg {NSW Fairtrading](http://www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au/biz_res/ftweb/pdfs/About_us/Publications/Home_building_contract_5000_to_20000.pdf] , or is that just for structural work (however air conditioning is mentioned on page 5)?
I've actually used this installer previously about 2 years ago and back then he did himself out of a $3k job by fixing our old system. Back then he was going to walk away without charging me a cent for half an hours work, so I figure he's trustworthy? Yet the size of the deposit and him pushing back the installation date by 2 weeks just 2 days prior to the original date has had me question his trustworthy-ness.
On WP someone suggested he may be chasing a deposit due to having to pay the invoice for the a/c unit prior to installation due to the installation delay, however he is delaying, not me.
10% cap on deposits for projects both under and over $20,000 as of June 2014.