Common use of Optional Extras Clause in Contracts

Optional Extras. 18.1 The purchaser shall under no circumstances be entitled to request the seller to make any variations whatsoever to the specifications and the schedule of finishes and the seller shall be under no obligation to vary or make any changes thereto. In the event that the parties agree in writing to change the specifications and schedule of finishes, the costs of any agreed changes plus an administration fee, being the greater of 10% of the agreed cost of changes or R7,500.00 (plus VAT), shall immediately be payable by the purchaser to the seller. 18.2 The purchaser shall, in terms of annexure 5 read with 7 of the schedule, be entitled to select optional extras. 18.3 Any selection by the purchaser of any optional extras in 18.2 shall be in writing. 18.4 Should any optional extras be selected by the purchaser, the purchase price shall automatically increase by the cost thereof as reflected in 7 of the schedule. 18.5 In the event of the seller being unable to source and install any particular finishes, materials, or any optional extras, whether described in the specification and schedule of finishes or the optional extras schedule or should the seller be required, by lawful authority, to amend the plans, as the case may be, the architect shall be entitled to amend the plans and/or to specify or select alternative finishes, materials or optional extras, provided the amendments and the materials selected are of substantially the same standard and appearance. 18.6 The purchaser hereby acknowledges that: 18.6.1 The “on site sales centre”, where the purchaser may have inspected the particular finishes or optional extras does not represent the size, extent or layout of the section, which shall be as reflected on the plans read with this agreement. 18.6.2 The seller’s marketing materials, whether on display at the said sales centre or otherwise, depict particularly how the section can be decorated or furnished. The section does not include such décor furniture or other equipment as may be so depicted. 18.6.3 Similarly, all renderings are indicative and no furniture, fittings or décor items as may have been displayed, whether in the sales centre or reflected on any renderings, are included.