AHK
Senior Member
One detail to be aware of - when payments are made for upgrades, they do not generally go into the trust account maintained by their lawyer. The upgrade payments go directly to the developer's project specific corporation's bank account. When the Urbancorp bankruptcy took place, the purchasers of Riverdale Towns project then underway had to repurchase their units. Their deposits were protected, but my understanding is they were out of pocket for all the monies they had paid for upgrades.They request to pay upfront.
So if the specific project craters after having paid for the upgrades, one does not get the money back, unlike the initial deposit and subsequent progress payments which go into the lawyers trust account. I do not know if it is possible, but perhaps your lawyer can request a parent company guaranty (i.e. not the project specific legal entity) on payments made for your upgrades.