What does First Fix include?

[Lolalen]

Hello all
I have had an extension built which will have 3 radiators to the big main room, a utility sink and a shower room (ground works, waste, and pipes etc are in)
The builder is not installing the sanitary ware as I will have to save up in order to fit the shower room in a few years time, which he knows.
My question is, should the connecting of the new pipe work to my existing heating and water be considered part of the first fix?
I am wanting to heat the room and connect a washing machine up and generally use the room for years without a working shower room, but he has since told me, 3 months into the build, that he will not be connecting up until I install the shower room.
Your opinions please

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Is he installing the heating system eg second fixing rads etc ?

 

[Ben-gee]

It depends entirely what was agreed!
If you’d stated that you wished to use the room as a utility for as few years and could it be plumbed for a washing machine and have its radiator connected in - then that’s what should be included.
If you said it was to be a shower room but that was a future project- I would expect h/c supplies to the room and wastes in place (if that was agreed) - but no more than that.

It all comes down to communication