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HBXL have joined forces with the Federation of Master Builders to make sure that builders - and their customers - know exactly where they legally stand. Consumer organisations now encourage home owners to be wary of any builder who is unwilling to enter into a contract – it won't put the customer off, and you’ll stand a greater chance of winning the work!
- Perfect for residential and commercial work
- Simple to use with step-by-step wizard and virtually no typing
- Professionally produced by FMB and awarded the Crystal Mark
- Super fast to save you time that could be spent winning new work
- Great value and no solicitor fees - and hopefully no jobs that go bad!
- Full support for complete peace of mind
- Integrates with EstimatorXpress to produce your contracts straight from the estimate
Contracts authored by FMB and transformed into a user-friendly software package by HBXL – ContractsXpert™ requires very little input from you. In fact, if you use EstimatorXpress® it will even import the project data from your estimate, making it quicker still!
When a building contract is agreed by two parties, the law assumes there was an intention to create legal relations whether verbally, in writing, or both, unless one of the parties is incompetent (drunk, a minor, mentally ill or suffering a senile age related illness).
As long as you and the 2nd party are both competent the contracts are legally binding. Contracts provide an important reference point should a misunderstanding occur and a framework under which a resolution can be found.
They also act as proof in a ‘he said she said’ scenario. We’ve included a few issues that arise that you may even have encountered yourself. These misunderstandings can often be down to a simple lack of understanding on either side as to what was agreed in the original quotation. What we are looking to do is keep any misunderstanding to a minimum by covering as many eventualities as possible.
What price peace of mind? What price legal fees and court battles? Make sure you and your customer are in no doubt of the agreement you are entering into - in a matter of minutes.
Why not give HBXL a call today on 0870 850 2444 for more information.
Typical scenarios
Issue one.
A customer asks you to replace a roof. You verbally quote him £3000. You do the job, then he refuses to pay. How do you get your money?
Issue two.
After the first week you ask the customer for money for materials. The customer says he doesn’t have the money because you didn’t tell him you wanted interim payments before the job was finished. The customer refuses to pay until you have finished but you do not have the money to complete the job without the payment. How do you finish the job and get paid?
Issue three.
You quoted £3000 but once you started the job, you found there were some problems with X and you tell the customer that the job is now going to cost more like £4000 and he verbally agrees. You invoice the customer at the end of the work for £4000 but he refuses to pay the additional 1000 as he says it wasn’t in the quote. You know he agreed to pay but how do you get paid the additional sums?
Don’t get caught. Problems are often straightforward to resolve when there is a contract to fall back on especially if it goes to court.
