Tips Pros: How to avoid fraud on the part of builders

I spent 10 years in the field of repairs and constructions and want to tell you about the tricks superintendents and privateers, which caught many

Hello! My name is Vladimir and I have worked for more than 10 years in the field of construction and repair. I was a builder in a small private company, but later moved to a large company. During this time I learned a lot of cunning tricks that use of my colleagues to get customers to pay more.

I want to share tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of unscrupulous superintendents and private repairmen. Use my life hacking and tricks to save money.

Content

• Choosing a contractor
• Cheating when choosing a builder
• How to find a bona fide developer
• budgeting
• How to check the estimate
• Signing of the contract
• How to enter the stage of concluding the contract
• Purchase of materials
• How to buy materials
• Unaccounted work and materials
• The repair or construction

Choosing a contractor

Particular attention should be paid to the choice of construction and repair team, because from that moment begins cooperation with the performer. I note that a victim of fraud can be both residents of an apartment or a house, and the owners of a large company.

And no matter how much money you are willing to allocate for construction and repair work. Unscrupulous executors found both among private owners, and large companies. Cooperation with them has its pros and cons.

Advantages of private owners are as follows:

• Services are relatively inexpensive, you can bargain. Private traders make good discounts when ordering a large amount of work, for example, repair of the whole apartment. Large developers reduce prices only in the extreme case, if, for example, there was a conflict situation.
• From the outset, repairmen communicate with you personally, directly. Therefore, any questions or suggestions you can do in the course of the work.
• Private traders have a wide specialization. Therefore, they can figure out all the nuances of the following works, to perform all the steps quickly. If necessary, they will advise the other masters, if you find that you need to perform any more work.

Many customers do not trust the private developers. Rather, it is due to the customer's personal beliefs. Cooperation with the construction firm has the following positive aspects:

• Services provided under the Contract. This allows you to monitor the progress of the promotion work. The contract provides a guarantee. In the event of default, a company can be held administratively liable.
• Wide range of services. The Company carried out the repair and construction of "turnkey". This means that after the deposit of the client object can immediately call in an apartment or house. All work will be performed in its entirety, does not have to finish. You can order additional services such as interior design, landscape design, to make a unique decoration and so on.
• The company's specialists with the experience of work. The probability that they made a mistake, minimum. No self-respecting company eliminates the defects free of charge.

From my own experience I can say that private traders with low price for services may carry out repairs quality, and the contract with the company can not give an absolute guarantee.

Cheating when choosing a builder

Danger cooperation with the firm is in circulation in the one-day companies. You list on its prepayment, but in this period the builders did not come to the site. This may be a company-fiction. These organizations work in a short period. During this time they enter into contracts with the maximum number of customers. After listing an advance payment they disappear. Even through the court to return the money can not be.

It is a little different situation. You contract with a company that hires workers. The mediator takes a prepayment, but the master promises to pay after the completion of repairs. As a result, the mediator disappears quickly. Repairs will be completed, but the workers will demand payment from the customer. This is not a bad option, because the construction will be completed.

Workers will receive less money for their work. And for that, you can take revenge. Some of the teams are insured. For example, the chimney is inserted into the plastic to the hood is not working, or is left in a secret place a raw egg. This is not an exhaustive list of possible "gifts". Builders correct the situation only after the full payment of their labor.

How to find a bona fide developer

To avoid trouble, the choice of artist pay attention to reviews. Make sure that they are not fictitious. Well, if you can recommend builders familiar. This is the only way to be sure that you are not deceived by another stage of signing the contract with the contractor.

Never enter into agreement in a hurry. When an object come appraisers say that at the moment are not ready to make a decision. Check out On-site free of charge. You have the right to refuse the services of the company at this stage. Compare offers from several firms or private teams.

There is sure to be professional portfolio. Advance you can make, when to make the developer honesty. Ask your previous phone customers to find out their opinion on the work of builders.

budgeting

The next important step is to make an estimate. This is a full list of works, indicating the exact price of their conduct. At the end of the document provides the exact amount of the repair or construction. After agreeing with the customer the price of its services should not be changed.

It is important to pay attention to every item costing. Can deceive as follows:

• specially overestimated area, footage;
• material consumption norms are inflated;
• not taken into account trim and fight;
• wrong article summarizes the calculation (of course, in a big way).

How to check the estimate

Do not sign the estimate immediately. After receiving the document, count each article. It will take some time. Errors in the calculations and make the professionals. Sometimes it does not happen on purpose.

Calculate application rates. On packaging materials provided with detailed information. Use these data sheets. If some of the numbers do not add up, demand an explanation from the developer.

Signing of the contract

Most companies and private developers to sign a contract with the customer. Small companies can do an oral agreement. This is a frequent occurrence for small teams. Many people agree to such terms. But make sure that private operators fulfill their obligations in full and on time. If there is negative feedback about their work, give up such services.

The danger of an oral contract - there is no guarantee that the repair or construction will be completed at all, not to mention the completion of all the steps in the promised time. If the conditions are clearly spelled out in the contract, builders can not something to "forget" or "misunderstood".

Some teams do not want to enter into a contract, claiming that they are not a legal entity. there is a consumer work contract in Russia. It lies between two individuals. If the contractor refuses to commitments specified in the document, the customer can file a lawsuit against him.

How to enter the stage of concluding the contract

Be sure to enclose contract. Even if you have appealed to the private trader, do not neglect this advice. The document must contain all the stages, terms and prices. If the work has already started, sign an agreement in the course of construction.

After each step sign act of transfer. It is advisable to stipulate responsibilities that contractors for non-contract items. Seek the help of a lawyer to the document has been compiled correctly.

Purchase of materials

On the purchase of materials, some developers manage to earn almost as much as on the cost of repairs. This process must be controlled. Experienced teams, construction companies necessarily have their people at the point of sale of the materials.

At best, the foreman would buy goods at a promotional price, and provide a check with the full amount. This is easily done, as the building materials to be returned. The scheme is very simple. Large companies buy products at the lowest price, as they provide great discounts. Trading companies are interested in such clients. Payment is carried out, a check is issued, but then the buyer makes the return of the goods. For all materials is a big discount (sometimes up to 50%). Of course, the customer sees the first check.

In the worst case, the contractor will buy overdue materials. They offer good discounts.

In small shops can store packaging materials from well-known brands. It pour, pour cheap products of inferior quality.

And developers can acquire large packaging materials. Therefore, it remains a large surplus, which later they will take themselves.

How to buy materials

Procuring materials on their own. You will spend some time on it. But you can be sure that the product quality is high. On large quantities of goods you, too, will make a discount. If you get yourself to the store does not work, select dealers. Tell them to make purchases at a large supermarket, in which it will be possible to return the remains of materials, if they are marketable.

Check if the check carried out, which will provide you with the developer, not whether it is done by the cancellation. Revise the shelf life of purchased materials.

You do not have to pay for the purchase of tools. Each builder should be all you need.

Unaccounted work and materials

During the repair, some unscrupulous contractors "remember" that a certain stage of work was not included in the plan. For example, it may be necessary to plaster the wall before pasting wallpaper or buy plinth for cables underneath. Because of these additions repair price increases sometimes several times.

Foreman is constantly asking for money to purchase additional supplies and building materials. Remember that the amount specified in the contract, the final. If any work or materials have not been included in the estimates, the builders have to purchase their own expense. This item is desirable to prescribe in the contract.

Also, the cost estimate ask what steps required to take place in the course of construction. No additional costs should not arise.

The repair or construction

Employees of the company or private owners are interested to repair faster. Thus, the superintendent will show you the apartment that is done, hold the apartment. You accept a job, importation of furniture. But over time, it turns out that some of the sockets are not connected to the network and is not under the sink drain.

Do not sign the act of reception and transmission at once. Spend in the apartment or house at least a few hours. During this time, switch on and switch off the light, take a look under the bathtub, sink, rinse with water in the toilet, open and close the water and so on. Look closely at all the details. Everything should work. If you have comments, please send them in the act of reception and transmission. So it will be possible to claim compensation, and insist that the deficiencies have been corrected to the transfer of money.

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