Terms

These terms are demo content for the fictional Halvorsen Build Co. Replace them with terms that fit your own business and the law where you work.

Estimates and contracts

An estimate is free and valid for 60 days. Work starts only under a signed fixed-price contract with its drawings, specifications and schedule. Anything not in the contract is quoted and agreed in writing before we do it.

Changes

You can change the plan at any time. Each change gets a written change order with its price and its effect on the schedule, signed before the work.

Payments

A design retainer starts the drawings and is taken off the contract. Construction is paid in stages, each due when that stage is done and inspected. We never ask for more than the work done so far plus the next stage’s materials.

Hidden conditions

Older houses hide things. If we find rot, old wiring or a structural problem nobody could have seen, we stop, show you, and price the fix before going on.

Permits and site

We file every permit the work needs and keep the site safe, swept and closed off from the rooms you live in.