Quotes, Estimates and the Building, Home Repair Contractor
If you are a contractor and you are entering into a written contract with a new client, there are some tips and suggestions you can follow in order to make a simple contract just that a simple contract. Sometimes, exceptions are made and they aren’t handled correctly and you end up in small claims court.
When you are on a job location, check everything imaginable on the job site, makes notes on everything that you are going to repair and or replace. Make sure you leave nothing out. As part of your contract give the homeowner an itemized list of everything you are going to replace this way they can see the list and can’t go back later and say I did not know that had to be repaired.
If you know there may be additional work that may need to be done at an extra charge, write it in plain English where the customer will see it. You can write something along the lines of If any additional work needs to be done there will be an additional charge that will be discusses with the homeowner before the work will be started. This covers you and them and no one can say that they did know there would be additional work.
Creating an easy to read straightforward contract between you and a homeowner, would be the best way to keep a contract simple and you get to perform the work and the customer will happily pay for it without a problems.
