JCT's Home Owner Contracts are designed specifically for people looking for the benefits and protection of a contract when appointing consultants and contractors to carry out their building work
Employing us as experienced building professionals ensures that your home building or renovation works are properly managed and completed to a high standard.
The advantage of using the JCT Home Owner Contract means that you get peace of mind in knowing that the obligations of all the parties you employ – contractors, architects, engineers, etc. are clearly set out and defined.
The services we offer as part of the JCT are as follows:
Stage 1
Explain the terms of the building contract and help the customer fill in the details.
Get quotations for the building work and help to choose the contractor.
Explain the consultant’s and contractor’s roles in dealing with health, safety and environmental matters connected with the building work.
Stage 2
Inspect the building work to see whether the contractor is generally keeping to his responsibilities under the building contract.
Advise about how any changes to the building work will affect the planned timescales and costs.
Give instructions to the contractor and extend deadlines, if necessary, while the building work is being done.
Check the builder’s invoices to make sure they are accurate. If necessary, explain the invoice to the customer.
When the building work or each stage of the work is finished to his reasonable satisfaction, issue a certificate (to the customer and the contractor) which shows the finish date.
Give the contractor a list of any faults which have appeared at any time up to 3 months after the finish date and which the contractor must put right.
When the contractor has put right all the faults listed by the consultant, issue a certificate (to the customer and the contractor) to confirm this.
