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Ready to Proceed?

Before you appoint someone, pay a deposit or approve a change, check whether the basics are clear. Eight questions, about two minutes, no account and no payment.

Homeowners are not merely short of information. They are entering expensive projects without a reliable way of knowing whether it is safe to proceed. This is that check.

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  1. 01Do you have a written scope with enough detail?

  2. 02Have you compared quotations on the same basis?

  3. 03Do you know what is excluded?

  4. 04Do you have a written contract?

  5. 05Is there a process for approving variations?

  6. 06Are payments linked to progress you can identify?

  7. 07Have insurance, warranties and guarantees been confirmed?

  8. 08Do you know what happens if the work is defective or incomplete?

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