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re2 economist suntribune may 8 1985 jvunvnui sun ikuiune may 8 13s5 careful planning can minimize areas of dispute this is the first of a twopart series on com mon areas of dispute between builders and homeowners when buying a new house there are several common areas of dispute that often arise between builders and homeowners a builders standard contract may afford no protection in these areas to the purchaser when seeing your lawyer be fore you sign on the dotted line a new home purchaser could include clauses that would help minimi if not eliminate these areas before a dispute arises with these debatable items taken care of a purchaser can spend more time en joying his new house rather than fikhtine with a bad builder e workmanship workmanship is the art or skill used when work is performed because work manship is qualitative and thus subjective an owner buying his first new home may take exception to a workmans rushed job t one way to judge a builders acceptable level of work is to make sure you inspect several houses being built generally people are creatures of habit therefore whatyouseeis whatyouget another way to judge workmanship is to make sure you talk to people who have already bought from the builder on weekends previous purchasers may be landscaping and thus be easier to approach because purchasers may be too embar rassed to admit they had problems ask if their neighbors are happy with the builder other sources that have information on builders are better business bureau loc al building inspector or building depart ment head toronto home builders assoc subcontractor on the site credit check personal and company and new home warranty program deficiencies more often than not when buying a new house a purchaser may have to close before all work is completed this is because outside work painting cash control small ads work to place yours in the service directory call 2s4220s or 6402100 landscaping cannot be done during the winter or items damaged during the work process may need replacement or repair also a purchaser should check to see if any items are missing eg beating vents door stoppers and knobs light fixtures in order to ensure work is completed a purchaser could make periodic visits to the house and keep a running list of deficien cies good builders usually welcome know ing about mistakes before work has prog ressed too far and compounded the the problem if the error is caught in time a minor change may be all thats necessary instead of having to redo all work done later the deficiency list should also include the retail value of what it would cost to have a service club complete the work a holdback of this money by your lawyer can create an incentive for the builder to finish the house as quickly as possible be cause his actual cost of doing the work would be less than the retail value held also establish a schedule of when the trades will complete deficient items a time limit with penalty should be included in your original contract remember the time you spend at home waiting for an un responsive builder will cost you in terms of lost opportunities frustration and possibly money interpretation because there is a wide diversity of pro- homeowners watch cheri strathdee ducts on the market it has become in creasingly important to explain or set forth the meaning of what you require it is not good enough to state that you want a product andor the manufacturers this is because most manufacturers car ry a line of that product whose quality power performance operational ease and price vary greatly a builder or subcontractor will usually interpret your request at the lower end of the line especially if his price is set as an example if the contract describes a product as wood oak rails and stairs garage doors trim ask what are vou real ly getting is the solid oak handrail real ly laminated are the stairs veneer solid oak is very expensive is the wood garage doors really clad- board or is it solid redwood if you want to stain your baseboards and other trims the standard paint grade wood mouldings will not do this is because trim strips are fabricated from smaller pieces of wood that may be several degrees different in color in their natural state the differences in wood color andor flaws will show through s this is why the trim is graded for paint the more specific a contract is written the less chances there is for misinterpreta tions errors construction is an imperfect art this is because drawings may have mistakes on them the mistakes may either be a cal culation or an idea design that looks good on paper but doesnt work in reality also builders and tradesmen work from other peoples drawings if their inter pretation of the drawing is different from its originator then a mistake may occur the idea is to keep errors to a mimimum or can the error be turned into an advan tage in the final product if not what is your recourse and who pays m cashits the lifeblood of your business wfellmanaged 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