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10 Checks to Make Before Paying a Builder a Deposit
A free one-page PDF you can use this week. Ten checks that take under an hour and prevent the most common and most expensive mistakes on UK building work.
What’s on the checklist
- 01Confirm the trading name, company number and address
- 02Check public liability insurance is current
- 03Verify trade body membership with the body itself
- 04Insist on a written scope of works
- 05Get three quotations for the same scope
- 06Ask what the price excludes
- 07Tie any deposit to materials actually being ordered
- 08Agree stage payments against visible progress
- 09Agree how extras will be priced and approved
- 10Confirm which certificates you will receive at completion
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