JCT building contract.......(Contractor)

MrNiceGuy_007

....for a home owner/occupier who has appoint a consultant to oversee the work (revised July 2009) (Contractor)

Hello all,

After completing yet again another quality extension passed off by building control I always seem to have a problem with the ''JCT Building Contract for a home owner/occupier who has appoint a consultant to oversee the work''

At the end of the job the client is able to retain 5% of the total cost for 3 months, this is called the defect period. So after 3 months any faults or defects that arise will be fixed by the contractor or if the contractor won’t return another company can step in and the cost is deducted from the 5%. SIMPLE!!

The problem we are facing is the client is stalling the payment by not arranging or agreeing a return date to put right what are always very minor items such as decoration, cracked tile etc. The last 10 we have done under JCT contact normally take us one day so that in its self says how small the jobs are.

In the contract it doesn’t say anything about late payments or interest, which to be honest I’ve only just spotted. Does this mean we can’t charge admin costs, interest and late payment charges?




It’s been 35 days passed when we should have completed the defects liability period and been paid. There must be some sort of protection for the contactor as a standard rule.


Any help!!

Thanks

DVardysShadow

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