Plumbing Quote legal jargon/T's & C's

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Hi, does anyone have a template or something similar with a set of terms and conditions to include into my quotes when I send them out?

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Dom
 
I never put in loads of conditions and rely on standard conditions,that do not have to be written down anyway
I just write the ones that ones concern the actual job
ie payment terms,these may vary in our trade from job to job and have to be changed on each quotation
like wise any penalties involve if the customer is suppling materials and are not there when needed or other trades involved that may hold you up
 
Could anyone give me any examples of the terms you expect when working for others?

For example, a letting agency has took 2 months to pay us for a job that we did for them. The payment is supposedly in the post now but it really ****ed me off the amount of feeble excuses i have had in order to get me off the phone. What would you do in this situation? is there anything i could of added to my invoice in future that would make it less of a temptation to keep putting to the back of the pile?
 
most large business work to 90days - if you can stump the first 90 days then they are good earners. if you are a small company then there is a new law coming in forcing that down to 14days, however then your likely to lose the contract as the agency will just use the 90day blokes.
 
Remember letting agents are not really paying the bill,the landlord is,direct or through rent collection
If you do job as rent is due and you invoice just after rent paid to landlord,if not otherwise arranged, you are going to have to wait till the next months rent,so time processed,long wait,then you have problem,that if you do job and estate agents fees due from landlord,they come first,so you join the que,ect.ect,ect
On bigger jobs ,I like to talk to the land lord direct by phone or e mail to explain works ect,this also allows to raise payment and get acceptance of price in writting,also if I have not done a lot for agent,I would not do without contacting l/l
Agents will agree to something as they want things sorted out but have no real power to pay,if l/l rings and says he is only paying 80% of bill,thats all they can pay,then you find l/l in dubai
It is very important you know the system you are working in
But as said the longer you have to wait,within reason,the better,it keeps other smaller boys off your turf and allows you to add a premium but you have to keep on your toes
conditions on invoices are not going to do a lot,if you say you want payment within 4 weeks and they pay in 8 ,what are you going to do

imho
 
For the smaller jobs especially where there's a third party involved, I add around £10 to my original estimate/bill and give 2 weeks to pay with the discount if they pay within 2 weeks.

For larger jobs I don't like to use this system as it indicates lack of trust. Instead I use careful language in emails. When you read between the lines in the last email it says something to the effect that I've finished the job, all the paperwork is in order and ... look forward to hearing from you soon.

I only chase (more like drop a small hint) if a customer's taking more than a month to pay. This hardly ever happens but when it does it's usually a friendly text asking if they're happy with everything or is there a small problem they want sorting.
 
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