Making Good

The term 'making good' is one to remember. You will here it many times through the course of a building project, and will also want to use it to your advantage when possible - and in turn be aware to make decisions at teh right time to avoid paying for it!

 

In short it means what is says, to make good the quality of work. When planning your extension, pay particluar attention to ensuring your builder allows to make good in all the areas where they join the existing house, where windows or doors are moved. You will be within your rights to ask your builder to make allwoances for this for all work and alterations that are shown on the plan.

 

The reason it is important to plan, is if you change your mind, when the work has already started, and you decide move something - a door, or wall, or the position of a toilet, the builder will then be entitle to provide you with a quote for the additional work making the alterations, and for any making good if required.

 

The other main area where making good is important, is completing your project. Throught the project, you may have agreed to withold a retention on your builder. This is good practice and any respectable builder will not have a problem with this. At the end of your job, you should make a 'snag list' of all the bits and pieces that may be unfinished or not up to standard. The builder should then rectify this and complete the snag list and 'making good' when this is complete, you should then release half of the retention to the builder, holding the last 2.5% for the agreed defects liability period.