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Terms & Condition Home Guttering Ltd

 For the purpose of these terms & conditions the following words shall have the following meanings:

(a) “The Company” shall mean Home Guttering Limited.

(b) “The Customer” shall mean the person or organization for which the Company agrees to carry out works.

The Company reserves the right to refuse or decline work at its own discretion. Where the Company agrees

to carry out works for the Customer those works shall be undertaken by the Company at its absolute discretion.

Where a written estimate has been supplied to the Customer the total charge to the Customer referred to in the

estimate may be revised in the following circumstances:—

(*) if after submission of the estimate the Customer instructs the Company

(whether orally or in writing) to carry out additional works not referred to in the estimate.

(**) If after submission of the estimate there is an increase in the price of materials.

(***) If after submission of the estimate it is discovered that further works need

to be carried out which were not anticipated when the estimate was prepared.

(****) If after submission of the estimate it isdiscovered that there was a manifest

error when the estimatwas prepared.

 The Company shall not be under any obligation to provide an estimate to the

Customer & shall only be bound

(subject as hereinafter) by estimates given in writing to the Customer & signed by a duly authorised representative of the Company.

The Company shall not be bound by any estimates given orally or in which manifest errors occur.

Invoices are due for payment immediately upon delivery to the Customer, or within a time period agreed with account customers any part of that invoice which remains unpaid shall carry interest at the rate of 5% over the base rate until payment in full is received by the Company.

 

Where the date &/or time for works to be carried out is agreed by the Company with the Customer,

then the Company shall use its best endeavors to ensure that the operative shall attend on the

date & at the time agreed. However, the Company accepts no liability in respect of the non-attendance or late attendance on site of the operative/engineer or for the late or non-delivery of materials.

The Customer shall accept sole liability to discharge the Company's account unless

he/she discloses to the Company when initially instructing the Company to carry

out work &/or supply materials that he/she is acting on behalf of a third party

(including, but not limited to, a Limited Company or partnership) & receiving a written estimate)

the name of the third party appears on the written estimate.

If the Customer cancels their instructions prior to any work being carried out or materials supplied

then the Customer shall be liable for any related expenditure together with the profit that would have been made by the Company had the work been carried out &/or materials supplied in accordance with such instructions.

If, after the Company shall have carried out the works, the Customer is not wholly

satisfied with the works then the Customer shall give notice in writing within 6 months to the Company & shall afford the Company, and its insurers, the opportunity of both inspecting such works, & carrying out any necessary remedial works if appropriate. The Customer accepts that if he fails to notify the Company as aforesaid then the Company shall not be liable in respect of any defects in the works carried out.

The Guarantee shall be for labour only in respect of faulty workmanship for 12 months. 

from the date of completion with the manufacturer’s warranty in force.

The Guarantee will become null & void if the work/appliance completed/supplied by the Company is:

(a) Subject to misuse or negligence.

(b) Repaired, modified or tampered with by anyone other than a Company operative.

The Company will accept no liability for, or guarantee suitability; materials supplied by the Customer & will accept no liability for any consequential damage or fault.

The company will not guarantee any work undertaken on instruction

from the customer & against the written or verbal advice of the operative/engineer.

Work is guaranteed only in respect of work directly undertaken by the company & payment in full has been made.

Any non-related faults arising from recommended work which has not been undertaken by the company will not be guaranteed.

The company shall not be held liable or responsible for any damage or defect resulting

from work not fully guaranteed or where recommended work has not been carried out.

Work will not carry a guarantee where the customer has been notified by the operative either verbally or indicated Comments/Recommendations of any other related work which requires attention.

These terms & conditions may not be released, discharges, supplemented, interpreted,

variedor modified in any manner except by an instrument in writing signed by a duly authorised

representative of the Company & by the Customer.

Further, these terms & conditions shall prevail over any terms & conditions used by the

Customer or contained or set out or referred to in any documentation sent by the Customer to the Company;

by entering into a contact with the Company the Customer agrees irrevocably to waive the application of any such terms &conditions.

Title to any goods, supplied by the Company to the Customer

shall not pass to the Customer but shall be retained by the Company

until payment in full for such goods has been made by the Customer to the Company.

Until such time as title in the such goods has passed to the Customer:

(1) the Company shall have absolute authority to repossess,

sell or otherwise deal with or dispose of all any or part of such goods in which title

remains vested in the Company,

(2) for the purpose specified in (1) above,

the Company or any of its agents or authorised representatives shall be entitled at any time & without notice to enter any premises in which goods or any part thereof is installed, stored or kept, or is reasonably believed so to be.

(3) The Company shall be entitled to seek a court injunction to prevent the Customer from selling, transferred or otherwise disposing of such goods.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, risk in such goods shall pass on

delivery of the same to the Customer, & until such time as title in such goods has passed to the Customer,

the Customer shall insure such goods to their replacement value & the Customer shall forthwith,

upon request, provide the Company with a certificate or other evidence of such Insurance.

The Company shall not be liable for any delay or for the consequences of any delay

in performing any of its obligations if such delay is due to any cause

whatsoever beyond its reasonable control & the Company shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of the time for performing such obligations.

The Company shall only be liable for rectifying works completed by the Company & shall

not be held responsible for ensuing damage or claims resulting from this or other work overlooked or subsequently requested & not undertaken at that time.

The company supplies a written 12 month guarantee to given to every customer subject to site survey.

The guarantee does not cover collapse of guttering due to wood rot in fascia/sofett/weather boards, bad instllation of gutter system, full collapse of guttering above 2 meters, blockages below ground level.

These terms & conditions & all contacts awarded between the Company & Customer

shall be governed & construed in accordance with English law & shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English law.

We do not accept responsibly under our guarantee for any damage whatsoever caused by leaking,

blocked or overflowing gutters or down pipes.

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