Building disputes
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Description
If you are a householder, or the customer of a builder or contractor and need help, we have a page about the services we can provide, which you can find here.
Please see below for a summary of what is involved in building disputes, but if you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.
What are the steps in this type of case?
1. First step
What's involved?
What's involved....
How long does it take?
How long it takes...
What will it cost?
What it costs EXCLUDING VAT...
What to do now?
If you'd like to discuss the services we offer, and how we can help, please contact us. There's no charge for making an enquiry and the quicker you contact us, the quicker we may be able to help!
An indication of the steps involved, and the fees that we would charge if you were our client is set out on this page above. Please note that the charges listed are intended to cover the most common types of case that we see. If you came to us with an out of the ordinary case, it could be that we would not be able to act for your for the fees set out above. However, we would discuss this with you first, and you would have the opportunity to decide whether you wished to go ahead or not. Fees set out above are not fixed quotes and do not include VAT. VAT at the prevailing rate would be payable and any fees charged by third parties (such as the court) would be payable at whatever rate they charge when you instruct us to proceed, which may be different to what is set out above.
In some cases and in some situations a court may order you to pay costs to the "other side" in a case. Usually (but not always) this happens if you "lose" your case and the other side "wins", or sometimes if a settlement offer is made it can happen if you don't take the settlement but a judge later thinks you should have done. These costs would be broadly similar to the costs you incur, but are often higher as our costs tend to be lower as we work more efficiently for you and aim to keep our costs low. They are not included in the breakdowns above.
Whilst we're happy to talk through what we can do to help, we won't be able to give legal advice until you formally become our client and you have signed the Client Care Pack we will send to you.
We can offer help in a number of different way, whether that's from just providing you with written advice, helping with one step or stage of your case, or handling the whole case for you from start to finish. We will help in whatever way best suits you!