Building work
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This part of the site provides legal information and documents to help you through the building life cycle, from setting up the initial contracts through to dealing with any complaints during or after a building project has been completed. We provide a range of fixed-priced services to cover many situations - from contracting with a builder through to successfully terminating if the work is not completed satisfactorily.
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See below for the range of services or, for more help and information, click on the law guide topics in the left-hand menu.
Please note, these legal services may be available to you for free if you have AA Home Insurance Legal Expenses Cover. If in doubt, please check your insurance policy documentation.
Building work
Products
Managing a builder
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Product name: Complaint about delays in building workShort description: If you have agreed a date for completion of building works, or been given an indication of a date, and the work has not been completed by your builder, you can use this document to create a complaint… Read more
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Product name: Demand original builder pay costs of new builderShort description: Use this document after you have sent our "Letter enclosing estimates to fix faulty building work". This letter will demand that your original builder pay the costs of the new builder you have employed to… Read more
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Short description: Use this document after you have sent our ‘Letter enclosing estimates to complete building work’ and your new builder has completed the outstanding work. If the cost of employing your new… Read more
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Product name: Letter enclosing estimates to complete building workShort description: If you have terminated your builder's contract using our ‘Letter terminating contract for failure to complete outstanding building work’, you can then use this letter to enclose the estimates… Read more
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Product name: Letter enclosing estimates to fix faulty building worksShort description: If you have sent a letter requesting your builder to fix faulty building work, have received no response and need to employ a new builder to fix the work, you can use this letter to send the estimates… Read more
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Product name: Letter terminating contract for incomplete building workShort description: Use this letter to terminate the contract with your builder and to advise him/her that you will be employing another builder to complete the work. Before using this document, you should have sent our… Read more
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Short description: If you have instructed a builder to carry out work for you, and the final invoice has exceeded the quotation or estimate, you can use this letter to reject your builder's bill. An estimate may be slightly… Read more
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Short description: If you or your builders need to go on to your neighbour's land to carry out necessary repair works on your property, you can use this letter to request access. If your neighbour refuses consent, you might… Read more
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Product name: Request an estimate or quotation from a builderShort description: Use this letter to request an estimate or a quotation from a builder for undertaking building work. An estimate is an educated guess at what a job may cost, whilst a quotation is a fixed price for the… Read more
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Product name: Request faulty building work to be fixedShort description: If you have employed a builder whose work was faulty, use this letter to request the builder to put right the faults. This must be done free of charge. The letter allows you to specify what you would… Read more
Household building work
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Product name: Landscaping contractShort description: Use this landscaping contract when entering into an agreement with a landscaping contractor to provide new landscaping work and/or maintenance services. The document provides for an option to incorporate… Read more
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Product name: Small-scale building contractShort description: Use this document to create a contract with a builder to complete small-scale building work in a domestic environment. It is intended to encompass minor alterations to the home including decorating… Read more