Although the law provides greater protection law, you are not immune to a scam from ill-intentioned people who want your money. Often, they earn a roundabout way consumer confidence. For example, by rhetoric, apparently offers unique opportunities not to be missed, etc..

Always be on your guard!

This simple advice is indeed your best protection. In addition, always think twice before making a decision to Financial purchase, construction, renovation. Indeed, once the evil done to safeguard its rights and recover its money, if saved with difficulty, can become an ordeal … if you can recover anything.

We recommend that you follow these tips to help you avoid finding yourself in a difficult situation:

Building or renovating a house is not common. This is one of the most important decisions of your life. But building also means making choices you will face for many years.

The architect can assist you in this adventure. It will be your support person and will reflect your wishes.

For any construction, renovation or alteration requiring a permit beforehand, the law of February 20, 1939 requires (with certain exceptions) the contracting authority to appoint an architect to prepare plans and monitor the performance of the work.
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The Act of July 9, 1971 regulating the construction and sale of homes, better known as “Loi Breyne,” offers broad protection to those who built his house or purchaser of a Land ( selling turnkey) this Act shall be “binding”, meaning it contains provisions strictly mandatory (can not waive).

Breyne law also aims to provide complete and accurate information to future owners. Hence the existence of certain information required in written contracts.

The guarantees provided by this Act are, inter alia:

• advance paid to the contract, which may not exceed 5% of the total contract
• strict payment terms, so the final payment must be made in installments, each of which may not exceed the value of work already performed
• a total contract price set in advance
• acceptance of the building necessarily takes place in two phases, namely: the provisional acceptance, and at least one year after provisional acceptance, final acceptance
• A mandatory, which is up 100%
• clearly defined responsibilities: the seller is responsible for latent defects, and it is liable for ten years for any serious defect, even if this defect was already evident at the time of final acceptance.

In addition to their duty of disclosure, the law also gives the lawyer and the architect for a monitoring and mediation.

Any provision in a contract conflict with the law is finally Breyne deemed null and void.

Attention

It is always possible to conclude separate contracts with various contractors, responsible for execution of different parts of your home, such as: the structural work, roofing, heating, electricity, painting, etc. . However, your architect will remain the supervisor of the work, which means for him to ensure coordination between the various contractors.

Once you’ve decided to build or renovate, you will definitely looking for a competent contractor and honest.

If you contact a contractor that acquaintances, friends or members of your family you have recommended on the basis of their experience or by word-of-mouth, your search can stop there. Similarly, sometimes a designer can offer you a reputable contractor.

But what if you do not know any contractors?

Here are some tips.

Ask his references

Always ask for references from the contractor. Get in touch with the people he mentioned, and go see the work on site to gauge their quality. This will give you quite often a good idea of ​​the quality of services of that contractor.
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It is certainly possible to make payments in cash to build or renovate their home. But be careful if the contractor insists on being paid in cash.

Do not impress, you do not have to pay cash. If, moreover, you dangled benefits in case of large cash payment (reduction on materials, faster execution of work, etc..), Be especially on guard!
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