Repair crewsIf there are splashes outside your windowin the wind the work trousers of the specialists who worked for you, do not rush to accuse your spouse of infidelity, and the builders of sloppiness. Better calm down - in the next few years you are not in danger of changing the interior. They simply will not work with you. After all, in the language of builders you were told the harshest "fi" . And to finally plunge you into despair, it is worth saying that there are lucky ones whom vengeful builders did not put on the black list. They simply and quietly did nasty things to bad customers. The first nasty thing. It is also the most harmful. A raw egg, pierced with a needle and walled up in a wall or ceiling, provides the apartment with a foul odor for many years. The result is amazing. It is impossible to live, it is unrealistic to find the "treasure" on your own. You either have to destroy the structure to extract the egg, or go to bow to the new descendants of Faberge. In this case, the authors of the fragrant greetings in a matter of minutes and for a certain bribe find the "clutter" and give your house a second wind. Nasty thing number two. Musical. If you don't like listening to the fussy jingle of a plastic ball from a bearing in a radiator all day long, you will decide to open the new plumbing pretty quickly. Or hold out for two days. Nasty thing number three. In our opinion, too primitive. Ventilation plugged with a log or glass wool. Although the hassle will be provided not only to the owners of the apartment, but also to all the neighbors on the riser. From the same opera - pieces of iron walled up in sewer pipes. A couple of days of using a new closet, and an impassable blockage is guaranteed. In this case, according to experts, it is cheaper to redo everything. Nasty thing number four. Mystical. An empty bottle without a lid walled up perpendicularly into the wall will sing unbearable serenades at the slightest draft in the apartment, similar to crying from the other world, until it is removed from the wall. Nasty thing number five. Well, these are just stoves-benches. A piece of glass is put into the chimney, and the owners, having lit the fireplace, get all the smoke inside the room. The chimney seems completely clean to the chimney sweep. In fact, a professional builder has many more ways to take revenge on a customer he doesn’t like. They have only one thing in common - their owners will not be able to eliminate them independently and painlessly for a new interior.
There are tricks against scrap
Construction terror is a young phenomenon.It appeared and became especially widespread in the late 90s - people found some stability, decided to decorate their lives, large construction companies appeared on the market, ready to offer a whole range of services from creating a project to a turnkey mansion, private builders began to form teams. And the relationship between the customer and the workers was not always cloudless. But many conflicts and troubles can be avoided. Having decided to renovate their home, apartment owners look for workers, buy finishing materials, think over future interiors and completely forget about the need to conclude a contract for the repair work, - complains the chairman of the Society for the Protection of Consumer Rights in Almaty and Almaty Region Gennady Dzhangildin. - But the absence of a contract can result in serious problems: if the workers do not perform the repairs well or on time, it will be extremely difficult to prove the violations. The owner of the apartment simply will not be able to confirm his words, because he will not have a written agreement with all the terms of the repair. Of course, it is possible to take the treacherous workers by storm without a contract and force them not only to fix the deliberate defects, but also to pay for the materials. However, not all customers are capable of acting so assertively. Not to mention the fact that the workers who did the repairs can quickly disappear from sight, having barely received the money. In this case, Gennady Alibievich gives several useful recommendations: What should be in the contract:
- The contract must specify in detail all the terms of the repair: the list of works in the apartment, the timeframes for their implementation, and the responsibility of the parties for violations.
- A serious company will offer you a guarantee for repair services, this condition must also be entered into the contract.
- Particular attention should be paid to financial issues: indicate the cost of the work, the terms of payment (workers often ask to be paid in advance).
- You can make a detailed estimate and determine the individual stages of the repair work. In this case, after the end of each stage, you will accept the completed scope of work, drawing up an acceptance report.
