Self Build Site Insurance | Structural Warranty for UK Self build sites

A contract is the glue that seals the relationship between a client and his contractor, consultant or supplier and is crucial for your project.

Self-Build Zone’s partners at Contract Store have launched new contracts for trades including:

• Plumber’s Terms of Business
• Electrician’s Terms of Business
• Maintenance Services Contract

• Plumber’s Terms of Business

Designed for use by a small to medium-sized plumbing company, this contract allows users to detail the service they provide, their fees, and the terms governing their business.

This 14-page contract includes terms and conditions covering:

1. Definitions
2. Contract
3. Company obligations
4. Client obligations
5. Exclusions
6. Changes & extras
7. Charges & payment
8. Ownership and risk
9. Insurance
10. Completion, defects & warranty
11. Limit of liability
12. Termination
13. Copyright etc.
14. Force majeure
15. Disputes
16. A general clause detailing notices, assignment, the scope of the agreement, amendment, warranties and severance.

You need this document if you operate a plumbing business, and want a straight-forward contract for use with your clients.

• Electrician’s Terms of Business

Designed for use by an electrician, this contract allows the user to detail the service they provide, their fees, and the terms governing their business.

This 14-page contract includes terms and conditions covering:

1. Definitions
2. Contract
3. Company obligations
4. Client obligations
5. Exclusions
6. Changes & extras
7. Charges & payment
8. Ownership and risk
9. Insurance
10. Completion, defects & warranty
11. Limit of liability
12. Termination
13. Copyright etc.
14. Force majeure
15. Disputes
16. A general clause detailing notices, assignment, the scope of the agreement, amendment, warranties and severance.

You need this document if you work as an electrician, and want a straight-forward contract for use with your clients.

• Maintenance Services Contract

This Maintenance Services Agreement is a straightforward agreement under which a contractor provides maintenance services to a client.

Biased in favour of the company providing services, the contract can be used for maintenance of equipment, plant or buildings: details of the precise services will be set out in a schedule together with the fees and expenses.

Detailed terms and conditions deal with:

• contract formation
• obligations of the company
• obligations of the client
• fees, expenses and payment
• variations and exclusions
• property and risk
• insurance
• duration
• limit of liability
• termination
• intellectual property
• force majeure
• disputes
• a general clause addressing notices, assignment, subcontracting, the scope fo the agreement, amendments, warranties, severance and waivers.

This contract is appropriate for a small to medium-sized business that wants a standard form of maintenance contract for its various clients.

We also have a maintenance contract suitable for a client engaging a contractor – B125.

Others are in development and we always like to know what you are looking for, so do get in touch with Contract Store if you have a trade that you’d like them to cover.

About Build-Zone:

Build-Zone is the scheme administrator of the Build-Zone range of warranty products and is a trading style of Sennocke International Insurance Services Limited a business that has been trading in excess of 20 years. Build-Zone has been providing structural warranties since 2003 and is rapidly expanding to become a major force in the provision of structural warranty products across the UK and Ireland. An in-house IT development team utilise technology to improve the efficiency of all areas of the Build-Zone business.

In 2010, Build-Zone was approved by the Department of Communities and Local Government as a Designated Warranty Provider for the purposes of the Warranty Link Rule.