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I Got scammed inside the temple

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Yesterday, all our family members went to Beegara Oota in Hassan.

On the way, we decided to visit some temples.

One such spot we choose is Panchamukhi Anjaneya Swamy -Temple, Bidanagere, Kunigal Tq.

It was having good reviews. It has a big god idol on top of the building. It’s like a visitor’s attraction point. So we decided to go once.

As soon as we reached near the spot, we could see a big idol. It’s looking good.

We took some photos and went inside.

As soon as we started entering the temple, we started to experience bad because of the priests.

Inside the temple, all priests are trying to scam all the visitors by asking them to do something and then asking for a fee for doing such things.

Usually, it consists of saying something without talking about fees. They act like it’s a procedure and will demand fees once the task ends.

Users who listen to priests words get scammed listening to their words.

One of the worst temple experiences I have ever had recently.

I also got scammed like this inside the temple for ₹50.

You may feel it’s just ₹50. It could be. But the feeling of getting scammed by unknown people doesn’t feel good.

Once I realised I got scammed, I got alerted. And never bothered to stand or listen to any priests inside the temple.

Again, a few priests tried to scam me with different offerings at a higher price point. I had already been scammed once, so I didn’t listen to anyone.

Once I came outside the temple, my brother and dad shared a similar experience.

I opened Google Maps reviews to see what others share; all the latest reviews share their scam experience inside the temple.

Now, understand what they are doing in the name of God.

I left the temple feeling very bad for getting scammed.

This reminded me of my first house construction, where an electrical contractor scammed us with extra charges. We trusted his words but ended up overpaying because nothing was in writing.

A good way to avoid contractor scams is to have a written contract agreement. Which clearly outlines the contract work scope, payment terms, exit terms, etc., in a written agreement.

Now… I will make a special and limited-time offer where you can get all the labour contract agreement templates I have prepared based on my construction experience.

It’s only available for 3 days. After that, I will take it down.

If this is something you are interested in, visit the below link to learn more:

https://houseconstructionguide.com/agreement-bundle

Arun

Added: Electrical Labour Contract Agreement Template

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For the past few days, I’ve been working on creating a Labour contract agreement template for our HCG All-Access Pass Buyers.

It’s like me sitting and thinking where and all the differences would come between owner and contractors, how those could be avoided, and some common problems owners must go through once the work is started.

From my end, I’m giving an agreement template, and from your end, you need to replace/delete the terms and conditions that are not required in your case.

These are not the type of agreements you see on Google. (ok. I’ve never seen how those are, honestly).

These are the agreements created from my own construction experiences and problems I noticed during our construction time.

Today, I added the Electrical Labour Contract Agreement Template inside the HCG All-Access Pass members area.

Don’t feel shy about having all the terms and conditions on paper. When a problem arises, these conditions could literally save you from losing money, headaches or verbal fights.

Suppose I had to do house construction again. In that case, I use all the agreement templates, whatever I’m providing inside the members’ area, without hesitation.

Please don’t get confused with the free agreement that I shared with my subscribers.

They don’t even come close to what you see inside the member’s area.

Currently, I don’t have any separate sales page for these. I focus on adding content inside the member’s area rather than writing a sales page for every guide.

If you want these agreement templates, you can get them by joining the HCG All-Access Pass.

I was speaking about Quality in construction

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Continuing yesterday’s conversation with a structural engineer, I asked if you really provide quality work with material contract projects.

He replied, Ya. I always maintain quality.

But, it won’t be the same with general labour contractors. He mentioned.

He gave one example.

Usually, general labour contractors don’t offer meshwork during sump construction. I always provide that without failure.

That’s his version of the statement.

I believe it depends on the owner’s budget; they also need to skip a few things here and there…

No one will give from their own pocket.

He only does material contract work. No labour contact.

I asked him, don’t you face any difference with the owner.

He said in the Agreement that we give a price range for each item. The owner will pay the difference if they want to buy anything out of the range.

Do you think you can mention all the items in the agreement?

“Main items only we mention.” Small things we don’t.

I asked how many pages your agreement contains.?

He replied around 4 Pages.

I thought of asking for his version of the material contract agreement. But I didn’t feel it was right to ask him.

So I didn’t ask.

My Building labour contract agreement contains 8 pages of content without me even talking about the product price range.

I’m unsure how he put all the important terms and conditions in just 4 pages.

As this is an agreement from the contractor, I guess he just took care of what he wanted to protect himself.

This is the case with almost all contractors, not just with my friend.

These are the kinds of agreements I don’t recommend you to sign directly.

There is no issue if everything is fine between you and the contractor. If any difference comes, that’s where the problem starts.

Having the right kind of detailed agreement protects you and the contractor.

I don’t have a material contract agreement template, but I have a Detailed Labour Contract Agreement template.

If you use the Labour Contract method to construct your house, you can use my agreement template.

Watch how detailed my labour contract agreement is >>

A Buyer Asking Agreement for Trunkey Construction Project

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Today, I got the below email from a Building Labour Contract Agreement Template Buyer.

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Dear Sir,

We are providing total design and built turnkey construction project with material.

Please share agreement between cliennt and contractors with terms an conditions.

Regards
Imran

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I got a few such requests.

I don’t have any such agreement prepared for a material contract or turnkey construction project.

At least, Not at the moment.

It is because “it’s really difficult to properly create a detailed agreement in such projects”.

No matter how good you are, your chances of missing a few specifications will always be high.

If those things are not mentioned in writing, what will happen?

The difference between owners and contractors will start.

That’s why most material contract projects have some kind of disputes.

And…

Honestly, I don’t want to be a part of such disputes. That’s why I simply say NO.

Some readers are interested in going with material contracts for their house construction.

If that’s your plan, I have a small tip for you.

When choosing a material contractor, ask the contractor to show any recently completed material contract projects and discuss with such owners before finalizing the contractor.

The project should be completed. Not work in process projects. Because most disputes happen at the end of the construction stage. Not during the construction stage.

You can read one of our relative’s stories who went with a material contract for their building recently here.

If you still have no choice, take your engineer’s help to verify the contract agreement terms and conditions.

Arun

If you think a contractor agreement will be fine… think again

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All experienced contractors know where the difference between owners and contractors comes from. Because they have already built at least a few houses.

When you ask them to bring a building contract agreement, they bring the agreement, which is important to safeguard their interest. Not the owner’s interest.

Most new users planning to start construction don’t know about those insider construction points that must be included in the agreement.

So, to make their job easier, they go with the whatever the contractor bought agreement and deal done.

We also did the same thing. But while picking contractor, we filtered a lot. It helped! So everthing went well in our case.

Now… if everything goes well between you and the contractor, the agreement doesn’t matter.

If… you and your contractors have any differences, the contractors start ignoring your project, and you get angry.

Not just that…

Sometimes, even disputes arise depending on the contractor’s nature.

If you have a solid agreement mentioning the most important points in the agreement regarding work scope, payment terms, responsibility, etc.,

You have something to speak to your contractor regarding work scope and all… your contractor will listen in that case. Because it’s in writing. There is nothing to hide.

Suppose this is the first time you are trying to start house construction. In that case, I recommend at least discussing with a few of your friends who have gone through house construction experience recently so they can share their thoughts with you.

Before signing any agreements, show them to your friends and ask their opinion… if they give some suggestions, you can request the same from your contractor to make changes.

By doing this type of exercise, you will avoid making a few mistakes.

(or) You can also learn from my experience by taking a ready building contractor agreement template & guide on picking a good labour contractor by visiting the URL below:

https://houseconstructionguide.com/building-contractor-guide/

Whatever the option you choose, don’t take a decision in a hurry or alone.

Happy Weekend.

Arun

remember this

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Choosing a good contractor is definitely more important than choosing a good agreement.

A good contractor can make a lot of adjustments to his work scope.

Still, it’s always better to have a proper responsibility in written format than just taking it for granted.

We don’t know what happens once the work starts.

I remembered one bad incident in my first house construction experience for this context.

We picked an electrical contractor based on the recommendation of my dad’s very good friend, who is his own brother.

Everything was good until we started questioning his work quality…

Slowly, our relationship with our electrical contractor started falling apart.

We had a few verbal fights during the construction period.

During the final settlement, he simply demanded extra payment, saying, This is extra, and that is extra….

He even questioned what proof we have.

That’s when I started implementing House Construction Tracking System in my second building.

Thankfully, it also helped in a few such incidents during the construction of my second building.

After learning lessons from my first construction, I implemented everything in written format.

Only my building contractor has an agreement format; the rest are written in a diary with important contract details.

Because building contractors is one of the most expensive things, we went with the agreement format, which was bought by my contractor.

If you see my agreement, it contains only a few details and favours my contactor.

It is not an owner-friendly contract.

In my building contractor guide, I explained all the important points that must be included in the agreement.

Now, I have prepared the Labour contract agreement template itself. All you need to do is modify the template according to your requirements.

The agreement comes inside my building contractor guide. If this is something you are interested in, visit the below link:

https://houseconstructionguide.com/building-contractor-guide/

Sir, can you give me a receipt?

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It was raining outside.

Today three college students came and called me. One guy asked, “Sir, can you give me the receipt for paying the token advance?”

Me, “Receipt? What receipt are you asking for?”

Guy: “I paid a token advance to book the house for that one.”

For your information, this guy paid a token advance a few weeks before itself. Now, all of a sudden, came again to ask for a receipt.

I informed him we don’t give any such receipts. You paid through UPI, so transaction details are available in the app. 

I also confirmed the token advance received in a WhatsApp text message. You can check once. 

That should be fine.

To which the guy replied, let me check… “Ya. I have those messages. Ok sir”

I asked, “Why suddenly asking for a receipt?”

I had an issue with the PG guy, so I’m asking for it to avoid the same issue here.

Now I remembered why this guy was asking for a receipt.

Don’t worry. I have confirmed payment details in a WhatsApp text message. Keep those. Moreover, once we give the house, we will make a written agreement that contains all the payment details.

The student felt somewhat relieved after listening to my words. 

He waited until the rain stops and left for his PG with his friends.

This type of issue is common in my area. 

Most of the students join PG by giving Advance. Some PG owners play games when students planned to vacate the PG.

I have one such student who is staying in our building. He told me once he lost 15,000rs from one PG owner.

Now that the PG owner blocked this guy’s number to avoid communication with this guy. This student kept quiet from asking for his advance to avoid problems with the PG owner.

He is an outsider… so he doesn’t want any trouble from the local guy.

I guess the upcoming receipt tenant story is similar to this guy’s. 

When the student was ready to vacate, the PG owner created some issue with the advance amount. When he realised his mistake, he came here to avoid the same issue in future.

That’s why it is very important to have proper written communication to avoid such disputes.

In our rental property, all new tenants get detailed written rental agreements. Having such a proper agreement helps avoid disputes at the end stage.

Similarly, When you start house construction, ensure a proper agreement with contractors.

It should include all the important things in writing so both don’t get disputes when issues arise.

After dealing with two different building contractors in our building, I learned a few things about framing a good building contractor agreement. 

I have explained all those important topics in my Building Contractor Guide. However, after receiving a few requests from my buyers for an agreement template, I recently decided to create a Building Contractor Labor Agreement Template. 

This detailed template comes in a Word document, which you can easily modify according to your house construction requirements.

This agreement template is designed for house construction owners to safeguard from potential issues that few contractors make during construction.

Most new users won’t know the issues they face from their building contractor when they start. 

Once the project starts, they will realise their mistakes when they face issues with their contractors.

To prevent Most such issues, having a proper agreement helps.

If you plan to build a house using a labour contract method, here is my recommended building contractor agreement template. 

Building Contractor Agreement Template in English

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After the long festival break, I worked on creating products for my customers.

A few days back, I got a few customers requesting a Building Contractor Agreement Template. I avoided creating a template for quite a few days.

After noticing many of my buyers asking the same questions, I decided to sit and do the work for them.

For the past 2 days, I have sat and prepared this Building Contractor Agreement Template.

This is not some random template that you see anywhere else. This is the agreement that I created, putting all my knowledge and experience into it.

Whatever the tips and suggestions I shared in my building contractor guide, I implemented them in this agreement.

This is quite a detailed agreement.

It contains 8 pages of detailed instructions by keeping Owner Favor.

That doesn’t mean I ignored the Building Contractor’s point of view. I take care of them as well.

It’s a balance between the owner and contractor type of agreement. However, the agreement mostly favours the owners’ safety more than the contractor.

Not just that.

This agreement is written in simple English, making it easy to understand and make changes. Moreover, instead of creating a big paragraph of type of text, I created a point-wise. Hence, it’s easier to modify according to your requirements.

If you need to customise anything, it’s very easy to edit.

I’m providing the Word Document. You can download it to your PC and modify the agreement as required.

I highlighted a few places in the agreement. You need to look at those places and make changes to meet your needs.

This agreement comes in the English language. I created two popular versions of the payment structure agreement and will offer both versions for you to play with.

I’m offering this agreement template inside my Building Contractor Guide in the 2.4 section. If you have access to the building contractor guide, please download the latest version of the guide to see the download link.

If you don’t have access, you get it by buying the Building Contractor Guide here:

I still have not updated the Agreement template on the above sales page, but you will get access inside the guide.