Today and yesterday, near my home, there were a two functions. You might already be aware of the rain conditions currently in Bangalore. For the past few days, it has been raining heavily. Both their functions are already scheduled. I got to witness owners struggle in making arrangements for the function. For one function, they arranged a dinner facility inside the parking area. They kept all the other tables outside the gate, using only 4....
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....
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....
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....
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....
To this day, we have been using a non-smart TV. For this sale on Amazon and Flipkart, we ordered a good smart TV and a home theatre to go with it. Both came. We installed our smart TV and plugged our 400 Mbps internet cable to see its performance on a 4K TV. I was slightly sceptical about its performance as my single internet connection is shared with all my rental property (16 doors + 2 owner house)....
Today, I saw our area waterman on the backside of my house going on his bike. I called him to come and collect his monthly bribe… He came and opened our sump cover to see our water level and collected ₹1000. After collecting, he should leave. But this time, he asking ₹1,000 extra. I was quite confused at first as to why he was asking ₹1000 extra. When I asked why, He said, “Sir Ayudha Puja collection…”...
Today, I was handling one of our rental property repainting tasks. Feeling a little tired going and coming from the 3rd floor to the 1st floor. Luckily, I got a good painter who handled all the tasks from cleaning to painting. All we need to do is show the work, bring the painting materials and remember if he missing some task. Thats all. He handles the rest of the work....
Today, I was chatting with one of my customers on WhatsApp. The customer questioned me… – In my experience, no contractor signs an agreement before the work is assigned to him, do you agree? And how can this situation be handled? – I was a little confused about what this customer was saying. So I suggested: First, have an oral discussion. Once You and the Contractors agree to the Contract Terms, Both sign the Written Agreement and Start the Work as I suggested....
This morning, I got a WhatsApp message from some guy saying – – Good to see u r regular updates on home construction – Based on the construction image DP, I guess he is in the construction field. Possibly some contractor, I guess. Whatever may be… Today, I want to share a small tip related to contractors. This applies to all contractors. The thing is, I recommend you to always keep in mind that they are in the business to make money....