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Conditions of Engagement for Building Surveying Services

Guidance Notes

 

1. The Surveyor’s Obligations

1.01. The surveyor shall perform the services with reasonable skill, care and diligence, but;

• No liability shall attach to the surveyor in respect of the services except such liability as ought to be covered by the Professional Indemnity Insurance referred to in the Appointment Agreement for Building Surveying Services:

• Such liability shall be limited to the sum specified in the Agreement for Appointment:

2. Payment For The Surveyor’s Services

2.01. The surveyor shall be entitled to submit a fee invoice:

• Monthly, or at the conclusion of agreed service stages, whichever is the more frequent;

• At suspension or termination of the services;

• When work proves to be abortive, in respect of that work;

• At conclusion of the services.

2.02. Payments invoiced shall be calculated by reference to:

• Agreed hourly or unit rates;

• Agreed service stage payments or lump sums; or

• A fair proportion of agreed service stage payments or lump sums.

2.03. The client shall pay the surveyor for the performance of the services the fees and charges in such instalments as are set out in the Agreement for Appointment. All fees and charges under the Agreement are exclusive of Value Added Tax (VAT) which if due shall be paid concurrently in addition.

2.04. The “due date for payment” shall be 7 (seven) days after the date of the submission of the invoice. The surveyor when submitting his or her invoice shall on each invoice confirm the basis on which the stated amount is calculated.

2.05. The “final date for payment” shall be 14 (fourteen) days after the due date for payment, and payment shall be made no later than the final date for payment.

2.06. The client must, not later than 5 (five) days after the due date for payment, give to the surveyor written notice if he intends to withhold any monies stating the amount which the client proposes to withhold and the basis on which that amount is calculated. Where no such notice is given, the amount to be paid is that stated in the invoice.

2.07. Any amounts due to the surveyor under this Agreement which remain unpaid by the client after the final date for payment, shall bear interest at a rate of 14% per annum calculated from the date from final payment..

2.08. The client will pay to the surveyor the sum of £10.00 per letter sent to the client reminding them of any outstanding fee beyond the “final date for payment”.

 

David J Hardwick BSc (hons) ARICS ABIAT Email: mail@dhardwick.co.uk
Tel: 01454 423100

 
 
 

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