TACKLING DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WITH YOUR BUILDER

Broaching tricky topics with your builder is nothing to be worried about, says master builder Andy Stevens

Having a difficult conversation with your builder can seem quite intimidating. But it shouldn’t be, we are all human and the misperception of us doesn’t help — we’re in 2022 now, not 1972, and tradespeople and builders are generally very approachable. Quite simply, if they’re not, you shouldn’t have employed them. And as I have mentioned before, paperwork and preparation is key to a job running smoothly. But there is always the odd time when the client and builder have to have a ‘difficult’ conversation. This could be for confusion over extras, the job over-running, the homeowner being unreasonable and so on. There are many reasons this situation can arise. I’ll break these down into subheadings with a brief description to hopefully explain things better should you come across a…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2022

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