Terms and Conditions of Business

Last updated March 2011

1.  Identity of Supplier

The Supplier of the Goods and Services is Inspired Dwellings Ltd, Unit 5, 27 Ackmar Road, SW6 4UR.

2.  Definitions

The following expressions are defined as:

“Company” – means Inspired Dwellings Limited;

“Client” – shall mean person or business with whom Inspired Dwellings Ltd is providing Goods and/or Services;

“Contract” – means these terms and conditions;

“Goods” – the goods purchased to complete the job for the Client by the Company;

“Services” - the services to be provided by the Company to the Client, as more particularly described in the estimates;

“Contract Value”  -  the  amount  payable in respect of the Goods and Services  provided  as prescribed within the estimate;

“Estimate”  -  the  costing of  goods and services which  the Company  shall provide, to which these Terms and Conditions are appended.

3.  Contract

The agreement between the Client and the Company will only come into existence once the Company has accepted your instructions  by verbal or written agreement. Goods  and/or Services which are accepted by the Client will be deemed to have created a binding legal agreement between Client and the Company.

Any variation to the terms and conditions shall be inapplicable unless agreed in writing by the Company.

The Contract Value shall be that which is stated in the Company Estimate. Value Added Tax (VAT) is payable on the Goods and Services in addition to the Contract Value and on all other sums payable.

4.  Contract Variations

Any variations of the contract including additional work or variation from the plans supplied will be charged for at the current rates of the Company.

5.  Contract Length

Timings or  dates specified  by the  Company are  estimates  only,  and the  Company shall not be liable for any consequences of reasonable delays or early delivery. The Company shall endeavour to work through to completion with due diligence and continuity.

If the job is delayed as a result of waiting for the decision of the Client, the Company maintains the right to put the job on hold until the Client has reached a decision. Work delayed as a result of inclement weather may affect timescales. No allowance has been made for third party delays.  The Company reserves the  right to invoice extra hours spent on a job where delays cause additional work for the Company.

6.  Goods and Services

The Goods and Services provided are only what is described in the Estimate provided by the Company. Any Goods and Services not mentioned in the Contract are not included in the Contract Value. Any unforeseen work which is unapparent until work has commenced will be payable at the current rates of the Company.

7.  Terms of payment

Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing by the  Company,  the  Client  will pay strictly in accordance with the payment schedule and prior to delivery of the  Goods and Services.

All payments are to be made within seven days  of from the date of issue of  invoices. Payment should be made to Inspired Dwellings Ltd. No Goods will be delivered until payment has been received. All Goods remain the property Inspired Dwellings Ltd until full payment has been received.

Late payments will be charged at 5% interest above the Bank of England base rate for every month they are overdue. Such charges will be due on all sums remaining unpaid after the due date for which a payment is scheduled.

8.  Delivery

The Company shall deliver the Goods and Services to the agreed site address within the United Kingdom notified to the Company at the time of  ordering the goods. Whilst the Company  agrees  to use all reasonable endeavours to deliver the Goods and Services at the date on which it confirmed to the Client that it had accepted your order, it does not guarantee to do so. The Company will inform the Client of any delay. The Company shall not incur any liability or obligation in respect of any reasonable or unavoidable delay in delivery. If the Company is unable to supply the Goods and Services the Client have ordered, the Company will notify the Client who may cancel their order and the Company will refund the Client the amount paid for those Goods not supplied.

9.  Risk and Ownership

The ownership of Goods will not pass to the Client until the whole price thereof has been received by the Company. The Company is not responsible for Insurance of the Goods once they have been delivered to the Client or site.

10. Cancellation and Returned Goods

The Client may not cancel any order or return any Goods unless the Company has agreed to accept such cancellation or returned Goods.

11. Data Protection

In compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 the Company will only use information  the Client supplies for the purposes of fulfilling  the Client order and for sending  the Client  information on its products and services, unless the Client tells the Company that they do not wish to receive such information.

12. Force Majeure

The delivery of all  Contracts is subject to cancellations by the  Company owing to any act of God, any acts of government, national emergencies, lock-outs, fire, flood, drought, tempest of any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Company and the obligations of the Company shall be held in abeyance for the duration of any such circumstances and any date or deadline under this Contract shall be extended by a period equal to the duration of the existence of such circumstances.

13. Warranty

The Company will adhere to high quality standards for workmanship. No condition is made or to be implied nor is any warranty given or implied, other than the manufacturers’ as to the life or wear of the Goods supplied. All Goods are covered by the warranty of each distinct manufacturer.

Goods alleged or represented by the Client  to be defective in material or workmanship shall not be subject to any claim by the Client for any nature of loss, damage or expense whatsoever, arising directly or indirectly from such defect.

Such Goods, if accepted by the Company as defective, will at  the request of the Client, be repaired or replaced if practical as originally ordered, subject to manufacturers/ suppliers costs. This is valid from six months from the date of practical completion. However should faults arise on such Goods beyond six months from practical completion them then the Company shall charge for all labour and plant costs incurred in repairing /replacing such goods. This does not extend to Goods or Services provided by the Client or the Client’s nominated sub-contractors; no cover will be offered on these items.

14. Terms of Agreement

These conditions only apply to the sale of any Goods by the Company to a person who is a consumer (within the meaning of the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999). These conditions shall apply to all Contracts and shall take precedence over and supersede any terms and conditions previously issued by the Company. This Contract shall be governed by the laws of England, and the Client agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts when accepting them.