Terms

Who we are

Garcia Builders remodels kitchens, bathrooms and basements, builds home additions and takes on whole-home remodels, for homeowners. These terms cover this website and the basics of how we work. Your written contract covers your project; where the two differ, the contract wins.

Estimates

Walkthroughs and estimates are free, and you’re under no obligation. Each estimate is written and itemized, with a fixed price for the work it describes and allowances for the things you’ll choose later. It holds for 30 days, because material prices move. An estimate becomes a project only when we both sign a contract.

Payments

A deposit holds your start date. It’s never more than 10% of the contract price, and less where your state’s law sets a lower limit. After that, you pay as each stage of the work is finished, as your contract lists them, never ahead of the work. The last 10% is due after the final walkthrough, once everything on the punch list is done.

Changes and allowances

If you want to change something once work has started, or we find something behind a wall that has to be fixed, we write it up as a change order with its price and its effect on the schedule. Nothing changes until you’ve signed it. If what you pick for an allowance costs less than the allowance, the difference comes off your bill; if it costs more, you see the difference before you commit.

Schedule

The schedule in your contract is our honest plan. Weather, permit and inspection dates, and late deliveries can move it. If a date moves, we tell you as soon as we know, and why, and your Friday update always shows the latest.

Permits and inspections

If your project needs permits, your estimate lists them and the schedule allows for them. We’re there for every inspection, and the work isn’t covered up until it has passed.

Your home while we work

We protect your floors, seal off dust, keep the site swept every day and haul away our debris. We work from 7:30 to 4:30 on weekdays, and tell you a day ahead if that ever changes. Please keep children and pets out of the work area, and let us know about anything fragile or valuable nearby before we start.

Warranty

We warrant our workmanship for two years from the final walkthrough. If something we built fails because of how we built it, we come back and fix it at no cost to you. The warranty doesn’t cover normal wear, damage from misuse or from work done by others, or the products themselves: appliances, fixtures and materials carry their makers’ warranties, and we’ll help you with those claims.

Using this website

The words, drawings and design of this site belong to Garcia Builders. You’re welcome to link to it; please don’t copy it wholesale, or use it to suggest we endorse something we don’t. The drawings on this site are examples, not plans for your home.

Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, our liability for a project is limited to what you paid for it, and we aren’t liable for indirect or consequential losses. Nothing here limits rights the law gives you that can’t be limited.

Changes

We may update these terms from time to time. The version in place when we sign your contract applies to your project.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email hello@garciabuilders.xyz.