Show r 1 fI T WN 0 DRAW UP PLANS CAREFULLY Home Builder Can Not Afford to Take Chances When Estimates Are Arc Made To To the Inexperienced ed home builder the legal side of the building bunding problem problems is s rather complicated The owner does not always understand the legal phraseology of the the documents he Is asked to sign which gives rise to to th the Idea that the architects architect's ar estimates cannot can cannot not be depended upon Estimates of any sort are dangerous and misleading to both parties con concerned on- on unless both clearly understand nn and define the quality amo amount nt and conditions of the the work to be under under- taken All AU proposals contracts bonds a and d other legal leg papers ordinarily used In a n bun building ding contract contract- are rire quite r pie and the owner can familiarize himself with their uses with but very little study There are three kinds of estimates generally used used preliminary preliminary a actual and subsequent The first nam named d I usually made by the the- architect before the specifications are sufficiently complete com i to form a n contract The sec second nd Is the estimate made by the contractor from plans and specifications guaranteeing guaranteeing guar guar- his his' willingness to complete the work within the price named while the subsequent estimate Is made ade by bythe the the contractor nn and checked by the architect for additions to and deduc deductions from the t terms ims 9 of the contract t as fiS' fiS fiSset set forth In the contract documents Carefully Hy drawn specifications are the best In Insurance urance a prospective builder bund build er r cnn can have If It Is necessary that the price named Is the amount he can afford af- af afford ford to pay for the work These plans should include the exact material to tobe tobe be used Where Incomplete plans are used the details are left to the discretion tion tion the of contractor wh who l may lay or or it may do hi his b best st to keip keep th the price e bel below belv v the mount amount sp specified lt r a So although it may seem less ex- ex t at the start to have the 1 draw up Incomplete plans It should be borne in mind that the i result might be a bill of extras that would triple the amount saved v. v besides putting a premium on the contractors contractor's contractors contractor's con con- tractors tractor's substitution of poorer mate mate- rial A thorough understanding of the ther r legal documents documents' and a n clear knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of the specific specifications win will go a along long way tow toward rd making y your ur homebuilding homebuilding home home- building a pleasure and a success |