The contract of construction of imposes various protections for the purchaser. It must in particular contain a fundamental document: the descriptive note.
An essential document
Obligatory mentions
According to the Code of construction and , the descriptive note must indicate “the consistency and the features of the ship to be built, containing all work of amendment on the ground, connections and networks various and all work of equipment interior or external essential with the implantation and the use of the house”.
Essential signatures
The note, obligatorily annexed to the contract of construction, must be in conformity with “a standard model approved by closure of the minister in charge for Construction and ”. It will be signed by the manufacturer and the Master ().
Important: If the note is not in conformity with the law, the contract can be cancelled and of the penal sanctions can be implemented.
A detailed document
Precise indications
This note must:
- To mention connections with the sewer and the various networks (water, gas, electricity…).
- to detail all the technical elements of the house and their price: construction materials, insulation, joineries, glazings, medical, etc
- To always indicate the cost of the house, which must be the same one as that which appears in the contract.
All these indications will be precise, so that the labor costs and of the equipment not understood in the price can be quantified exactly. A cost per square meter or the cubic meter without figure the quantities not valid.
Reserved work
The note must obligatorily distinguish the work completed by the manufacturer and those which the purchaser reserves. It will thus contain a signed mention of the hand of the building owner, by which this last specifies and accepts the labor costs which remain with its charge and which are not included in the agreed price. This is why the note must make a perfectly readable distinction, materialized by two columns, between what is included or not in the price.
Important: A vague note can involve serious consequences. Indeed, if you reserve yourselves work, you can, within four month following the signature of the contract, to ask the manufacturer to carry them out, the price specified in the note. However, if the latter is vague, it will have evil to adhere to its obligations.
In case
The manufacturers who work under the regime of the Contract of construction are held to adhere to the law. Their notes are thus as complete as precise. If it is not the case, make rectify this document. And if the problems remain… Change manufacturer!
Remain that even if these notes adhere to with the letter the formalism imposed by the law, they are not always easy to understand. Certain manufacturers are leaning on the question. They propose illustrated documents of sketch and photographs. Thus, the profiled gate or the small tiles punts will be clearly identified.