The 5 Most Important things to consider when Shopping for a Shed!

Wed, 08 May 2019 01:37:00 GMT

The 5 Most Important things to consider when Shopping for a Shed!

FAQs

Is your company licensed to build my shed and what is your license number?

Any person that buys a shed business this week can sell you a kit building next week without a license or any experience as to whether the building is designed or engineered correctly. This will start the conversation about whether they are actually a builder or whether they intend to sell you a kit and then send out contractors to do the work for you that you ultimately end up co-ordinating yourself (usually you then need an owner builder permit costing you time and money to obtain the license, this effectively absolves the shed company of any responsibility should things go wrong) any shed company that tries to step around this question isn’t going to give you a contract to complete the building – this makes life easy for the shed company but harder for you.

Will you give me a complete contract for the supply, concrete work and install within one document?

If a company says they will give you a contract from them for the supply but a separate contract for concrete and a separate contract for install etc etc. this means that they are just project managing and not actually supplying a comprehensive and safe contract for you. With all of the different contracts in place with different contractors – you are effectively becoming an owner builder and will be responsible for co-ordinating the job. A full builder will always give you a complete contract.

Is your product Bluescope supplied steel?

There are a couple of companies that claim to be Australian made because the Korean and chinese coil that they use in their buildings is roll formed in Australia (making it Australian made) problem is that it is made from untested or inferior imported product. These companies usually maintain that they are offering you a lovely big warranty on the product also, problem is – nobody but the company offering the imported steel is underwriting the warranty. Some guy in Korea will not replace your building when the red roof fades down to pink. When it comes to steel only trust Bluescope coil.

Are you approved to issue me the required HBCF insurance?

Under the home building act, all residential development with a contact value of $20,000 or above legally requires that a builder supply its customers a HBCF policy (home builders compensation fund) the old name for this insurance was Home Owners warranty insurance. For a builder to be approved to issue this policy to its customers they need to be financially assessed by Icare, the government insurance agency, and deemed to be financially viable to maintain its business operations and contracts. The company also has to maintain a perfect record with the NSW office of Dept Fair Trading and have no orders against them for faulty or sub-standard workmanship. Once again if a building company claiming to be reputable cant supply this insurance You really need to ask why! Don’t sign a contact with a company that can’t supply you this insurance or if the company is asking you to split the contract into smaller contracts to avoid issuing this insurance – be wary. This insurance is usually requested from council just prior the issue of the construction certificate – this is the time when many customers get stuck and find out that their contracted builder isn’t as trustworthy as they made out and they can’t issue the required insurance. Unfortunately for the customer they are stuck as they have already paid a sizeable deposit to the un-insured builder who doesn’t want to give the deposit back. Don’t find out after it’s too late.

If a shed company that you are considering working with can satisfy all of the above – then you are onto a good one and should feel safe. If you want clarification on any of the above please fee free to call Shedpro for a chat.

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The 5 Most Important things to consider when Shopping for a Shed!