Terms & Conditions

Last updated: 1 November 2026

1. About Us

Before You Hire A Builder is operated by Michael Bruce, trading as Before You Hire A Builder.

Email: hello@beforeyouhireabuilder.co.uk

Business address: [INSERT BUSINESS ADDRESS BEFORE LAUNCH]

These Terms & Conditions apply when you book or purchase services from Before You Hire A Builder. They should be read together with the service information provided on this website and any written booking confirmation sent to you.

2. Our Services

Before You Hire A Builder provides independent property and building consultancy services for homeowners and other private clients.

Our current services include:

Pre-Purchase Renovation & Cost Assessment — from £395 for a standard property assessment and from £595 for larger or more complex properties.

Builder Quote & Scope Review — from £195 for a document-based review of one builder’s quote and the supporting information you provide.

Independent Project Consultation — from £199 for focused independent advice on building work you are planning or a project already underway.

The exact scope, format and total fee for your service will be confirmed before you book.

3. Nature and Limits of Our Advice

Our services provide practical, independent advice based on construction experience and the information available at the time.

Unless specifically agreed in writing, our services do not replace a RICS Home Survey, structural engineering assessment, specialist inspection, property valuation, legal advice, building control approval or other professional certification.

Site visits are visual only unless otherwise agreed. We do not open up the building or carry out invasive investigations or testing of electrical, gas, heating, plumbing or drainage systems.

Hidden defects may therefore remain unidentified.

Where we identify an issue that may require further investigation, we will explain what type of specialist advice may be appropriate.

4. Booking and Contract Formation

Submitting an enquiry does not create a binding contract.

Before you book, we will confirm the service to be provided, the agreed scope, the fee, how the service will be delivered and any additional information required from you.

A contract is formed when you accept the written booking details and, where payment is required in advance, the required payment has been received.

Any change to the agreed scope must be confirmed by both parties.

5. Fees and Payment

Prices shown on the website are starting prices only.

The final fee will depend on the agreed scope, complexity, amount of information to be reviewed, location where relevant, and the time required.

The total price payable, including any applicable taxes, will be confirmed before you are bound by the booking.

Any additional work, site visits, reports or support outside the agreed scope will only be carried out after the additional cost has been explained and agreed.

Payment arrangements will be confirmed before booking.

6. Your Right to Cancel

If you book as a consumer by website, email, telephone or another distance method, you will normally have a legal right to cancel the contract within 14 days after the day the contract is entered into.

You can cancel by emailing hello@beforeyouhireabuilder.co.uk and clearly stating that you wish to cancel.

If you ask us to begin providing the service during the 14-day cancellation period, we may only begin after receiving your express request.

If you cancel after work has begun during that period, you may be required to pay a reasonable amount for the work already carried out.

If the service has been fully completed during the cancellation period at your express request, and you acknowledged beforehand that your cancellation right would end once the service was fully performed, your right to cancel will then end.