Price Check terms.

01 · What the price check is

1. These terms apply to every Building Report Price Check ordered from Add Value Renovations Ltd (NZBN 9429041370285) through addvaluerenovations.co.nz. Ticking the order box and paying the invoice accepts them.
2. The Price Check prices the items listed in a builder’s (pre-purchase or pre-sale) report that you supply. Each item is given a low–high range including GST, marked urgent, soon or cosmetic, with the trade it needs.
3. It is a desktop study. It is not a quote, a fixed price, a tender, a valuation, a building inspection, a weathertightness assessment or a structural assessment. We do not visit the property unless you separately book a site visit.

02 · What it is based on

1. We rely on the builder’s report and any listing, floor plan, LIM or council file you send. We do not verify that they are accurate, complete or current, and we do not look for defects the report did not record.
2. Where the report is unclear about the extent of an item, we state an assumption and price to it. If the assumption turns out to be wrong, the cost changes.
3. Rates reflect Auckland costs at the date of the Price Check. A Price Check more than 90 days old should be refreshed before it is relied on.

03 · Price, payment and turnaround

1. The fee is $199 for Standard or $299 for Next working day, in New Zealand dollars including GST. It is set by AVR at checkout; a figure shown elsewhere does not change it.
2. We raise a Xero invoice when you confirm the order. Payment is made on Xero’s secure page.
3. The turnaround clock starts only when your payment is confirmed and Sarah has confirmed in writing that your builder’s report has been received and can be read. It does not start when you pay.
4. Standard is due by 5pm on the second New Zealand working day after the start. Next working day is due by 5pm on the next New Zealand working day after the start. Working days exclude weekends, New Zealand public holidays and 24 December to 5 January. All times are Pacific/Auckland time.
5. We accept one Next working day order per New Zealand calendar day. A checkout reserves that day’s slot while payment is checked. If the slot is taken before your payment is confirmed, we tell you and offer Standard or the next day.
6. If we miss the turnaround for a reason within our control, we refund the difference between Next working day and Standard, or the whole fee if you paid Standard. That is the full remedy for a late Price Check.

04 · Information checks and refunds

1. After payment Sarah emails a private link to upload your builder’s report. Please do not commission a new report for this order until we have told you what is needed.
2. If the report cannot be priced in a useful way, we say so in writing and refund the fee in full.
3. You may cancel for a full refund at any time before we confirm the start. Once we have confirmed the start, the fee is not refundable, except as clause 3 and your consumer rights provide.
4. One Price Check covers one property and one builder’s report.

05 · What it does not cover

1. Hidden conditions the report did not find: rot, borer, mould, water damage behind linings, failed cladding or flashings, unsafe wiring, structure, ground conditions and drainage.
2. Asbestos, design, engineering, consents and council fees, unless the Price Check lists them as an allowance.
3. Any improvement or renovation beyond repairing the items in the report.
4. Price movement after the date of the Price Check.

06 · Using it to make a decision

1. The Price Check is a budgeting aid for your purchase, sale or negotiation. It does not replace the builder’s report itself, a LIM, a title check, your lawyer’s advice or your own inspection.
2. A purchase price, an offer, a loan or a sale decision is yours. To the extent the law allows, AVR is not liable for the outcome of a property transaction, for loss of profit or opportunity, or for any loss arising from a difference between a price range and the actual cost of work later priced or carried out.

07 · AVR is a design-and-build company

1. Add Value Renovations Ltd designs and builds renovations. This work is prepared by our own team and is not an independent quantity surveyor’s report or an independent valuation. We declare this so you can weigh it.
2. You are under no obligation to use AVR for any design or building work.
3. If you sign an AVR design or building contract for this property, or another one, within 12 months of your payment, the fee you paid is credited against that contract. The credit applies to a signed contract only and is never paid out as cash.

08 · Ownership and use

1. The document is prepared for you, for your own decision about this property. You may share it with your lawyer, lender, agent and the other party to the sale.
2. Anyone else who relies on it does so at their own risk; we owe them no duty.

09 · Your information

1. We use your details, the property address and the documents you send to prepare and deliver this order and to contact you about it. See our privacy policy.
2. We do not hold your card details. Payment is made on Xero’s secure page.

10 · Your consumer rights

1. Nothing in these terms limits your rights under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 or the Fair Trading Act 1986 where they apply.
2. Where we are liable to you in connection with this order, and the law allows the limit, our total liability is limited to the fee you paid for it.

11 · Versions

1. These terms are recorded against your order by version number. A later version does not change an order already placed.

Something to clarify? Call Simon on 09 393 5658.