Checklist · Compliance · 8 min read
The UK builder compliance checklist
Twenty-eight things a professional UK contractor should be able to produce on request — grouped by contracts, insurance, records, safety and customer care.
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Compliance guides and builders' checklists.
Plain-English guidance on the paperwork, records and payment practices that separate professional contractors from the rest. Free to read, free to use on site.
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ComplianceScheme readinessContractsPaymentsRecordsCompletionCustomer careDocumentationVerificationWinning work
Guide · Scheme readiness · 7 min read
Preparing for tighter builder regulation in the UK
Tighter oversight of UK building work rewards contractors who already document properly. Here is what to put in place while you have time.
Read guide →Guide · Contracts · 6 min read
Written contracts and variations that hold up
Most domestic disputes are really contract disputes. What to include, how to handle extras and why text-message agreements cost money.
Read guide →Guide · Payments · 6 min read
Stage payments without the arguments
Structure releases around defined stages and evidence, not calendar dates, and most payment friction disappears.
Read guide →Checklist · Records · 5 min read
Site evidence and photo records checklist
What to photograph, when to capture it, and how to store it so the record is still usable three years later.
Read checklist →Checklist · Completion · 5 min read
The construction handover pack checklist
What to hand over at completion so the customer has everything they need — and you have a clean, defensible close-out.
Read checklist →Guide · Customer care · 5 min read
Writing a complaints procedure customers trust
A short, clear complaints procedure issued up front is one of the cheapest reputation protections available to a contractor.
Read guide →Guide · Documentation · 5 min read
What a Digital Project Passport actually contains
One dated record per project: evidence, certificates, variations, stage sign-offs and handover documents, ready to share.
Read guide →Guide · Verification · 5 min read
Independent milestone verification, explained
How a mutually agreed, evidence-based stage review works — and the limits of what verification means.
Read guide →Guide · Winning work · 5 min read
Winning work on trust, not price
Customers cannot assess workmanship from a quote. Here is what they can assess — and how to make it obvious.
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