When the owner renovated the house, he found water leaking upstairs. How to deal with it?

Recently, Lao Chen, a decoration expert who has been engaged in the decoration industry for 23 years, said that generally, large decoration companies should extract 30% of the profits from each decoration business, and then contract the business to the following decoration team. Under the low profit, the decoration team used the people's little knowledge of decoration to dig their brains to infringe on the interests of the owners.

Do budget "playing hard to get"

"The decoration industry has a big market and high profits." Lao Chen said that since the 1990s, people's demand for home improvement has increased, and the home improvement industry in China has developed rapidly, with fierce competition among large and small companies. At the same time, there are more and more tricky renovations.

The trick of the decoration company starts with the budget. Lao Chen said that the competition in the decoration industry is fierce, and some decoration companies will get the decoration right through low total price. For example, for a new house with two rooms and two halls, the total renovation cost is generally around 654.38+ 10,000 yuan. The shopkeeper always likes to bargain. After some angry words, he made a deal for 90,000 yuan. As we all know, decoration companies have long intentionally omitted some projects when making budgets, so the budget made must be low in total price.

expert opinion/advice

The owner should check the budget list, and the projects promised orally by the decoration company must be implemented in the text one by one, so as not to miss the decoration projects as far as possible. For example, in a budget, the decoration company deliberately omitted the decoration projects of the porch and the shoe cabinet. The owner found this problem in the renovation process, and the other party would ask for supplementary budget text. At this time, the other party will quietly raise the material unit price and labor cost.

Appointment contract "seeing flowers in the fog"

When the owner is satisfied with the decoration budget provided by the decoration company, he immediately enters the link of signing the "renovation contract". Lao Chen said that at present, Shanghai decoration companies generally use contracts, one is the "Shanghai Family Room Decoration Construction Contract" drafted by Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Bureau and Shanghai Municipal Construction and Transportation Commission, and the other is a self-compiled contract based on the former.

Lao Chen said that when signing a formal contract, the owner should pay attention to the following points:

mode of payment

Under normal circumstances, the owner will pay the decoration fee in installments according to the progress of the project. Some small companies are eager to turn over capital, and may falsify the progress of the project and let the owners pay in advance.

finishing material

In some contracts, the decoration company is vague about the materials. In the actual decoration, fake and inferior materials may be used. When the owner investigated, the decoration company took out the original contract, saying that the owner did not indicate the material brand. Once the owner asks for the use of high-quality and environmentally-friendly decoration materials, the decoration company will ask for price increases. "Even if savvy consumers ask for the brand of materials in the contract, the decoration company still has a way to' chop' you." Lao Chen revealed that some decoration companies indicated in the contract that if the original brand materials are out of stock during decoration, Party B (decoration company) can temporarily replace the same type of materials. But whether this "same" is of the same quality or similar material is just not stated.

expert opinion/advice

When signing the contract, the owner must weigh the words repeatedly and put a few more question marks in his mind. It is best to clearly stipulate the specific payment time and amount in the contract, and keep the decoration fee of about 10% until the project acceptance is completed, and the occupancy time is more than two months.

The survey area "lied about military intelligence"

"When measuring the area of the house, the flower heads inside are quite transparent." Lao Chen told reporters that in every decoration business, about 10%-20% of the profits were obtained by falsely reporting the area.

Lao Chen said that in most cases, the work of measuring the decoration area is done by the decoration workers, and the owners take a good pen and paper to record. In fact, when the owner carefully recorded, the gesture of the decorator changed, and the original length of 25 cm was likely to become 28 cm. Don't underestimate this 3 cm, and if you count cement, yellow sand, plywood, kitchen countertops and other materials, it will cost a lot of money.

expert opinion/advice

Decoration workers often calculate the area under the cautious eyes of the owners. Don't forget the truth that many a mickle makes a mickle. Owners should keep their eyes open and do a good job of supervision, and many "tricks" will be "killed in the cradle" by you.

Demolition project "flower head quotation"

In order to make money, decoration companies always rack their brains, and the "flower head quotation" of demolition projects is also one of their specialties. Originally a simple wardrobe, in the owner's view, just quote the total price, but smart decoration companies like to quote separately: how many plates, how much paint and how much labor are needed, and then add them together. The total price of this quotation, which is called "flower quotation" in the industry, is definitely much more expensive than the overall quotation.

Lao Chen revealed that in fact, a painter, for example, can brush all the paints such as walls, wardrobes and lockers. In the home improvement, it is done in one go, but if it is split, the paint on the wardrobe will have to wait until it is dry before it can be brushed for the second time and the third time, and the walls will have to be brushed for five times in a row. Not only will the price go up, but the construction period will definitely be much more than the overall calculation.

expert opinion/advice

Paint can be painted together, and carpenters can do it together. Knowing this truth, the owner will say "no" to this quotation and negotiate a better project quotation with the decoration company.

Buy materials and "sneak in"

Buying materials is also a key stage for decoration companies to "make a difference".

Buy wall tiles

Decoration workers and owners went to the building materials market to choose wall tiles, and the owners took a fancy to a first-class wall tile. After bargaining with suppliers, the price is 80 yuan/m2. The shopkeeper wrote down the model and ordered the goods and went home. When the goods arrive, the model is definitely correct, but the grade is often switched to first class or even second class, and the unit price may only be in 50 yuan/square meter or even lower. Lao Chen revealed that when owners buy materials, suppliers and some decoration companies often "flirt with each other" and exchange "code words". After the job is done, the supplier will give the difference after replacing the building materials as a rebate to the decorator.

Buy a floor

In addition to buying wall tiles, some "black-hearted" decorators will join hands with suppliers to make the whole box of floors sent missing one or two pieces per box. If the floor area to be installed by an owner is 80 square meters, and each medium-priced solid wood floor is about 20 yuan, it usually takes 82 boxes of floors to install 80 square meters of floors, based on each box of floors 12. If two floors are removed from each box, the stolen "profit" is 3280 yuan!

Buy paint

Taking advantage of the psychology of some owners who admire brands but want to buy cheap goods, the decorator told the owners "intimately" that "my friend" deals in brand coatings, but he will definitely give you a good price. The owner spent less than the market price to buy the so-called brand paint, but he didn't know that the paint inside was either mixed with water or replaced with other inferior paints.

expert opinion/advice

Before buying decoration materials, owners should spend some time shopping around to find out the unit price and market trend, and they are not afraid of the thorny decoration work. As for buying paint, it is suggested that owners should not be greedy and cheap, or go to regular brand stores to buy, rest assured.

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"Charging" in time to learn decoration knowledge

Zhu Jiren of Shanghai Decoration Association told reporters that there are about 3,000 companies specializing in home decoration in the city. Due to the busy work, more and more people choose the decoration method of contracting and contracting materials, but the owners generally have some distrust and vigilance towards the decoration company.

The reasons are as follows: first, the quality of the decoration team is indeed mixed; Second, most owners lack decoration knowledge.

Although many young people actively absorb decoration knowledge through the internet and magazines, most people still have a little knowledge about decoration. Therefore, it is imperative to fully popularize their decoration knowledge. On June 27th, 65438, Shanghai Decoration Association held a free lecture on "Home Decoration University" for the society. The first lecture was "How to sign the renovation contract", which attracted many citizens to attend the lecture. According to the reporter, the lecture is held once a week.

"Decorating the house is not a trivial matter. We hope that more owners will charge in time, learn the necessary decoration knowledge and minimize the trouble during decoration. "

Ok, I'll teach you four decorating tips.

Trick 1

The name, grade and brand of building materials shall be specially indicated on the receipt voucher, and a list of quality responsibilities shall be obtained.

Trick 2

Take a sample home when you buy the floor. After the goods arrive, carefully compare them according to the samples; You can take apart a section of the cross section of all floor cartons to see if there are any missing numbers.

Trick 3

See if the paint is diluted. You can shake it first. Latex paint without water is very thick, and latex paint with water generally makes a drumming sound.

Trick 4

For good quality tiles, pour a little water from the back with a cup, and there will be no water droplets oozing out from the front, while for inferior tiles, there will be many water droplets oozing out after a long time.