Developers & Renovation
Builder dispute, extra cost or delayed renovation project?
When a renovation, extension or small development starts running over budget or behind programme, the pressure builds quickly. Extra cost claims, disputed invoices, poor workmanship and delayed completion can put your budget, funding and exit plan under pressure.
When this support helps
We help small developers, property renovators and private clients understand what is owed, what can be challenged and what route is available before the dispute becomes more expensive.
This service is for projects where the cost, timing or builder relationship have started to move away from what was agreed.
Typical situations include:
- The builder is asking for more money than expected
- The quote, contract or scope is unclear
- The invoice does not match the work completed
- The project is delayed or completion keeps moving
- Workmanship, defects or snagging are disputed
- Variations or extras have not been properly agreed
- You are unsure whether to pay, withhold or challenge an invoice
- Finance, refinance, resale or rental dates are under pressure
- The builder is threatening to stop work or walk off site
- The final account cannot be agreed
What we review
We review the commercial position using the project information available, including the quote, contract, scope, invoices, payment history, correspondence, programme, photographs, defects list and any variation or extra cost claims.
The review can help identify:
- What was originally agreed
- What has changed
- What has been paid
- What is being claimed
- What appears disputed
- What evidence is missing
- What can be challenged
- What the next commercial step should be
What you receive
You receive a clear commercial summary of the project issue and the recommended next steps.
The summary can identify:
- The cost or payment issue
- The delay, completion or workmanship issue
- The documents and records that support your position
- The parts of the builder's claim or invoice that may need to be challenged
- The commercial response to consider
- The options for negotiation, settlement or escalation
Engagement
Project Support Retainer
Developer & Renovation Project Support
From £1,000/month
For extensions, refurbishments, renovations and small developments where cost, contract, workmanship, delay or builder issues need clear commercial advice.
This helps with:
- Builder payment disputes
- Extra cost claims
- Disputed invoices
- Delayed completion
- Poor workmanship costs
- Variation and scope changes
- Contract and quotation issues
- Final account disputes
- Retention and snagging
- Builder correspondence
- Settlement and negotiation
- Escalation strategy where the dispute continues
Common project situations
We can support clients where the project involves:
- Home extensions and larger domestic building projects
- Major refurbishments or renovations
- Loft conversions and structural alterations
- Small residential developments
- Buy-to-refurbish or resale projects
- Projects funded by bridging finance, refinance or private lending
- Delayed projects affecting sale, rental or refinancing plans
- Builder disputes where the contract, quote or scope is unclear
Need to know what to pay, challenge or do next?
If your builder is claiming extra costs, the project is delayed, the work is disputed or the final account cannot be agreed, talk through the position before making the next payment or escalating the dispute. We can help you understand the cost position, the records available and the commercial route forward.