Terms and Conditions

1.     DEFINITIONS

1.1.    In the Terms and Conditions, following definitions apply:

          “The Company” shall mean “the specialist company appointed to undertake the relevant work which shall enter into the             Contract for the work with the Client”.

          “Client” – means the person, company, corporate entity, partnership or other legal entity whom or which contracts with                 the Company, for the Company to provide the relevant work “Premises” – shall mean the premises where thework under             the relevant contract is to be carried out.

          “The Contract” shall mean the relevant contract under which the Company is to provide the relevant work.

          “The Work” shall mean the work to be undertaken or provided by the Company under the Contract “the Booking Agent”             shall mean Floor Sheen.

1.2.    Unless the context requires otherwise, reference to the singular shall include the plural and references to the masculine               shall include the feminine and neuter genders and vice verse.

1.3.    The Headings contained in these Terms and Conditions are for convenience only and do not affect their interpretation.

1.4.    Reference to any legislation shall include such legislation as amended or re-enacted from time to time, and whether                    before or after the date of formation of the relevant contract.

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2.      THE CONTRACT

2.1.    These terms and conditions shall be incorporated into the Contract.

2.2.    These terms and conditions may only be amended or varied if such amendment or variation shall be agreed or                             confirmed by the Company in writing.

2.3.    The Client agrees that placing an order for work via email or by accepting booking over the telephone with booking                     receipt (via the Booking Agent) shall constitute the Clients acceptance of these terms and conditions, which shall be                     incorporated into the Contract between the Client and the Company (which shall be appointed to undertake the work by             the Booking Agent). The Booking Agent shall act as agent for the Company, and which will prior to the work commencing           notify the Client of the identity of the Company, which shall be appointed to undertake the relevant work. The Client is                 notified that there are a number of specialist teams which constituteseparate incorporated companies, and the Booking               Agent will appoint the specialist team to undertake the work inquestion, and that each specialist team has the benefit of             public liability and professional indemnity insurance cover.

2.4.    Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company, these terms and conditions shall prevail over any terms of business or           purchase conditions put forward by the Client.

2.5.    It is agreed and declared that the Company shall not be obliged under the Contract to carry out any work act or matter               which shall be unlawful- and it is agreed that this condition shall prevail over anything which may be otherwise agreed             between the Booking Agent/the Company and the Client.

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3.     QUOTATIONS

3.1.   The Company habitually uses metric measurements and national average room sizes when calculating quotations over the          telephone or by other remote method, depending on the work required and requested the square meterage cost will vary.            Any telephone or other remote quotations are to be used only as a guide for customers –and not as a final price. Final                  prices are on quotations sent to the Client in writing by email, fax or post after a Premises inspection has been carried out.

3.2.   Wood floor restoration services are charged per square meter taking into account the type and the state of the floors/sub floors or a day rate charge may apply if square meterage is below a minimum order value of £450. Some flooring materials and flooring details may require more time and resource refinishing, and therefore theCompany may in such case decide to charge at rates higher to the ones published upon its website, discussed over the telephone or discussed verbally at any estimation meeting, or contained within the Company’s advertising literature.

3.3.   The Company reserves the right to amend the quotation, should the Client amend or vary the Client’s                  requirements.

3.4.   Differences in measurements of the actual size and the ones quoted, with an excess of 5% will be discussed with the Client prior to the start of the work. In such case the Company shall be entitled to increase the price of the work by such amount as may be just and reasonable

3.5.   All telephone quotes will be subject to reassessment after a viewing of the floors at the Premises.

3.6.   The Company reserves the right to amend a quotation not accepted within 90 days.

3.7.   The Company has a minimal charge of £450 for any project.

3.8.   Whenever the Company is called to carry out an inspection of a finished project, where the Client has stated a problem which is caused naturally (expansion or shrinking of the timber due to the weather conditions, humidity etc.), or accidentally by the Client or a third party, or after recommendations have been unaccented and client still requests work to be carried out to the contrary of the advice, a call-out charge of £100 will be made.

The quotation (unless otherwise stated) excludes the clearing of waste material and/or debris created by the work.

4.    EQUIPMENT

4.1.Unless otherwise agreed or specified to the contrary in the quotation, the Company shall provide all products, tools and equipment reasonably required to carry out the work.

The Client shall provide adequate and accessible supplies of running water and electricity at the Premises to enable the work to be carried out.

Sanding machinery requires 240v of electric supply. The Client shall ensure that their power supply at the Premises can provide this level of electric power.

Where necessary, where the work is to be carried out within a residents parking area, the Client will when requested provide visitor parking permits to the Company to enable it to park its vehicles for the purposes of carrying out the work.

The Client will reimburse to the Company for any pay and display charges, congestion charges, skip licences andskip parking fees which are reasonably incurred in relation to carrying out the work. These charges are in additionto the amount contained in any quotations/contract price.

5.    PAYMENT, PRICE AND EXTRAS

1. Payments are accepted in cash, credit/debit card and/or bank transfer. We will at the time of booking require card details to be held securely on file and used for deposit payment and final payment at booking unless otherwise agreed with Carpet Sheen (trading as Floor Sheen)

2. (Unless otherwise agreed or stated to the contrary in the quotation), a 40% deposit payment is due on booking.The deposit payment is not refundable if the Client decides to cancel a project after 14 days of the booking. The Company shall not be obliged to commence and/or continue work at the Premises unless and until the deposithas been paid, and in this regard payment by cheque shall not be accepted unless expressly agreed by Carpet Sheen (trading as Floor Sheen).

3. (Unless otherwise agreed or unless stated to the contrary in the quotation), the remaining payment of 60% plus the cost of any extra or additional work requested, or of any variations requested, shall be due on the date for thecompletion of the work. The Client should make payment before the workers leave the Premises at the end of theproject. The company may if circumstances dictate leave the property without payment, usually due to the client not being present. In these circumstances, the company shall wait a minimum of 24 hours before taking orreceiving payment to allow the client time to view the work. If the company has not heard anything from the client in these 24 hours, it will assume the client is happy and payment shall be taken from the card held on file without notification. By accepting a booking, the client accepts these payment terms of the contract.

4. The Company reserves the right to charge simple interest upon any overdue sums after said 24 hours if payment cannot be taken, at the rate of 8% per annum, with interest to be computed upon a daily basis.

5. The Company reserves the right to stop work and/or cease to continue work and remove its workers from thePremises, if any payment due is wholly or partly unpaid and/or continues to remain unpaid.

6. The Company reserves the right to stop work and/or to cease to continue work and to remove its workers from the Premises, in the event that the Client is subject to any insolvency procedure, (to include but not be limited to the appointment of an administrator and/or an administrative receiver, the service of a statutory demand, thepresentation of a bankruptcy and/or winding up petition. and the proposing of an arrangement general creditors.) The Company shall also be entitled in such circumstances by service of notice in wiring upon the Client and/orupon a relevant insolvency office holder, to terminate the Contract.

7. The Company reserves the right to amend the price of the Contract by such amount as may be just and equitableif the price has been computed upon a misrepresentation made by or on behalf of the Client.

8. The Client will pay a reasonable price for any extra work and/or for any variation to the work outside the scope ofthe Contract, which the Company and/or the workers are asked to undertake at the Premises by the Client or by any director, officer or manager of the Client or other person representing the Client at the Premises.

6.             CONSUMER CONTRACTS (INFORMATION, CANCELLATION AND ADDITIONAL CHARGES) REGULATIONS2013.

1. Where the regulations apply, notice of statutory cancellation rights are set out below; - 
   Right to cancel. If the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013apply to the relevant contract between yourself and the Company, you will have the right to cancel the contractwithin a relevant 14-day period of booking without giving any reason.

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To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform the Booking Agent and/or the Company of your decision to cancel the Contract by a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post or e-mail). You may use the below model cancellation form, but it is not obligatory.

To meet the cancellation deadline, it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning your exercise of the right to cancel before the cancellation period has expired.

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If you cancel this contract, you will receive a refund of all payments received from you, (except in respect of the value of any work and out of pocket expenses which has been carried out after booking and before cancellation notification and/or incurred at your request, and which you will remain responsible to pay for).

The refund will be made without undue delay, on which we are informed about your decision to cancel this contract.

You will receive the refund using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any costs as a result of the reimbursement.

Model cancellation form addressed to the Booking Agent which you may wish to use to cancel the contract within the cancellation period is set out below;-

Carpet Sheen Ltd (trading as Floor Sheen), Office 5 Access Self Storage, Unit 1 Croydon Road Industrial Estate, Tannery Close, Beckenham BR3 4BY.

I/We [*] herby give notice that I/We [*] cancel my/our [*] contract for the supply of the work at the below site address via your company [*],

Name of consumer(s),……………………………………….

Address of consumer(s),……………………………………………………………………..

Site Address………………………………………………..

Contact telephone number ………………………………

Signature of consumer(s) (only if this form is notified on paper),………………………………………………. Date   ”

[*] Delete as appropriate.

7.             WORK ISSUES

1. Repairs and Existing Damage and other related issues:

   1. Minor repairs (such as fixing down loose floorboards, filling of limited cracks, etc.) will be made as necessary to make good and even out the floor surface unless otherwise instructed by the Client.

   2. Substructure repairs and/or any major repairs (including nailing down all nails or screws, extensive floor filling orwhere requested splinting) will only be made after instruction by Client and shall in such case be chargeable to the Client as an extra.

   3. The Company reserves the right to charge a reasonable sum as an extra in respect of any work which it undertakes at the request of the Client, and which was not readily apparent from the Company’s pre contract inspection(s) of the Premises upon which their quotation was based. An example is unforeseen work required toareas which are covered over with carpets or other floor coverings or to areas which are hidden by furniture or other objects.

   4. The colour and quality of timber provided by the Company under the Contract shall be in accordance with market availability in terms of quality, age, colour, and grain; Accordingly, the nature of wood timber provided under theContract cannot be guaranteed to be the same colour and shade etc. as existing ones.

   5. The Company shall have no responsibility in respect of existing damage to Clients property in the form of old andpre-existing stains/burns/spillages which cannot be cleaned and/or removed completely by its workers by use of industry standard methods.

   6. The Company shall not be responsible for a poor result in sanding or restoration where this is a result of considerable wear and tear and/or excessive damage of the floor arising prior to the start of the work. Under normal circumstances as a general rule, the older the floor the more damage will have occurred over time and the finished results can diminish the older the floor.

   7. The Company shall not be responsible for any odours arising during and/or after the work where this is due to factors such as, lack of ventilation, and/or appropriate heating.

   8. The Company shall not be responsible for any damage caused as a result of placing furniture by the Client on the floor, within 12 hours following the time of application of the last coat of varnish / oiling / waxing on the floor.

   9. The Customer shall be required to provide to the workers on site reasonable facilities to undertake the work in terms of normal and/or artificial light, heating, and toilet facilities.

2. Gap Filling shall depend on the floor type and flooring contractor on site will advise the best filling method depending on the flooring. Please note, whilst gap filling may be desirable, in the majority of cases gaps will have been left to allow for expansion and contraction of boards. Resin filler can therefore crack and flexible filler may lift and drop due to the moisture content and expansion and contraction of the boards, or in the case of parquet, ifthe blocks are loose then filling may crack. We will advise and or repair using our understanding of the best method to restore the floor.

   1. Due to the natural movement of the wood (expansion or shrinking due to weather conditions, or when heating orother pipes are located directly under the floor) or exposure to extreme humidity or traffic load, resin filling cannot be guaranteed, and the Company is not responsible if the resin should fail at any time due to such reasons.

   2. When a slivers gap fill method is used, the Company cannot guarantee that the slivers used to fill the gaps can be exact match to the existing floor – every piece of wood is unique, therefore it might vary in colour, grain, shade etc.Gap filling using splints or slithers will always be charged as an extra unless the repair is on boards less than 5 in number.

   3. The edges / gaps between the floor and the walls / skirting boards are not included in the quotations unlessotherwise instructed. Such gap filling is a subject to additional service and charges.

   4. Gaps between risers and steps on a staircase and skirting boards do not fall in the general services of the quotation unless otherwise instructed and charged additionally.

3. The Floor Sanding Process is, until commenced, extremely difficult to estimate the termination time. An estimate ofthe time the project should take will be given but the cost of the project has no relation to day rates or hourly ratesgiven from this estimate. Depending on staffing on the project a three-day project for one member of staff can therefore be one day project for three members of staff.

1. It is the Client’s responsibility to ensure rooms are completely empty of furniture and persons at the start of work.All effects that might be damaged by the process of sanding or from dust (books, paintings, etc.) should beremoved from the work areas. A furniture removal service is available as an extra, and please advise the BookingAgent if this is required.

1. If rooms are not left empty, the Company cannot be held liable for any damage that occurs due to the moving of furniture, and/or guarantee a completely uniform finish.

1. The sanding process to be used is materially (estimated at 98%) dust-free. Small amounts of fine dust will however be produced. Where it is necessary to use hand sanders (such as upon stairs, small landings, cornerareas, etc.) or make repairs this may increase the amount of dust produced by the work. The Company shall not be responsible for any damage caused by dust emanating from the work; Company cannot be responsible for anydamage to skirting or fixtures and fittings due to the nature of large equipment being used and the uncontrollable nature of high spinning sanding equipment. Whilst every care will be taken it is inevitable during the course of theproject small nicks may occur and this is accepted by the client by accepting this contract

1. Although reasonable care will be exercised by the Company, due to nature of machine and staining / finishing work, decoration and skirting may be liable to marking be that stain or lacquer. The Company cannot be heldresponsible for this nor the cost of redecoration of the skirting boards, doors fixtures and fittings, fireplaces and tiles.

1. Stairs sanding includes sanding/sealing of flats (treads) only. Sides, risers, poles and handrails will be treated as an extra if not specifically provided for by the quotation.

1. Colouring / Staining

1. Colour samples are a small representation, and there will be slight colour or shade variation when applied over a larger area.

1. Once colour stain has been agreed, verbally or otherwise, any changes after the staining process has beenstarted will be chargeable as an extra. Please make sure you have made the correct decision on the colour you have chosen.

1. It is the Client’s responsibility to check colour at moment of application. Any recolouring will be chargeable as an extra. The client will be asked to check the staining before the finish coat is applied as anything noticed after is extremely hard to rectify and would induce extra cost.

1. Due to nature of stain application technique, skirting may be marked during colouring. The Company cannot be held liable for any marking or redecoration required as a result.

1. Complete uniformity is not always possible in restoration when colouring and finishing a floor. The Company shall have no responsibility in respect of the same.

1. Sealing & Maintenance

1. The Company provides Two to Three coats of lacquer or two coats of oil/hard wax (depending on the Client’s choice) as standard. Additional coats are available at extra cost.

2. Whilst the Company will exercise reasonable skill and care, hand applied seals may not show complete uniformity especially when staining but also lacquer finish may produce some colour differences and finish lines. Undernormal circumstances when the floor has settled over a number of weeks this will not be apparent. Recoating at the Client’s request will be chargeable as an extra.

1. Seal longevity is dependent on traffic conditions/usage and upon standard of maintenance implemented by the Client.

1. All floor seals are designed for “wear resistance” and not “impact”. The impact resistance depends on the density of the wooden floor itself but can be increased by using Bona High Performance lacquer. Such lacquer will becharged as an extra if not included within the quotation.

1. We recommend maintaining floor with professional maintenance products only (such as Bona or Osmo);

1. Professional maintenance programmes are available to be provided by the Company as an extra. Please ask if this is required.

1. Lacquers are generally touch dry in 1-2 hours, oils – in 6-8 hours (the duration of drying time may vary dependingon the manufacturer and the weather conditions). It is the Client’s responsibility to make arrangements as necessary so as to avoid contact or other interference with seals during curing time.

1. Lacquers require 3 days curing time and should be protected whilst curing (and in particular not exposed to heavyfoot traffic or being covered by anything like plastic sheets, rugs or any floor covers).

1. Floors should not be covered, nor furniture replaced, until curing process is complete. The Company cannot beheld liable for marking to floors after job is complete and once accepted by the Client;

1. It is not the responsibility of the Company to protect floors after completion of work on site;

1. The Company reserves the right at its reasonable discretion to change the job specification on site as may be reasonably necessary in order to provide the most appropriate or suitable finish for the floor.

1. Hours of Work

1. Where possible, hours of work will be 8am-5pm, Monday to Friday. However, due to the nature of sealing process, staff may have to make site visits at any time.

1. Rubbish Removal and Disposal

1. Rubbish (including but not limited to saw dust produced in the process of sanding the floors at the Premises,removed damaged and replaced floor boards and timber pieces, carpets, floor covers and underlay’s etc.),removal is NOT included in work price unless otherwise stated. To arrange for removal of the same the Company will make an extra charge;

1. The Company does not itself provide the service of rubbish disposal.

8.             POSTPONEMENT AND ACCESS

1. The Client may postpone the start date of any work by giving at least 7 working days prior written notice to theBooking Agent.

2. The Company reserves the right to charge of £200.00 in the event that the start date of the work is postponed by the Client.

3. The Client will provide reasonable access to the workers to the Premises and will (in so far as the Client may grant the same) provide reasonable loading/unloading facilities and also reasonable routes for the transportation of anyplant, equipment and materials to relevant working areas.

4. If the Client requests keys to be collected by the Company from another site a reasonable distance away from the Premises then a £30.00 charge will apply. The charge will cover only the pickup of keys. If said keys need to bereturned back to the pickup address or any other address, another charge of £30.00 will apply. The Company may charge a reasonable sum of more than £30.00 if the address where the keys are to be picked up from or to bereturned is located some distance away from the Premises.

5. To assist, the Workers may in their discretion move small items of furniture on site. Such assistance may howevernot be provided including upon considerations of Health and Safety of the workers. Furniture requiring more than one person to move will not be moved by the workers on site. Such assistance may however not be provided including upon considerations of Health and Safety of the Workers. Furniture requiring more than one person to move will not be moved by the Workers.

6. The Client shall be responsible for ensuring that where reasonably required or necessary a representative of theClient with relevant authority will be present on the Site during the carrying out of the work. – especially oncompletion in order for the works to be checked and received.

9.             COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE

1. Any complaints should be made or confirmed to the Company and/or the Booking Agent in writing within 24 hours.After this time it is deemed the client is satisfied with the work and payment will be taken if not already charged due to completion satisfaction. The onsite staff will at various times, if the client is present, make every effort toask the client if they are happy with the work on the project, asking them to view the work, before the next stage of the project takes place. Work will only commence to the next stage when the client has agreed satisfaction at said point. This mitigates any possible displeasure after the finish has been applied.

1. The Booking Agent and/or the Company will investigate any complaint and attempt to resolve the matter to the satisfaction of the Client.

1. The Client agrees to allow the Company to return to site and to remedy at the Company’s own cost and expense any defects or other remedial work which the Client may advise to the Company and/or the Booking Agent, and which the Company decides to undertake (which will be without any acceptance any legal responsibility on its part).

10.          TIME FOR COMPLETION OF WORK

1. Any time or date provided for the completion of the work shall be an estimate only and the only obligation of the Company is to use it reasonable endeavors to complete the work within any estimated time or date of completion.Please note we charge for a completed job, we do not charge a day rate or an hourly charge. If work is completedquicker than the estimated time no discount will be given.

1. The Company shall not have any responsibility if the work is delayed and/or completed late due to anycircumstances beyond the Company’s reasonable control, such as (but not limited to) inclement weather, staffsickness, default on the part of any subcontractor, transport disruption, non-delivery and/or non availability and/or disruption of supply of material or other required items, the breakdown of any plant or equipment, or power cuts orthe failure of the power or water supply at the Premises.

1. Without prejudice to Clause 10.2, the Company shall not be liable to pay any compensation in the event of thestart date of the work requiring to be rescheduled due to any circumstances beyond the Company’s reasonable control.

1. The Company shall also have no liability to pay compensation in the event of any workers arriving late at thePremises. The Company will instruct the workers to arrive on time but sometimes due to transport related and other problems which are beyond the Company`s control, the workers may arrive with a delay.

1. The duration of the works estimated in the quotation is based on the assumption that a one-man team will be assigned – the time might vary / shorten significantly dependent on the number of team members available tostart any project. Any estimated duration is to be taken as a rough guide.

11.          EXCLUSION / LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

1. The Company shall not be responsible for any indirect or consequential loss and/or for any loss of profits on the part of the Client resulting from any breach of contract on the part of the Company.

1. Without prejudice to clause 11.1 above, the liability of the Company for any breach of contract shall be limited to 2x the price to be paid by the Client for the relevant work to be carried out under the Contract.

1. The limitation of liability under Clauses 11.1 and 11.2 above shall not apply to any liability for which it is not legallypossible for the Company to contract out of, to include in respect of any claims for personal injury and/or for fraud.

1. Whilst the Company will make every effort not to break items, accidents do happen. Identical replacement may notbe possible. For this specific reason, the Company requests all irreplaceable fragile or valuable items be safely stored away from relevant work areas. The Company does not accept responsibility for any accidental damage to such items which are not so removed from the work area.

1. Without prejudice to clause 11.4 above, in case of any damage to Client`s property, the Client agrees to permit theCompany (if the Company shall so require) and without any acceptance of any liability on the part of the Company) at its own cost and expense to repair or replace the property in question (with any replacement to bewith a reasonable substitute), and the Client will provide reasonable access for this purpose.

1. The Company shall not be liable for a non-satisfactory result from the work due to the Client, a third party and/or any animals walking on freshly sealed floors.

1. Without prejudice to the other exclusions, the Company shall not be liable for any accidental damage to any items of property worth £50.00 or less.

1. Without prejudice to the other exclusions, the Company shall not be responsible for any accidental damage to the Premises which shall cost less than £75 to remedy.

1. The Company shall not be liable for accidentally punching or nailing a water or gas pipe, whose location was notreasonably known to the workers.

1. Each sub-clause in this condition 12 shall be separate and independent from each other. In the event that any sub clause shall be declared invalid by a Court of competent jurisdiction this shall not affect the operation of any other sub clause of this condition 12.

12.          DATA PROTECTION

12.1     The Booking Agent reserves the right to record all incoming and outgoing phone conversations for quality control, record keeping and back-referral for any inquiries or investigations.

13.          SUPPLEMENTARY TERMS

1. With the exception of the Booking Agent, the provisions of this Contract are not intended to confer any benefitupon Third parties and the provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999, are hereby expressly excluded from this Agreement.

2. The Booking Agent reserves the right (on behalf of the appointed company which is undertake the relevant work) to make any changes to any part of these Terms and Conditions without giving any prior notice. It may add to or alter these Terms and Conditions from time to time and any alterations or additions will apply to new business butnot to existing contracts.

3. All notices under the Contract are to be made or confirmed in writing. Notices may be served upon the last known home or business address of the party to be served. Notices may be served by post, e-mail, webmail, fax, or byany other reasonable method. Notices served by post (which are not returned by the post office) shall be deemed to have been served in the ordinary course of post, which in case of a United Kingdom address shall be 2 working days after the date of posting.

14            OUR INSURANCE – YOUR PEACE OF MIND

14.1.     Any work undertaken by the Company is covered by a Public Liability Insurance and Employers Liability Insurance.

15            CHOICE OF LAW

15.1       The Contract shall be governed and construed in accordance with English Law and any dispute shall be subject to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English court.