Definition of 'making good'

[TheMeisterT]

Hi all,

Does "making good" include decorating, or just plastering ready for decoration?

This is in relation to existing (previously decorated) walls/ceilings etc that have been damaged or scuffed during the completion of a larger project.

My quote said that any such damage would be 'made good', but it appears i disagree with my builder on what that actually means!

Cheers

 

[Davie Jones]

Making good, ready for decoration..

 

[Newboy]

Unless it says words to the effect of 'make good any damage caused during ......' it would usually be taken to mean making good to a standard ready to accept final finish

 

[gasbanni]

Both replyees are correct, it means it will be ready for decoration.
You can't expect it to include decorating as it wouldnt usually be possible to match existing wallpaper and you couldn't expect to have the whole room redecorated.

 

[Newboy]

Both replyees

I think you mean repliers - replyees would be the recipient of the reply not the person making the reply.

 

[gasbanni]

Both replyees

I think you mean repliers - replyees would be the recipient of the reply not the person making the reply.

I think not ......I made the word up I decide what it means ........replyees means people that reply ......my word my definition.


Employee one who is employed
Replyee one who replies
Replyees more than one who replies. I should copyright the word !

 

[fender]

Both replyees

I think you mean repliers - replyees would be the recipient of the reply not the person making the reply.

I think not ......I made the word up I decide what it means ........replyees means people that reply ......my word my definition.

...
This forum is so amusing sometimes..

 

[gasbanni]

Both replyees

I think you mean repliers - replyees would be the recipient of the reply not the person making the reply.

I think not ......I made the word up I decide what it means ........replyees means people that reply ......my word my definition.

...
This forum is so amusing sometimes..

It's because there's so many clowns posting rubbish ! Self Included sometimes I just can't help myself.

 

[gasbanni]

REPLYEES.......COPYRIGHTED HERE TODAY BY MYSELF.

 

[Gerrydelasel]

I think you'll find replyees are those who receive a second delivery of plywood.

 

[misterhelpful]

You have to type the Copyright symbol or the word Copyright after it, to make it yours.

For example: Replyee © or Replyees Copyright.

Oops, sorry, they're both mine now!

 

[misterhelpful]

Back on topic, my own personal definition of 'making good' was to take the job to complete finished decoration, meaning any alteration work done by me would be fully decorated. That said, I'm a decorator, so it was in my interests to charge for the decoration work to be undertaken as well!

 

[^woody^]

In contract terms, "making good" is to put the item (and client) back into the condition (position) that should have existed before the remedial work was carried out.

If walls were decorated before the work, and were damaged as part of that work, then they need to be "made good" by redecorating after the work.(ie redecoration would not be needed had the other rectification work not been required in the first place)

Its a simple concept, that does not need loads of deliberation.

 

[foxhole]

I always took it to mean leaving the job in as good a condition as you found it.

 

[Davie Jones]

I always took it to mean leaving the job in as good a condition as you found it.

In which case I should be wise to empty the contents of my Henry onto the customers carpet on some jobs..