A new home.What does the renovation price cover?

Please list the survey, plans, elevations, construction drawings, material schedule, visualisations, revision allowance and management or supervision services. Which are included, and how are the others charged?

Use a service schedule with deliverables, versions and fees. A visualisation shows appearance; it does not by itself specify dimensions or materials.

Please compare the handover inventory and existing conditions with the proposed work. List retained, replaced, relocated and new items by room, including whether making good is included.

Link locations on the layout to quote items. Keep outstanding handover matters separate; do not presume they belong to the renovation contractor.

Please cross-check cabinet dimensions, ceiling heights, door counts, light fittings and socket positions. Identify the drawing and quote versions, list any differences and confirm which version is to be used.

Keep dated or numbered drawings and quotes. A verbal explanation or an unlabelled image does not identify the agreed revision.

Please give the material brand, model, dimensions or grade, plus quantities, units, measurement basis and pricing method. How will substitutions, quantity changes or changes to a lump-sum scope be agreed and priced?

Cross-reference item numbers in the material schedule and quote. A lump sum can have a scope attachment; it need not price every consumable separately.

For sockets, circuits, switches, network points, AC power and drainage, and lighting, who handles wiring, openings, connections, installation, testing and making good?

Name responsibilities on the point layout or work schedule. Appropriate professionals still need to confirm dimensions, capacity and methods.

Please show cabinet dimensions, internal divisions, drawers, shelves, doors and hardware. Identify boards, hinges, runners and handles, with their specifications and corresponding prices.

Use the same cabinet reference on drawings, specifications and quote items. “Wardrobe: lump sum” alone does not identify its interior or hardware.

Please confirm protection for lifts, corridors, floors and existing fixtures, plus handling, waste removal and final cleaning. For separate charges, please state the scope and pricing basis.

Record charges in the breakdown or notes and check them against building access documents. Requirements and fees are not the same in every building.

Please list owner-supplied items and work requiring another installer. Confirm dimensions, supply dates, delivery, handling, installation, testing, damage handling, warranty contacts and each charge.

Keep an owner-supply and exclusion list with delivery dates and responsibilities. Put promised extras or upgrades into the documents too.

Who may request and approve a change? Please explain how the price, additions or deductions and time impact are recorded and agreed before work, including the calculation for cancelled items.

Keep each change’s scope, amount, timing and confirmation. This inquiry does not approve work or accept an extra charge.

Please list each payment amount or percentage, its trigger and the drawings, materials or completed work I can check. How are payments handled when a deliverable is unfinished or needs correction?

Pair the payment schedule with deliverables, not just “payment according to progress”. This guide does not prescribe a universal payment split.

Please set out start and completion arrangements, prerequisites and owner-supplied delivery dates. How are changes, delays and extensions notified, confirmed and handled?

Use one schedule showing handovers between parties. A hoped-for move-in date is not the same as an agreed completion condition.

Please list completion checks, functional testing, cleaning, handover documents, correction work and final-payment conditions. Confirm warranty scope, start dates and who to contact.

Keep the completion/correction list and warranty documents. Distinguish owner-supplied products, existing fixtures and newly commissioned work.