Contracts
Read it before the job starts
The clauses that sink a job are rarely the price. They are pay terms, change-order rules, lien waivers signed too early and indemnity that makes you the insurer. We find them while you can still ask for changes.
We read contracts for general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and owners. You get a marked-up copy, the three or four changes worth asking for and a forty-five-minute call to talk them through.
What we read
Subcontracts and master agreements
Change orders and extra work
Lien waivers and releases
Indemnity and insurance clauses
Payment and retainage terms
Owner and contractor agreements
What we look for
Three questions every contract has to answer
If the paper cannot answer them in plain words, we mark it.
Who pays, and when?
Due dates, pay-when-paid language, retainage and what lets the other side hold back money.
What counts as extra?
How changes are priced and approved, and what happens to work done before sign-off.
What are you giving up?
Lien waivers, indemnity, notice windows and the venue for a dispute.
What it costs
One contract, one flat fee
Contract review
One contract, read from first page to last.
- Marked-up copy of the contract
- Forty-five minutes by video
- List of changes worth asking for
- Term:
- Flat fee, confirmed by email before any work begins
Fees are flat for the work listed. Court, filing, recording and service charges are separate, paid at cost and itemized. A written quote comes before any work.
Questions
Contracts, answered
Will you negotiate for me?
The review includes the marked-up copy and a call about which changes to ask for. Negotiating with the other side is quoted apart, usually as a short flat fee.
Can you write my own subcontract?
Yes. Subcontract drafting is on the fee sheet. We start from how you actually run a job and write it to match.
The other side wants it signed today.
Send it anyway. We will tell you which one or two clauses matter most, and you can decide what to do about the clock.
Before you sign, send it over.
One contract, one flat fee, and a call to go through it.