---
title: "Construction Dispute Resolution"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/real-estate-law-en/construction-dispute-resolution-en"
field: "Real Estate Law"
description: "Construction dispute resolution in Georgia: termination or price reduction, limitation periods of one, five, three and six years. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-11"
updated: "2026-10-15"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Construction Dispute Resolution

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## Construction Dispute Resolution: Choosing the Remedy

Resolving a construction dispute begins not at the courthouse door but with the question of which legal remedy the customer should choose: termination of the contract, a demand of supplementary performance, or a reduction of the remuneration. The rules of the contract for work in the Civil Code place this choice in a clear frame and set their own conditions and periods for each path. The right choice depends on the character of the flaw, the possibility of curing it, and whether the work retains value for the customer.

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### When may I terminate the contract because of a flaw?

Because of a defect of the product the customer may refuse the contract under Article 405 of the Code, and in that case the contractor must reimburse the expenses connected with the contract.

### How does the reduction of the remuneration work?

The customer who neither receives supplementary performance after the determined period nor refuses the contract may reduce the remuneration by the amount by which the defect reduces the value of the product.

### What periods apply to defect claims?

A defect claim may be brought within one year, and one concerning a structure within five years from acceptance. With acceptance in parts the period begins from complete acceptance. Under the general regime, contractual claims carry three years and claims connected with immovables six years.

### What does the customer demand under a contract for work?

The contractor undertakes to perform the envisaged work and the customer must pay the agreed remuneration. Ownership of a thing produced from the contractor's material passes to the customer.