The Residential Construction Contract — the Elements Every Document Must Contain
Building or renovating a home takes the form of a works contract, and its foundation is Article 629: under a works contract the contractor undertakes to perform the work provided by the contract, while the client is obliged to pay the contractor the agreed remuneration. Where the work involves making a thing and the contractor makes it from materials he has purchased, he transfers to the client ownership of the thing made; where a generic thing is made, the rules of sale apply. One further practical detail: drawing up a cost estimate connected with the work is not reimbursed unless otherwise provided by agreement — planning and accounting are therefore a separate matter that must be fixed in the contract itself.