The choice of decoration company is particularly important. If you choose a reliable company, then you will be more worry-free. You don’t have to worry about exceeding the budget, and you don’t have to supervise the work every day. You can always get good quality for less money. Quality of decoration. If you choose an unreliable decoration company, you must always be vigilant to prevent falling into the trap of the decoration company and causing you to lose unnecessary money. So, how do we identify the various traps of decoration companies during decoration? The editor has prepared a few tips for you based on common traps in decoration to help you spot them.

Trap 1: Omission of certain main materials for hard decoration

Some main materials were deliberately omitted from the decoration quotation. The owner was attracted by this overall reasonably priced quotation and felt happy. Sign the contract, but in the subsequent decoration process, the owner will continue to pay out money for the decoration company's malicious forgetfulness.

Dispose of tricks at first sight: first be a villain, then be a gentleman. According to the design drawings, it is required to clearly indicate the main materials in the decoration contract or agreement, and indicate whether the purchaser is the decoration company or the owner himself. The main materials that are usually easily missed are materials used in corners such as background walls and suspended ceilings.

Trap 2: Secretly changing the unit of measurement for materials

Owners rarely pay attention to the units on the quotation, and do not understand that different units mean that the quotation figures deviate greatly. For example, custom-making a shoe cabinet may seem reasonable, but in fact, the size of the shoe cabinet is not specified, leaving plenty of opportunities for subsequent decorators to take advantage of the loopholes.

Take it as you go: In many projects, it is still recommended to calculate according to the actual area, such as wardrobes, shoe cabinets, etc., and try to use "items" as the unit as little as possible to avoid errors during the decoration process.

Trap 3: Obscuring the quality, grade, and specifications of the selected main materials

Blurring the quality, grade, and specifications of the selected main materials is a common trick used by non-standard decoration companies. It indicated the need for certain materials and the quantity of materials required, but it did not explain what quality, brand, and specifications of materials should be selected, as well as the regulations on formaldehyde and benzene content. The decoration company's quotation was very careless. For example: cabinets and cabinet frames are made of large core boards, solid wood edges, cement, surface paint, gypsum board covers, etc. Later I realized that they were all traps! During the acceptance inspection, I found out that none of them were environmentally friendly: the wires were of unknown brand, the pipes used to run the wires were so-called PVC pipes that would flatten when stepped on, the putty was 821 putty, and the gypsum board could be damaged by pinching it. The most annoying thing is that the cement was originally made of Diamond 325, but it turned out to be Silver Shield, which I had never heard of. When I asked the foreman to change it, he still insisted that the silver shield was 3 yuan/bag more expensive than diamonds, and that diamonds could not be purchased. Moreover, real diamonds cost 40 yuan/bag, and diamonds priced at 15 yuan/bag are definitely fake, let alone how inferior they are.

Buy at first glance: The decoration company is required to clearly mark the quality, grade, specifications and models of the materials used on the budget table for future reference during installation and use. Be sure to verify the materials, specifications and grades in person, and put them on paper as an attachment to the contract, so as not to regret it too late. When filing a lawsuit or making a defense, you can’t explain clearly without evidence and let the decoration company provide it at will. Substandard and non-environmentally friendly materials. In addition, when the materials come into the site, it is best to be there in person, bring the contract and quotation, and ask knowledgeable people to check and accept them. Once you encounter a quality problem, you must adhere to the principle. If it doesn't work, it won't work.

Trap 4: Steps/Methods: Advanced materials, inferior materials continue to be introduced

Are you relieved when the materials enter the market? Absolutely not! Because a lot of materials come into the market one after another, it is inevitable that some unscrupulous foremen will appear. They will first use some good materials for the owners to check and accept in order to deceive them, and then use inferior materials when the owners are not around. Some even do not tell the owners to decorate at all. Process, first let inferior materials be used in concealment projects.

Take advantage of the situation: It is good to have a knowledgeable person appear on the construction site from time to time to prevent the decoration foreman from figuring out your time schedule.

In addition, say hello to the gatekeepers and security guards of the community and ask them to note that if there is a batch of materials coming out, they must sign to explain or call you to ask if they will release it?

Trap 5: Increase carpentry work in the later stage

During the decoration process, the decoration company will tell you to make wooden cabinets, partitions, etc., which involves a lot of carpentry work. Cabinets, ceilings, doors, etc. Because for them, plumbers, electricians, and carpentry work are the bulk of their money, so it would be strange if he didn't persuade you.

Take advantage of the opportunity: The owner must make a decision based on the actual situation, and never be too soft-spoken. For furniture work, unless the owner has an irregular apartment and asks a decoration company or foreman to do it, try to buy it at a furniture factory if possible. First, the furniture factory has gone through a variety of processes and will not deform easily; second, the carpentry work is done by the owner. Doing it at home takes up space, is messy, has a strong paint smell, and makes the furniture easy to deform; third, the materials are not much better.

Trap 6: Lowering the price of a certain item

For example, an owner knows the current unit price of floors and ceramic tiles, but he does not necessarily understand the labor costs of floor installation and tiling. So he cut the price of floors and ceramic tiles, but suffered a loss in labor costs.

Buy at first glance: When looking at the decoration quotation, don’t just focus on the individual price of a certain project, but look at the costs of labor, loss, machinery, etc. as well as other projects. If you find If one price is low, then you have to review the prices of other items.

Trap 7: The construction process is ambiguous

Looking at the numbers without reading the text description is a common mistake that most owners make when viewing quotations. They always feel that a wrong number will cause losses. , and the text description cannot be manipulated, and this is not the case. Many construction projects can cause trouble if just one missed step is missed.