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Five cases describe the jerry-built things done by decoration companies.

Decoration is difficult, but heaven is difficult. Decoration should not only deal with all kinds of decoration knowledge such as tiling and painting, but also "fight with wits" with decoration companies and construction workers. Only those who have been decorated can appreciate the hardships. Today, Bian Xiao will collect the "non-authentic" things that the decoration company has done and teach you how to do it.

First, advertising flicker.

Case: In July this year, Mr. Zhang bought a house of 120 square meters. In order to move in as soon as possible, Mr. Zhang began to decorate at the end of July. When visiting the building materials market, Mr. Zhang was attracted by the slogan of a decoration company "29900, 100 square meter fine decoration delivered to the door". Mr. Zhang found this decoration company and learned about the situation. The company staff said that it only needed 40,000 yuan at most, but Mr. Zhang spent more than 80,000 yuan at the time of settlement.

Secret: In fact, this is a common practice of many home improvement companies. They used advertisements such as "XX Celebration, Home Improvement Province 12999 Yuan", "Free Materials" and "Free Design and Decoration Scheme" to attract consumers' attention. Once the customer pays the deposit, the budget price set by the home improvement company will be higher than the original promise, and explain the reasons for various reasons to make the customer pay more.

Reminder: Consumers should not trust advertisements. When choosing a home improvement company, they should pay attention to whether they have a business license and qualification certificate. At the same time, we must seriously sign a renovation contract with the home improvement company, and define the time limit for a project and the quality and price of each process.

Second, split the offer

Case: In the decoration, some owners can't accept the "one-price", but they don't know that the "too detailed" quotation is not a good thing. Mr. Wu, who lives in Sunshine Garden, once reflected the quotation of home improvement company to Consumers Association. He said that the items on the quotation of the home improvement company have been subdivided to the point where they can't be subdivided. At first, I thought it was well written, detailed and clear, but it wasn't.

Secret: It turns out that some home improvement companies generally split the project into "multiple quotations" in order to make money. For example, painting, workers can paint all the walls, wardrobes and lockers in home improvement at one time, but home improvement companies often calculate the price by splitting the project, which increases the project cost. There are also many "tricky" wall projects. In order to raise the total price, the home improvement company breaks down a wall project into several small items, such as peeling, interface agent, putty scraping, primer and topcoat. Every item is quoted, and the order is disrupted, which makes you see things in a blur. Such a decoration quotation seems to be very detailed, but it is actually a "confused account".

Reminder: consumers should inquire about the quotations of different home improvement companies before decoration. Please carefully review whether there is any "multi-head quotation" in the quotation of the home improvement company, and whether the price and dosage of each item are reasonable. In addition, if the quotation of the decoration company is obviously lower than the market price or even the decoration cost, this is not normal. At the same time, the owner should also change the wrong idea that it is normal for the decoration to exceed the standard, and can indicate in the contract that the error between final accounts and budget should not be greater than 5% or 10%.

Third, secretly take kickbacks.

Case: "kickbacks" are almost everywhere in the decoration industry, and most of them are exposed at 10%. Some decoration workers or home improvement companies, under the guise of strict quality control for consumers, recommend owners to buy designated brand materials at designated places or personally lead them to the building materials dealers to buy materials. Sometimes decoration workers often bargain with dealers in order to get the owners into the set, but even so, the prices of materials sold by dealers to owners are far higher than the market price. Afterwards, the decorator can get a rebate from the dealer. In addition, for the materials bought by the owners themselves, the decoration staff will also say that the quality of this material is not good and there is pollution. Encourage the owner to return the goods, and then recommend the designated brand to the owner.

Reminder: In order to avoid being fooled, consumers should know the price of relevant materials in advance before decoration and shop around. If a home improvement company is entrusted, the brand, grade, origin and specifications of the materials should also be indicated in the contract. After the materials enter the site, please ask professionals for acceptance.

Fourth, deceive the superior and deceive the inferior.

Case: Last June, 5438+ 10, the consumer Mr. Sun complained that a 4-meter-long water pipe was originally designed and installed during home improvement, but the construction personnel persuaded Mr. Sun to turn the water pipe around for "professional reasons" and the total length became 6 meters. There are countless similar changes in the whole project, and it is only when the settlement is made that the cash is wasted. What's even more outrageous is that some consumers complain that his house is decorated with more than 200 meters of wires, which can completely go around the house three times.

Secret: At present, some home improvement companies falsely report the measured area by reporting the number of meters, square meters or repeated pricing, so as to achieve the purpose of charging more. For example, when calculating the area of latex paint, the area of doors and windows is not deducted; Some deliberately complicated the design and added many unnecessary decoration projects.

Reminder: After consumers get the design drawings provided by the home improvement company, they should first look at whether the design meets their actual needs and find out the shortcomings in the design scheme. In addition, for renovation projects that you don't understand, you should ask people in the industry more. When decorating, don't trust the change suggestions put forward by the construction personnel. When each link is completed and accepted, it is best to check the actual engineering quantity together with the construction personnel, such as the number of meters of water pipes and wires, the area of furniture, the area of latex paint and so on. , and pay attention to subtract the area occupied by doors and windows.

Five, cut corners

Case: In February this year, a citizen complained that he had just installed the house in July last year. After half a year, there were many problems in many parts of the house, such as peeling on the wall, loose tiles and color difference on the wall. Looking for a professional to check, it is said that the decoration operation is unqualified and the process is reduced.

Secret: In fact, the problem of cutting corners has always been a headache in the process of home improvement. The most easy links to cut corners are: 1. Line installation. In order to save trouble, some workers put several wires in the same PVC pipe, which is very troublesome to replace in the future, and it is easy to leave security risks. The second is waterproof engineering. The waterproof layer of the bathroom wall should be at the top to fully prevent water vapor and fog from infiltrating into the wall, while some construction workers only achieve the height of 1-2 meters; The waterproof layer on the ground is brushed at least three times, and some construction workers only brush it once, which easily leads to problems such as moldy wall and water leakage. The third is to lay tiles. Cement and binder used for laying ceramic tiles are also exquisite, and the ratio is unreasonable. If they are not cleaned and soaked in soaking water, and the evenly laid cement mortar is not evenly laid, problems such as empty drum, uneven flat-fell seam, looseness and falling off of ceramic tiles will easily occur. The fourth is to paint the walls. Some construction workers are often perfunctory in order to make more money and catch up with the construction period. In some places, it is obvious that paint needs to be painted three times, but the construction workers can only paint it twice when the owner is away.

Reminder: When consumers are decorating, it is best to personally supervise or find family, relatives and friends to help supervise. At the same time, on-site inspection is carried out for each project. For example, after the line installation is completed, it is necessary to actually power on and check whether there is abnormal heat; Check the waterproof project, be sure to block the drain, store water for 48-72 hours, and check whether there is any leakage point; Check whether the joints of tiles are uneven, whether the wall paint is evenly painted, and so on.