There is a warranty, and it has a length

What to look at

• A defect liability period with a number of months
• A structural warranty, separately stated
• What starts the clock - handover, not the last payment
• What the warranty excludes

How to check it yourself

Look for two separate things: a defect liability period covering workmanship, and a structural warranty covering the frame. Each needs a length in months or years and a start date tied to handover. "Quality assured" is not a warranty. A guarantee offered in the same document that also pushes curing onto you is worth asking about.

Where this comes from: Consumer Protection Act 2019 for deficiency in service (context) (established trade practice)

More construction agreement checks before you sign

• Agreement check passed
• Contractor background verified
• Site handover checklist agreed
• Worker-welfare rules applicability checked
• GST treatment understood before signing
• The payment schedule keeps money back until the end
• The agreement does not contradict itself
• GST is stated, and you know who pays it
• You know who you are contracting with
• Price escalation has a limit you can calculate
• Foundation extras cannot be open-ended
• Curing is the contractor's job, in writing
• The arbitrator is not chosen by the contractor alone
• Worker safety stays with the contractor
• Signing for a stage does not sign away everything after it
• There is a way to settle a dispute short of court
• Cancellation terms are not written by one side
• Nobody else builds your house without you knowing
• No blank spaces, no missing dates
• Money goes to the company, not to a person
• You can ask where the money went
• Delay has a consequence for both sides
• The quotation is attached to the agreement
• Force majeure is not a blanket excuse

The whole stage: Construction agreement checks before you sign