Terms & Conditions of Sale

1. Payment
(a)Items on this delivery note are chargeable at the price ruling at the date of despatch. Every effort will be made to notify the Purchaser of any changes in price between the date of order and the date of despatch.
(b)All prices exclude any applicable taxes and duties, for which the Purchaser will be liable.
(c)All approved credit accounts should be entitled to 2.5% cash discount for payment by the 20th of the month following date of invoice. Thereafter, all accounts become strictly Nett and overdue. The company reserve the right to suspend delivery or the performance or completion of any services whilst such default continues or if credit limits are exceeded.
(d)In addition to and without prejudice to any other right open to the company, this company reserves the right to charge interest on overdue accounts at the rate of 4% per month above the base rate of the Company’s bankers applicable at that time.
(e)The Purchaser shall not be entitled to offset any claim against invoices.
(f)Goods in the company’s possession are subject to a General Lien for debts due or accruing.
(g)The property in the goods shall not pass to the purchaser until they have been paid for in full by, or on behalf of, the Purchaser.
(h)lf notwithstanding that the property in the goods has not passed to the purchaser, the Purchaser shall sell the goods in such a manner as to pass to a third party a valid title to the goods, the Purchaser shall hold the proceeds of such sale on trust for the company.
(i)The Purchaser agrees that prior to the payment of the whole price of the goods the company may at any time enter the Purchaser’s premises and remove the goods therefrom.
(j)Where the company incurs costs in collecting overdue payments, (in particular the cost of using an outside agency) the full amount of these costs will be payable by the customer.
2. Passing of Risk
The goods shall be at the Purchaser’s risk from the time of delivery to him or to any carrier or agent acting on his behalf.
3. Notification of Claims
(a)Claims will not be accepted unless the Company receives written notification as follows:-

  1. In the case of damaged or defective goods – within seven days from the date of delivery.

  2. In the case of non-delivery of goods:- within fourteen days of the date of the delivery note.

(b)All floorcoverings should be inspected by the Purchaser prior to cutting and fitting. Claims for noticeable faults will not be accepted after the floorcovering has been cut and/or laid.
(c)All property lines are sold subject to the same conditions and specification (save insofar as they conflict with these conditions – (in which case these conditions shall prevail) as are imposed upon the Company by particular manufacturers and the acceptance of goods will be treated as an acceptance of such conditions and specifications (save as aforesaid).
Copies of manufacturers conditions and specifications are available for inspection during normal business hours.
(d)The Company’s liability shall in no circumstances exceed the price of the defective or missing material. The benefit of any guarantee or undertaking given to the company by the manufacturer or suppliers of goods will be passed on to the purchaser.
4. Suitability of goods
The Company does not guarantee or warrant or hold out the suitability of my goods for any purpose.
5. Delivery
Whilst every effort will be made to ensure prompt delivery the time of delivery quoted shall not be a term of the contract, and no liability for late delivery, including any claim for loss of production or other direct or indirect losses or expense, whether notified or known to the Company, will be accepted.
6. Cancellation of Orders
Cancellation cannot be accepted for the following:

  (a)   Special order materials;
  (b)   Materials already dispatched;
  (c)   Specially cut materials ready for dispatch.

The Company reserves the right to charge a restocking fee, equivalent to that charged to the company by the Manufacturer, or 15% of the price of the goods, whichever is the greater.
7. Returns
Lee Floorstok Ltd are under no obligation to accept a return of any goods unless defective (upon delivery) and notified in writing within 24 hours of delivery with dated photographic evidence.
Where products have been bought in error, returns will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
No returns will be accepted on items that have already been cut or laid, or for any perishable items including Screeds, DPMs, and Adhesives.
8. Health and Safety
The company will not accept any responsibility for any injury loss or damage arising from the use of goods supplied by the Company.
9. Acceptance of Conditions of Sale
The Purchaser upon accepting the goods shall be deemed to have accepted these conditions, and unless expressly agreed in writing by the company and addition to or modification of these conditions shall be deemed not to have been accepted by the Company.
10. Proper Law
These conditions shall in all respects be constructed and carried into effect in accordance with the laws of England.