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Office Telephone Number:
01442 737 916

Mobile Telephone Number:
0782 1039 523


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Registered as a limited company in England and Wales under company number: 08174547

Gas Safe No: 514249

VAT No: GB  141 006569

Public liability 5 million. 

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Customer Complaints Policy: Any work that is undertaken by Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd, any unhappy customer that is not satisfied with the service or workmanship will need to email or write into Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd. Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd will do the full investigation and get back to the customer within 28 working days.

Terms and Conditions (Subject To Change)
General terms and conditions for Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd
1. Please read the following clauses carefully as they tell you everything you need to know about the agreement you will enter into in respect of Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd. In all clauses, the company refers to Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd If you are uncertain as to your rights under them or you want any explanation about them, please write or telephone us at the address or telephone number given.

2. The company has quoted the cost of installing central heating and/or plumbing equipment that meets the requirements of your home or office. Once you have accepted this quotation in accordance with below, the company undertakes to carry out all the works necessary to complete the work described in your specification and this quotation subject to the conditions contained in this agreement.

3. Company charges –  Our minimum charge is £90 + VAT. We do not offer a free call out service. If an engineer attends a property on the request of a customer there is a minimum charge of £90 + VAT. As a company we do not offer free diagnostics and if an engineer attends a property and provides diagnostics and is at the property no longer than 1 hour there is a charge of £90 + VAT.  For example if a customer books in a boiler service or gas safety check and it cannot be completed due to parts or service works needed there will be a charge for the diagnostics. For a failed boiler service or incomplete boiler service there will be a charge of £90 + VAT. If further works are needed all charges are clearly laid on within our quotation whether this be verbal (over the telephone from the office), in an email or letter. In situations when a quotation has not and /or cannot be provided (ie: Immediate or Emergency works), then our normal charges apply and are as follows: £90 Plus vat per hour for normal call out, emergency call out is £150 plus vat. Additional charges will be applied for the supply of any parts and materials as needed and these will be clearly laid out on the invoice you receive.

4. Acceptance of Quotation can be made by electronic email to info@neptuneheatingandplumbing.co.uk or by letter to Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd. Upon receipt of this quotation, an invoice for 50% of the total price will be sent by us to you for immediate payment, if the works total over £200. The deposit must be paid on acceptance of any quotations or prior to commencement of works and the balance of the price shall be due and payable in full upon completion of the installation.

5. Payment is to be made by either Cash, BACS, cheque or on line banking to Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd

6. Missed appointment, if a appointment has been made by phone or email, you will be charged a missed appointment fee of £90.00 plus vat. If the appointment is a free annual boiler service that was agreed when purchasing the boiler install, if the free boiler service is missed, it will cancel out the free boiler service and the boiler service will then be chargeable if a new appointment is made. With Free boiler service we will provide a selection of dates within business hours, if a different date or time needs to be arrange to suit the customer out of hours this will be chargeable

WARRANTIES:
7. The company shall provide a free guarantee for the period of 12 months. This applies to workmanship only and not to parts (which typically come with a one year manufacturer’s warranty except from boilers, the warranty length for which will be made clear in the quotation stage). However, the above warranty is subject to the following conditions:

Neptune will not take any responsibility for the manufacturers product e.g shower pumps, showers, toilet parts, valves and any parts. It is the customers responsibility to register any warranty with the manufacturer and follow the manufacturers terms & conditions.

7.1. The fault is not due to your existing radiators and/or pipework, valves, pumps or boiler.

7.2. The work carried out has not been properly kept, used, serviced and maintained in strict accordance with the manufacturers or the companies instructions and has not been modified accept with the companies consent.

7.3. The fault is not due to accidental or damage, fair wear and tear, interference with or maintenance work by a third party.

7.4. The customer makes no further use of works after the defect had been or ought to have been discovered.

7.5. All free guarantee work will be carried out during normal working hours. Unless agreed By Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd

7.6. Nothing in these conditions will reduce your statutory rights relating to faulty or mis-described goods.

7.7. Where attendance of the companies engineer is needed for any purpose other than a scheduled maintenance visit or for the company to meet its guarantees as per above clause, a charge for such attendance will be made. This will need to be paid on the day of the engineers visit. If on attendance to your premises by the companies engineer it is established that the fault on the system is covered by your free guarantee and does not concern your existing system, any monies paid by you will be refunded.

7.8 With regards to boilers it is the customers responsibility to read the manufacturers terms & conditions to warrant the warranty of the boiler.  In most cases a new boiler should be serviced every year by a Gas Safe registered engineer to keep a valid warranty with the manufacturer.  It is the customers responsibility to book and arrange the boiler service Neptune takes no responsibility to book or remind.

8. If you require a particular date for the works to be carried out, the company will do all that it reasonably can to meet the dates given for the installation. The company also understands that there might be instances when a date for installation cannot be met by you, and as a result no party shall be liable for costs or able to cancel this agreement. In case of unforeseen circumstances, beyond reasonable control of the company or you, the company will contact you and agree an alternative date. When agreement has been made, either verbal or by email to order parts and from third party suppliers and due to cancellation by customer, if costs are incurred to Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd the charges will be passed to the customer, as suppliers in some cases will charge a re socking charge. As the customer gave permission to go ahead this would be no fault on Neptune. As a company we will have trade discounts with certain suppliers, under no circumstances may a customer use our trade account without authorization from a Company director as to use our discount terms with false information, or make Neptune liable for costs, will lead to legal action and in some cases be a cause for the police to be informed.

9. The company will carry out the whole of the work specified in this quotation at the price quoted during normal hours, which are between 8am and 5.30pm Monday to Friday. Any variations or additions requested by you will be subject to an additional charge and if the company is delayed or prevented from installing by the agreed date due to delay or default on your part, the company may on written notice to you add to the charges at a reasonable sum in respect of any additional costs incurred.

10. You shall at your own expense obtain all necessary consents for the installation of the works, including (without installation) building regulations and planning consents, consents from neighbours and mortgages.

11. If you are a tenant, you may need your landlord’s permission for an installation to be carried out. The company will assume such permission has been granted and shall have no liability for any loss or damage arising from failure to obtain such permission.

12. You will provide reasonable access to enable installations to be completed. You will also be required to provide the necessary service utilities for installation at no charge.

13. Your order as accepted subject to the condition that there must be an adequate gas supply to the dwelling prior to the commencement of the work. Without prejudice to the company’s rights where such supply is not laid to enable work to commence, the company may cancel the contract and shall not have any liability for any costs, loss or damage arising from such cancellation. In certain circumstances the size of the existing gas rate cannot always be determined. If a new gas line is required, this will be charged at our standard hourly rates as set out and will be in addition to the quoted price.

14. The prices specified in this agreement do not include the price of removing any dangerous waste materials such as asbestos found when carrying out the installation. If during the execution of the works, asbestos is encountered, the company reserves the right to withdraw its installation staff immediately until the site is made safe. The cost of removing asbestos is not included within the price.

15. Where the company needs to connect new equipment to your existing plumbing or heating system, it will not accept liability for the cost of repairing or replacing parts of your existing system, which subsequently develops faults. In certain situations the company may charge for visits made to your home by the company’s engineer if your system is faulty or has developed a fault after the installation has been conducted. The company will not accept liability where you central heating system does not function properly because your water supply becomes inadequate or the water pressure becomes invariable.

16. Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd accepts no responsibility for any existing installations that are present. This relates in particular but not only to any pipework, radiators and radiator valves, heating valves, pumps, shower pumps, electrical controls and/or bathroom / WC services that might be affected as a result of an a conversion from a tank fed system to a sealed system or from power flushing of pipework and radiators. This change to a higher pressure rated system and power flushing can cause leaks in components that Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd will not be liable for. Any cost of repairs for which Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd are not liable for will be charged in accordance with our standard company charges. If your system is excessively full of magnetite and sludge, a further power flush might be required at some point later (eg. 3 years). Further power flushes will be chargeable at our standard power flush rates as shown our website. Furthermore, if the buyer has requested that an existing appliance be re-installed or moved (eg. boiler), Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd accepts no liability for any internal leaks or malfunctions of this boiler, as a direct result of this installation.

17. The warranty for a boiler and or cylinder will be covered by the manufacturers as agreed in the quotation. The warranty only applies to the boiler. It does not apply to any existing parts of the system. All other works carried out by Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd (parts and labour) are guaranteed for 12 month. However, any existing components or pipework not changed are not included within this guarantee. Furthermore, all boilers need to be serviced annually to remain under warranty.
If the warranty becomes void due to the appliance not being serviced, then Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd accepts no responsibility for this. We will contact our clients to remind them to have it serviced, but the responsibility of having it done lies with the customer.

18. The company accepts no liability for the removal of any carpets, linoleum and special types of flooring, eg. tongue and grooved, parquet, hard wood or tiled floors in order to carry out the installation, accept in circumstances where the company has been negligent.

19. The company will take all reasonable care to carry out the installation. However, you accept that the installation including removing or destroying existing fixtures or fittings may cause damage to your decorations and fittings in your home. This provision does not exclude the company’s responsibility for damage, which is beyond which is reasonably commensurate with the installation. It is anticipated that certain areas in your home, office may need redecoration following completion of the central heating and other works. This will be your responsibility and is not included in the price.

20. All Neptune heating and Plumbing Ltd Employees and agents are insured against loss or injury through their negligence.

21. The company shall not have any liability for any failure to perform its obligations under any quotation if it is prevented from doing so by any cause reasonably beyond its control; including without limitation; adverse weather conditions, fire, accident or war, a failure or delay attributable to any electricity, water or gas network, the act or omission of any party for whom the company is not responsible.

22. The company will not be liable under this agreement for any loss or damage caused by the company or its employees or agents in circumstances where;

22.1. There is no breach or illegal duty of care owed to you by the company or by any of the company’s employees or agents.

22.2. Such loss of damage is not a reasonably foreseeable result of any such breach.

22.3. Any increase in loss or damage resulting from breach by you of any term of this contract.

23. The company does not exclude any liability for loss of or damage to property directly resulting from the company’s breach of the agreement, but the company’s liability for such loss or damage shall be limited to those losses which are of a foreseeable consequence of the breach in respect of any one incident or series of incidents whether related or unrelated in any period of twenty-four months.

24. To complete your installation/works the company will use its authorised employees or agents. All contractors are approved by the company are qualified and Gas Safe registered and chosen carefully to carry out high standards or workmanship.

24.1. Title in the goods will not pass to the Buyer but shall be retained pending payment in full of the price. Until such time as title passes to the Buyer, the Seller shall have an absolute authority to re-take, sell or otherwise deal with or dispose of all or any part of the goods in which title remains vested in them.

24.2. For the purposes specified above, the Seller or any of their agents or authorised representatives shall be entitled at any reasonable time during normal working hours to enter without notice onto any premises where the goods or any part of the goods are installed, stored or kept or are reasonably believed to be.

24.3. The Seller shall also be entitled to seek an injunction to prevent the Buyer from selling, transferring or otherwise disposing of the goods.

25. For all projects where stage payment terms apply, payment MUST be paid within 7 days of each stage completion. Failure to do so will instigate legal proceedings, and further charges will occur.

26. In the event of any alleged minor defects the customer shall not be entitled to withhold more than 5% or £200 (whichever is greater) of the balance due.

27. Once the company has corrected the minor defect as outlined in clause 20, the withheld amount, 5% or £200 must be paid in full.

28. Where payments are not made up on the due date as per above clauses, the company will charge daily interest on late payments at a rate of 8% . If you paid the deposit of final balance by cheque and it is declined, stopped or returned by the bank for any reason, the company will charge you administration costs (letters and telephone calls made to you and any other charges incurred).

29. You will be given a invoice once installation is complete. Failure to make payment within specific time periods as outlined within the quotation and/or the Terms and Conditions will instigate legal proceedings to commence.


30. After delivery of any goods from the company, you will be responsible for their safe keeping and you should make sure that you are adequately insured against loss or damage which may occur to those goods.

31. This agreement is private to you and not transferable to without written authority from Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd

32. There will be no compensation given to customers, if anything is damaged by Neptune Heating and Plumbing LTD. 

Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd, would replace the item/ items like for like if anything if proven Neptune caused damage due to poor workmanship. 

The work would be carried out by Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd or a selected contractor by Neptune Heating and Plumbing Ltd. 

No payments would be made to the customer.

33. The terms that are stated do not affect you statuary rights. 
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