01Acceptance of Terms
By accessing the website www.guzmanbuilder.mom, by viewing any of its pages, by submitting the contact form, by calling the numbers shown or by writing to any of the addresses provided, you agree to be bound by these terms of service and by the privacy policy that sits beside them. If you do not accept these terms, please stop using the site and simply call the build office if you still want help at +16674851729.
GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC may revise these terms from time to time to match changes in the law or the way the business works. We post the newest version on this page with a fresh effective date at the top. Continued use of the site after a revision is posted counts as your acceptance of the update, so we encourage you to review the page on each return visit, especially before you request a bid on a significant build.
02Eligibility to Use the Site
This website is available to any adult who can lawfully enter into a binding agreement and who lives in a location where the services we offer may lawfully be provided. By using the site you confirm that you are at least eighteen years of age and that you have full legal capacity to agree to these terms. If you are acting on behalf of a company, an association or a property owner, you represent that you hold the authority to bind that party to this agreement.
The information you share through the site must be accurate, current and given in good faith. If you send us a false address, a fake email or a description of a building you cannot lawfully alter, you risk a bid that misses the mark or a job that cannot start. We rely on your honesty the way a framer relies on a level, and where the law requires a landowner or utility consent before work begins, securing that consent is part of the approved scope.
03About Our Services
GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC is a building and general contracting company providing residential and light commercial construction along the Wasatch Front of Utah. Our core services include home additions and bump-outs, kitchen and bath remodels, concrete flatwork and foundations, framing and structural carpentry, roofing and exterior envelope work, and management of permits and inspections for our own projects.
The descriptions of these services on our website tell you what our crews do in a normal season, but they are a general introduction rather than a binding promise about any particular outcome. Every site is different, every existing home has its own history, and only a written contract that names the scope, the price and the drawings binds the Company to build something specific. Costs, timing and techniques can vary with your property, the weather and the condition of what we find behind the walls.
04Bids and Estimates
A website inquiry, an email price guide or a verbal ballpark figure is not a firm offer to build. Before we give you real numbers, a foreman walks the property, measures what matters, reviews the existing conditions and settles a scope with you face to face. Only after that walk do we issue a written bid that describes the work, the materials and the price in English.
A written bid is an invitation to enter into a contract, not a commitment that cannot change. Numbers are based on the conditions we can see on the day of the walk, market prices for materials at the time of issue and the scope we described in writing. If your site turns out to be different from what we agreed, if you change the design, or if material prices shift sharply before the work is priced, we will put a revised number in writing before any work begins. Never rely on a mental figure; make sure every important number is written down and agreed before we mobilize a crew.
05Project Contracts
Construction begins only when both parties sign a written agreement. That agreement names GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC as the contractor, describes the work in clear English, fixes the price and the schedule, and documents the drawings and allowances you approved. The signed agreement is the single source of truth for the build; anything a sales piece or a chat said that the written contract does not include is not part of the job.
Before you sign, read the full document and ask about any clause you do not understand. The agreement will address payment schedules, change order procedure, warranty scope, insurance, what happens if work stops, and how disputes are resolved. It may include arbitration language that changes how you can resolve a problem in court, so review it with care or with your attorney if the job is large. We sign the same document, we keep a copy, and both sides walk away holding identical obligations.
06Permits, Codes and Approvals
Building work along the Wasatch Front is governed by local and state building codes and by municipal permits. Where the signed contract says the Company will manage the permit, GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC prepares the drawings and applications, submits them to the authority, tracks the work through staged inspections and secures the final certificate or sign off. Cost of the permit itself is usually listed in the contract scope.
You agree that all work will follow the approved drawings and the applicable building codes. Local setback rules, height limits, easements, homeowner association rules and fire codes can bind what can be built even before we break ground. We will flag the ones we find during due diligence, but you remain responsible for making sure any association consent or neighbor agreement that sits outside the municipal permit is handled on your side. Unpermitted or out of code work can threaten resale value, insurance and safety, so we always recommend building by the book.
07Schedule and Building Season
Utah weather sets a natural rhythm for construction, so the Company quotes seasons rather than optimistic calendar dates. Concrete pours best in warmth, roofs close best in dry spells, and interior finish can extend through winter. Our contracts state an estimated season and a sequence of phases rather than an exact finish day, and we hold our crews to that plan with discipline.
You agree that the schedule may move for reasons no builder controls: a hard rain, an early frost, a material shortage, a permit delay, a hidden condition or an inspector far behind. We promise to keep you informed of the real calendar, to protect the work already done, and to push the schedule as fast as quality and the weather allow. Where delay costs you real money beyond our control, we will talk about it openly rather than hiding it, and neither side is blamed for weather.
08Payments and Change Orders
Prices are paid according to the schedule written into the signed contract, commonly a deposit at signature with progress draws tied to completed phases of the work. Each invoiced amount corresponds to work that is genuinely finished and measurable, such as foundations set, framing stood or the shell fully closed. We go over the drawer before any large draw is requested so you always know what you are paying for.
When a scope changes, the change goes through a written change order that describes the new work and its price before we alter the plan. You have the right to decline any extra not already in the contract, and we will never begin unbudgeted work without a written yes on a priced change order. The exception covers emergencies that protect the structure or the site, which we will bill and document meet standards of reasonable care. Pay attention to progress payments: a fair contract ties them to real milestones, and a builder who disappears after collecting keeps no honest repeat client.
09Warranty and Workmanship
GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC stands behind its workmanship with a written warranty described in your contract. The warranty covers defects in the Company labor and materials that would show up in normal use, generally beginning at substantial completion and running for the period the agreement states, often in line with industry practice and extended where the manufacturer warranty on our materials remains in force.
The warranty does not cover damage caused by you or by someone working after we finish, normal wear, neglect, misuse, water intrusion through openings you create, or repairs attempted by an unlicensed hand after completion that disturb our work. To make a claim, contact the build office with a description and a few clear photographs, and a foreman will inspect the item at a scheduled time. We will repair covered defects at our cost, using reasonable care, and we alone decide the most practical way to return the work to the standard promised in the contract.
10Contractors Working Together
On some projects other licensed trades and contractors, such as electricians, plumbers, HVAC companies, engineers and specialty installers, contribute work alongside or under our general contract. When the signed contract places us in charge of an integrated build, we coordinate those trades through the schedule, but each licensed trade remains responsible for the professional standard of its own trade and for the permits and warranties that belong to that specialty.
Nothing in these terms makes GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC the employer of an independent trade, hands over to us work outside our license, or turns our coordination into a guarantee of every bolt another company sets. We select the trades we trust, we sequence them cleanly and we inspect behind each one, but if a specialty trade signs its own contract with you directly, your relationship with that company is governed by the terms you sign with them. Where a warranty dispute touches workmanship we installed, our responsibility covers our portion and we will work with the other party in good faith to put things right.
11Acceptable Conduct Online
We keep this site as a civil, honest place for homeowners to meet a builder. In exchange for using it you agree not to submit anything false, unlawful, harmful, threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene or infringing. You agree not to impersonate another person, not to send junk mail or automated messages, and not to try to break into, overload or interfere with how the site works.
You also agree not to collect information about other visitors without their consent, not to use the site to price a job you never intend to start, and not to upload files that carry a virus or that harm another user. Where a form asks a plain question, answer it plainly. The Company may remove any communications that break these rules and may report unlawful conduct to the proper authorities. We would rather close a path than watch good housing content get dragged into a slot machine of abuse.
12Website Content and Quotations
The articles, service pages, photographs and project descriptions on this website are provided to explain what we do and to help real people plan a real build. Details such as dimensions, prices, material availability, permit fee schedules and weather windows change over time, so the site is best read as current guidance rather than a guarantee frozen on the day it was written.
Where we describe a method, give a rough price range or mention a typical schedule, treat the figure as informative. Only a written bid signed by both parties carries the weight of a promise. We update the site when we can and we correct mistakes when readers kindly point them out, but between updates a page can drift from the office reality. When your decision or your money depends on a number, ask us directly for a written quote rather than assuming a web sentence is current.
13Intellectual Property
The design of this website, its written content, its images, its page structure and its distinctive visual language belong to GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC or its developer GuzmanBuilder, who licenses the site to the Company. You may read and share our pages for personal, non commercial purposes and may link to the site from yours, but you may not copy our text wholesale, reproduce our design as your own, or reuse our photographs to sell a competing service.
Nothing on the site transfers any ownership in our materials to you, even where a page is freely viewable. If you would like to quote a short passage with attribution or use an image for a defined purpose, write to update@guzmanbuilder.mom and ask, and we will answer quickly. Respecting the craft behind the words and pictures keeps small builders honest and keeps the web full of genuinely useful content rather than scraped carbon copies.
14Disclaimers of Warranty
Except for the specific workmanship and material warranties named in a signed construction contract, the website content and any preliminary material we send you are provided on an as is and as available basis. GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC does not warrant that the site will be error free, that it will run without interruption on every device, or that it will always meet your exact expectations, though we work hard to keep it accurate and dependable.
We disclaim, to the fullest extent the law allows, all implied warranties that could otherwise read into the site, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, except where a clear construction warranty applies to physical work we actually built. A general contractor cannot promise through a website that your specific foundation will never crack or that a municipal schedule will never slip; those promises exist only in a signed agreement and only as far as real earth, real code and real weather permit.
15Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by the law of the State of Utah, GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC will not be liable to you for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages arising out of your use of this website, including lost profits, lost data, lost opportunities or harm to reputation, even if we were told such damages were possible. The mechanics that run the site are straightforward, and a failed page should never cost you a meaningful result.
Where a signed construction contract governs physical work, liability for the build itself is handled by that contract, including its stated warranty, its change order process and, where included, its limitation clauses and arbitration terms which are designed to be fair to both sides. No limitation here attempts to block a claim for personal injury caused by gross negligence or to remove liability the law will not let a company waive. These limits apply between us to the full extent permitted and keep the door open for honest resolution rather than closing it on legitimate claims.
16Indemnity
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC, its officers, employees, agents and developer from and against any claims, losses, damages, liabilities and reasonable expenses that arise out of your breach of these terms, your misuse of the website, or your unlawful conduct toward other visitors, to the extent the law permits this obligation.
This clause also protects the Company where you provide inaccurate information that leads to a claim, or where you start work without the permits, easements or consents the scope required. The protection is not a free pass for the Company to act negligently on your property; it applies only to conduct that is fairly yours. We will give you prompt notice of any claim, cooperate at your reasonable expense in the defense, and keep this paragraph in proportion so it reads as a shared safeguard rather than a weapon.
17Third Party Links
This site may link to websites of product manufacturers, municipal permit offices, industry associations, licensed industries we work with or state boards that keep our contracts honest. We add such links only where they help you plan or verify a real build, and we do not control what appears on those destinations.
Following a third party link means you leave these terms behind and enter the terms of that provider. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, privacy practices or availability of any external site, and mention of a product or a name is not an endorsement unless we say so in plain words. If an external page misleads you after we linked it, send us the address and we will revisit the link, because a reliable builder stands between a homeowner and a confusing market rather than handing someone off into a dead end.
18Termination of Use
We reserve the right to restrict or end your access to any part of the website at any time if we reasonably believe you have broken these terms, put our systems or visitors at risk, or used the site in a way that harms our reputation. Termination of site access does not cancel any signed construction contract, which remains governed by its own terms and obligations until the work is completed or properly closed.
When site access ends, any rights or controls we extended to you for the convenience of browsing also end, and the sections of these terms that by their nature should survive, including those on intellectual property, limitation of liability and indemnity, continue to bind both sides. Ending access is a tool we use sparingly and for real cause, and we will always tell you the reason we took the step rather than leaving you guessing in the dark.
19General and Miscellaneous
These terms, together with any signed contract and our privacy policy, form the whole agreement between you and GUZMAN THE BUILDER, LLC about your use of this website. If a court finds any part of these terms unenforceable, the rest stands with the offending clause removed to the smallest extent possible. A failure by either side to enforce a term does not waive the right to enforce it later.
You may not transfer your rights under these terms without our written consent, but we may assign our rights and duties as part of a merger or a transfer of our whole business. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Utah, without regard to conflict of law rules, and you agree that any dispute over the website that is not handled through arbitration in a signed construction contract will be decided in the state or federal courts that serve Salt Lake County, Utah. This does not remove rights you cannot lawfully waive but sets an honest, predictable place for a disagreement to be settled.