who owns tree after quote / invoice

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

lets say that you give costumer written quote to fell oak tree and remove all derbis from site.

 

You quote the job low so you can get it because you think it will be nice bit of timber to mill and some good firewood out of it.

 

You finnish loading up firewood and milling timber ...and the costumer decides they would like to keep the milled timber.

 

Who owns the timber?

 

I personally think by given a quote for ' Removal of tree and debris from site ' means that as soon as tree is down and on back of my van...i now own the timber i have milled. but if the insist on keeping the milled timber .. they can have all the rest of it including the chips ( tipped on driveway ofcourse )

 

Any thoughts on this?

Edited February 11, 2010 by Czlowiek Drzewo

[Justme]

Charge him (lots) for the milling.

 

He wont want the wood then.

[Ian C]

I would say the customer ownes the timber until you have driven off with it however if you have spent time and money milling it and they want to keep it then you need to bill them for the milling service.

[18 stoner]

As per written quote maybe?

 

If they then want the timber, it can easily be for sale:sneaky2:

[tommer9]

I agree. Charge them for the milling.

[Mark Bolam]

Charge him (lots) for the milling.

 

He wont want the wood then.

 

Thats the one.

[geoff]

on quote I always stipulate the job and removal of all arisings,which is what you would expect to atain.any deviation from that contract is for you to accept or not.

[richy_B]

In my opinion all arisings belong to you unless specified in your quote.

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

thanks for advice.

 

Will have something to fire back @ them tomorrow when we finnish up. will charge them if the try to keep timber.

 

actually i will just type out invoice tonight for milled timber and hand it to them tomorrow if the decide to keep it. lol

 

cheers

[Rupe]

It might be an idea to tell them that you plan to mill it while on their property, I agree with the above that they would have to buy it off you but in theory they could then charge you rent for the time you spent on their property carrying out the milling which was not part of the quote so therefore you have done that for someone else.

 

Its a simpler question if its firewood. When you cut up firewood to remove it and then they want to keep it, you then say that you calculated the profit from the wood into the quote and so they would have to pay you a bit extra for it.

 

For milled timba its the same idea, but, like I say, it would be good to ask them first!