Terms & Conditions

Where to find information about us and our products

You can find everything you need to know about us, Nigel Belcher Stone Paving Ltd, and our products, on our website or from our sales staff before you order. We also confirm the key information to you in writing after you order, either by email, in your online account or on paper.

We don’t give business customers all the same rights as consumers

For example, business customers can’t cancel their orders. They have different rights where there is a problem with a product and we don’t compensate them in the same way for losses caused by us or our products. We clearly state where a term applies just to businesses or just to consumers. You are a business customer if you are buying products wholly or mainly for use in connection with your trade, business, craft or profession, even if you are an individual.

When you buy from us you are agreeing that:

• We only accept orders when we’ve checked them.
• Sometimes we reject orders.
• We charge you when you order ]
• We charge interest on late payments.
• We pass on increases in VAT.
• We’re not responsible for delays outside our control.
• Products can vary slightly from their pictures.
• You’re responsible for making sure your measurements are accurate.
• You can end an on-going contract (find out how).
• You have rights if there is something wrong with your product.
• We can change products and these terms.
• We can suspend supply (and you have rights if we do).
• We can withdraw products.
• We can end our contract with you.
• We don’t compensate you for all losses caused by us or our products.
• We use your personal data as set out in our Privacy Notice.
• You have several options for resolving disputes with us.
• Other important terms apply to our contract.

If you are a business customer this is our entire agreement with you

If you are a business customer these terms constitute the entire agreement between us in relation to your purchase. You acknowledge that you have not relied on any statement, promise, representation, assurance or warranty made or given by us or on our behalf which is not set out in these terms. Also you have no claim for innocent or negligent misrepresentation or negligent misstatement based on any statement in this agreement.

Sometimes we reject orders

Sometimes we reject orders, for example, because a product is unexpectedly out of stock, because a credit reference we have obtained is unsatisfactory, because you are located outside our delivery areas, as stated on our website and in our marketing or because the product was mispriced by us. When this happens, we let you know as soon as possible and refund any sums you have paid.

We charge you when you order

However, for some products we take payment at regular intervals, as explained to you during the order process. If your product is goods (rather than digital content or services), you will own it once we have received payment in full.

Business customers have no set-off rights

If you are a business customer all amounts due under this agreement (from you to us or from us to you) shall be paid in full without any set-off, counterclaim, deduction or withholding (other than any deduction or withholding of tax as required by law).

We charge interest on late payments

If we’re unable to collect any payment you owe us we charge interest on the overdue amount at the rate of 8% a year above the Bank of England base rate from time to time. This interest accrues on a daily basis from the due date until the date of actual payment of the overdue amount, whether before or after judgment. You pay us the interest together with any overdue amount.

We pass on increases in VAT

If the rate of VAT changes between your order date and the date we supply the product, we adjust the rate of VAT that you pay, unless you have already paid in full before the change in the rate of VAT takes effect.

We’re not responsible for delays outside our control

We contact you as soon as possible to let you know and do what we can to reduce the delay, if your product is delayed by an event outside of our control, such as extreme weather or supply chain issues. As long as we do this, we won’t compensate you for the delay, but if the delay is likely to be substantial, you can contact our Customer Service Team on 01635 202700 to end the contract. You can then receive a refund for any products you have paid for in advance, but not received less reasonable costs we have already incurred.

Products can vary slightly from their pictures

A product’s true colour may not exactly match that shown on your device or in our marketing or its packaging may be slightly different. Because our products are natural materials, all sizes, weights, capacities, dimensions and measurements indicated on our website can be out by up to 2%.

You’re responsible for making sure your measurements are accurate

If we’re making or supplying the product to measurements you provide, you’re responsible for making sure those measurements are correct. Find information and tips on how to measure on our website or contact our Customer Service Team on 01635 202700.

We charge you if you don’t give us information we need

We charge you additional sums if you don’t give us information we’ve asked for about how we can access your property for delivery, installation or to provide services or if you don’t do preparatory work for installation, as agreed with us. For example, we might need to re-deliver on another vehicle or with extra manpower, reschedule services or adjust other work.

If you are a consumer and you bought online, or over the telephone, you have a legal right to change your mind

Your legal right to change your mind

For most of our products bought online, or over the telephone, you have a legal right to change your mind about your purchase and receive a refund of what you paid for it, including the delivery costs. This is subject to some conditions, as set out below.

When you can’t change your mind. You can’t change your mind about an order for:

• services, once these have been completed;
• turf once it is loaded for delivery;
• goods that are made to your specifications; and
• goods which become mixed inseparably with other items after their delivery.

The deadline for changing your mind. If you change your mind about a product you must let us know no later than 14 days after:

• the day we deliver your product, if it is goods, for example paving. If the goods are for regular delivery (for example, stages of a build), you can only change your mind after the first delivery. If the goods are split into several deliveries over different days, the period runs from the day after the last delivery.
• the day we confirm we have accepted your order, if it is for a service, for example laying of paving.

How to let us know. To let us know you want to change your mind, contact our Customer Service Team on 01635 202700.

You have to return the product at your own cost

If your product is goods, for example, paving, you have to return it to us within 14 days of your telling us you have changed your mind. You can:

• bring the product to our Rookery Farm site or by prior arrangement with our Customer Service Team (phone 01635 202700). You will need your email receipt and the card you paid with.
• send the product back to us using an established delivery service. If you do this you should keep a receipt or other evidence from the delivery service that proves you have sent it and when you sent it. If you don’t do this and we don’t receive the goods at all or within a reasonable time we won’t refund you the price. Please see our Delivery & Returns page, or contact our Customer Service Team on 01635 202700 for help with returns, including our collection arrangements for goods which can’t be posted.

We only refund standard delivery costs

We don’t refund any extra you have paid for express delivery or delivery at a particular time.

You have to pay for services you received before you change your mind

If you bought a service (such as laying of paving) we don’t refund you for the time you were receiving it before you told us you’d changed your mind.

We reduce your refund if you have used or damaged a product

If you handle the product in a way which would not be acceptable at our site, we reduce your refund, to compensate us for its reduced value. For example, we reduce your refund if the product’s condition is not “as new”, or the packaging is damaged. In some cases, because of the way you have treated the product, no refund may be due. Our Customer Service Team (phone 01635 202700) can advise you on whether we’re likely to reduce your refund.

When and how we refund you

If your product is a service, or goods that haven’t been delivered or that we’re collecting from you, we refund you as soon as possible and within 14 days of you telling us you’ve changed your mind. If your product is goods that you’re sending back to us, we refund you within 14 days of receiving them back from you (or receiving evidence you’ve sent them to us). We refund you by the method you used for payment. We don’t charge a fee for the refund.

You can end an on-going contract (find out how)

We tell you when and how you can end an on-going contract with us (for example, for regular services or goods) during the order process and we confirm this information to you in writing after we’ve accepted your order. If you have any questions, please contact our Customer Service Team on 01635 202700. You have rights if there is something wrong with your product.

Return the product to us

If you think there is something wrong with your product, you must either return it to us or contact our Customer Service Team on 01635 202700.

Your rights and remedies if you are a consumer

We honour our legal duty to provide you with products that are as described to you on our website and that meet all the requirements imposed by law. A summary of your legal rights is below. These are subject to certain exceptions. For detailed information please visit the Citizens Advice website www.citizensadvice.org.uk. Remember too that You have several options for resolving disputes with us.

Your rights if you are a business

We warrant that on delivery, and for a period of 12 months from the date of delivery (warranty period),] any products which are goods shall:

• conform in all material respects with their description and any relevant specification;
• be free from material defects in design, material and workmanship;
• be of satisfactory quality (within the meaning of the Sale of Goods Act 1979); and
• be fit for any purpose held out by us.

Your remedies if you are a business

Unless an exception applies (see Exceptions to business customers’ warranty) if:

• you give us notice in writing during the warranty period within a reasonable time of discovery that a product does not comply with the business customer warranty (see Your rights if you are a consumer);
• we are given a reasonable opportunity of examining such product; and
• you return such product to us at our cost,

we shall, at our option, repair or replace the defective product, or refund the price of the defective product in full and this will be your only remedy for breach of the warranty. These terms shall apply to any repaired or replacement products supplied by us.

Exceptions to business customers’ warranty

We will not be liable for a product’s failure to comply with the business customer warranty (see Your rights if you are a business) if:

• you make any further use of such product after telling us it is non-compliant;
• the defect arises because you failed to follow our oral or written instructions as to the storage, installation, commissioning, use or maintenance of the product or (if there are none) good trade practice;
• the defect arises because we followed any drawing, design or specification supplied by you;
• you alter or repair the product without our written consent; or
• the defect arises because of fair wear and tear, wilful damage, negligence, or abnormal working conditions.

We can change products and these terms

Changes we can always make. We can always change a product:

• to reflect changes in relevant laws and regulatory requirements;

Changes we can only make if we give you notice and an option to terminate. We can also make the following types of change to the product or these terms, but if we do so we’ll notify you and you can then contact our Customer Service Team on 01635 202700 to end the contract before the change takes effect. Y and receive a refund for any products you’ve paid for in advance, but won’t receive:

Changes in product due to supply issues.

We can withdraw products

If we have supply issues, we can stop providing a product. In this case, we will suggest an alternative and, if the replacement is not to your satisfaction, we can refund any sums you’ve paid in advance for products which won’t be provided.

We can end our contract with you

We can end our contract with you for a product and claim any compensation due to us if:

• you don’t make any payment to us when it’s due and you still don’t make payment within seven days of our reminding you that payment is due;
• you don’t, within a reasonable time of us asking for it, provide us with information, cooperation or access that we need to provide the product, for example, delivery address;
• you don’t, within a reasonable time, either allow us to deliver the product to you or collect it from us. If you have said you will collect a product (“click and collect”) but you don’t do this within seven days then (unless the product is made to your specifications or is clearly personalised) we treat your order as cancelled and refund the purchase price. See If you are a consumer and you bought online, or over the telephone, you have a legal right to change your mind .
• We don’t compensate you for all losses caused by us or our products

Our liability to consumers

We’re responsible for losses you suffer caused by us breaking this contract unless the loss is:

• Unexpected. It was not obvious that it would happen and nothing you said to us before we accepted your order meant we should have expected it (so, in the law, the loss was unforeseeable).
• Caused by a delaying event outside our control. As long as we have taken the steps set out in the section We’re not responsible for delays outside our control.
• Something you could have avoided by taking reasonable action. For example, safe storage of paving.
• A business loss. Our liability for any loss you suffer in connection with your trade, business, craft or profession is limited, as described in Our liability to businesses.

Our liability to businesses

If you’re a business, then, except in respect of the losses described in Losses we never limit or exclude:

• we shall not be liable to you, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, for any loss of profit, or any indirect or consequential loss arising under or in connection with any contract between us; and
• our total liability to you for all other losses arising under or in connection with any contract between us, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, shall be limited to £2,500,000.

Losses we never limit or exclude

Nothing in these terms shall limit or exclude our liability for:

• death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or the negligence of our employees, agents or subcontractors (as applicable);
• fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
• breach of the terms implied by section 12 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 or section 2 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982; or
• defective products under the Consumer Protection Act 1987; or
• any matter in respect of which it would be unlawful for us to exclude or restrict liability.

No implied terms about goods

Except to the extent expressly stated in Your rights if you are a business, we exclude all terms implied by sections 13 to 15 of the Sale of Goods Act 1979 and sections 3 to 5 of the Supply of Goods and Services Act 1982.

We use your personal data as set out in our Privacy Notice

How we use any personal data you give us is set out in our Privacy Policy.

You have several options for resolving disputes with us

Our complaints policy. Our Customer Service Team (phone 01635 202700) will do their best to resolve any problems you have with us or our products.

Resolving disputes without going to court (consumers only). Alternative dispute resolution is an optional process where an independent body considers the facts of a dispute and seeks to resolve it, without you having to go to court. You can submit a complaint to RICS through their website at https://www.rics.org, RICS does not charge you for making a complaint and if you’re not satisfied with the outcome you can still go to court.

You can go to court

These terms are governed by English law. As a consumer, wherever you live, you can bring claims against us in the English courts and if you live in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, you can also bring claims against us in the courts of the country you live in. If you are a consumer we can claim against you in the courts of the country you live in. If you are a business you irrevocably agree to submit all disputes arising out of or in connection with our contract with you to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.

Other important terms apply to our contract

We can transfer our contract with you, so that a different organisation is responsible for supplying your product. We’ll tell you in writing if this happens and if you are a consumer we’ll ensure that the transfer won’t affect your rights under the contract. If you’re a consumer and you’re unhappy with the transfer you can contact our Customer Service Team on 01635 202700 to end the contract within 14 days of us telling you about it.  We will then refund any payments you’ve made in advance for products not provided.

You can only transfer your contract with us to someone else if we agree to this. We may not agree if there would be a negative impact on our business. However, you can transfer our consumer guarantee (as explained in Our goodwill guarantee) to a new owner of the product. We can require the new owner to prove you transferred the product to them, for example by providing a copy of the contract for sale of the property. If you’re a business you need our agreement to transfer your contract with us and it’s entirely up to us whether we give it.

Nobody else has any rights under this contract. This contract is between you and us. Nobody else can enforce it and neither of us will need to ask anybody else to sign-off on ending or changing it.

If a court invalidates some of this contract, the rest of it will still apply. If a court or other authority decides that some of these terms are unlawful, the rest will continue to apply.

Even if we delay in enforcing this contract, we can still enforce it later. We may not immediately chase you for something (like not paying), or doing something you’re not allowed to. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t do it later.

These terms may have changed since you last reviewed them.

Please get in touch if you have any questions.