Terms of Service

01 Who we are

This website is operated by Zac Building Group LLC, an Illinois limited liability company with its principal place of business at 911 W. Broadway St, McHenry, IL 60051 (“Zac Building Group,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). References to “you” mean the person using this website or requesting an estimate.

By using this website or submitting a request through it, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the site.

02 What this website is

This site is informational and is used to request an estimate. Nothing on it is an offer to perform work, a guarantee of availability, a quote, or a binding price. Descriptions of services, prior projects, and capabilities are general in nature.

No professional advice. Content on this site is not electrical, engineering, code compliance, or legal advice, and should not be relied on in place of an on-site evaluation by a qualified professional.

03 Estimates and proposals

Submitting the form does not create a contract and does not reserve a date. It is a request for us to contact you.

• Estimates are provided free of charge for projects within our local service area. We may decline or charge for estimates outside it.
• An estimate is valid for 30 days from its date unless it says otherwise. Material prices, copper in particular, have moved sharply and can change inside that window. If a material cost changes materially before you accept, we will re-quote rather than absorb it quietly.
• Estimates are based on the conditions visible at the time of the walkthrough. Conditions discovered after demolition, or once walls, ceilings, or ground are opened, may change the scope and the price.
• Any figure given verbally, by text, or by email before a written proposal is a rough range only and is not binding on either of us.

04 Your contract controls

These Terms govern your use of this website and the request you submit through it. Your project scope, price, schedule, warranty, and payment terms live in your signed agreement.

05 Illinois home repair notice

For residential home repair and remodeling work in Illinois, we comply with the Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act (815 ILCS 513). That means, among other things:

• For any residential home repair or remodeling work totaling more than $1,000, we obtain a signed written contract or work order before beginning work or charging for it.
• We carry the insurance described in your contract. Like our license, we file our certificate with the municipality at permit application rather than publishing it, and you can confirm it through your local building department.

Nothing on this website waives, limits, or replaces any right you have under that Act or under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (815 ILCS 505).

06 Licensing and permits

We hold the licenses and registrations required in the jurisdictions where we perform work. We do not publish our license numbers on this website. Contractors have attempted to pull permits under our name, and keeping the numbers out of public listings is how we prevent that. Our license is filed directly with the municipality when we apply for your permit, and you can verify it through your local building department at that point. We will confirm our licensing status for your specific municipality before starting your project.

Where a permit is required, we will tell you whether we or you are responsible for pulling it. Work requiring inspection is not complete until it has passed the inspection required by your local authority having jurisdiction.

07 Scope, access, and delays

• You agree to provide safe and reasonable access to the work area, along with power and water where the work requires it.
• You are responsible for moving or protecting valuables, and for disclosing known hazards, prior unpermitted work, or concealed conditions you are aware of.
• We are not responsible for delays outside our reasonable control, including permit and inspection backlogs, utility scheduling, supplier and material delays, weather, other trades on the job, or your own delays in approving selections or change orders.
• Timelines given before a signed contract are estimates, not promises.

08 Change orders

Any change to the agreed scope, materials, or schedule must be documented in a written change order signed by both of us before that work proceeds. Change orders may affect both price and completion date.

09 Payment

Payment terms, deposits, and progress draws are set out in your signed contract. Unless that contract says otherwise:

• Our standard schedule is 50 / 25 / 25: 50% due at signing as a deposit, 25% at the rough inspection, and the final 25% at the final inspection.
• Each draw is due on the date of the inspection it is tied to.
• Past due balances may accrue interest at the maximum rate permitted by Illinois law.
• We reserve all lien rights available to us under the Illinois Mechanics Lien Act (770 ILCS 60).

10 Workmanship warranty

We warrant our workmanship for one year from substantial completion, as further described in your signed contract. Manufacturer warranties on materials, fixtures, and equipment are provided by those manufacturers and passed through to you. We are not the manufacturer and do not extend those warranties.

This warranty does not cover:

• Normal wear, settling, or cosmetic variation in materials.
• Damage from misuse, neglect, alteration, or work performed by others after we finish.
• Pre-existing conditions, or work by other trades that we did not perform.
• Damage from weather events, power surges, or causes outside our control.

To the fullest extent permitted by Illinois law, and except for the express warranty above and any warranty that cannot legally be disclaimed, we disclaim all implied warranties, including implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Some limitations may not apply to residential consumers under Illinois law, and nothing here limits the implied warranty of habitability where it applies.

11 Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by Illinois law: our total liability arising out of or relating to your project will not exceed the amount you actually paid us for the work giving rise to the claim, and we will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, loss of use, or loss of business.

12 Calls, texts, and email

When you submit the form and check the consent box, you give us prior express written consent to contact you at the phone number and email address you provide, including by automated dialing system, prerecorded or artificial voice, and SMS text message, about your request and your project.

• Consent is not a condition of purchase. You can still hire us without agreeing to automated calls or texts. Just call us instead.
• Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies.
• Reply STOP to any text to opt out, or HELP for help.
• You may withdraw consent at any time by replying STOP, by emailing us, or by calling the number below.

See our Privacy Policy for how we handle that information.

13 Website content

All content on this site, including photographs of our projects, text, the Zac Building Group name and logo, and the site design, is owned by us or used with permission and is protected by copyright and trademark law. You may view and print pages for your own non-commercial use. You may not copy, republish, scrape, or use our project photographs or branding without our written permission.

Project photographs show work we performed. Job conditions, materials, and results vary. Photographs are illustrative and are not a promise of a specific result on your property.

This site may link to third-party websites. We do not control them and are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices.

14 Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to its conflict of laws rules.

Before filing anything, please contact us first. Most problems get solved with a phone call, and we would rather fix it than argue about it.

15 General terms

• Changes. We may update these Terms. The version in effect when you submit a request is the version that applies to that request. We will update the date at the top when we change them.
• Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.
• No waiver. If we do not enforce a provision, that is not a waiver of it.
• Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent.
• Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement about your use of this website.

16 Contact us

Zac Building Group LLC
911 W. Broadway St, McHenry, IL 60051
Phone: 224-402-4039
Email: info@zacbuildinggroup.com