Check before you send
One payment claim checked before it goes: the Act's contents, Form 1, the dates, and every line against your contract.
Unpaid claim pack
For a claim that hasn't been paid: a corrected claim, where the deadlines stand, and a next-steps sheet built from the Act.
Schedule Check
Received a claim? We check your payment schedule before you send it: the section 21 contents, the serve-by date, and every reason against the claim and your contract.
For one claim on a contract worth under $100,000. Bigger contracts: see our claim audit prices.
What you send
- The claim, or the unpaid invoice, as you sent it or plan to.
- The contract pages with the rates and payment terms: the price or rates, when claims are made, and when payment is due.
- For an unpaid claim: the date you served it, and any reply you've had.
- For a Schedule Check: the claim you received, the date it was served on you, your draft payment schedule, and the contract pages with the rates and payment terms.
That's all to start. If we need the full contract, invoices or dockets, we send you a private upload link for that job. Please don't email the full pack.
What you get back
Check before you send, $195
- The claim checked against everything section 20 of the Act requires, and Form 1.
- The due dates worked out, in working days, with the Christmas break.
- Every line checked against your contract: rates, scope, approvals, evidence, duplicates.
- A corrected claim cover in your name, ready for you to check and serve.
Unpaid claim pack, $295
- Everything above, for the claim that hasn't been paid.
- Where the deadlines stand: when the payment schedule was due, and when payment was due.
- If the payment-schedule deadline has passed, a next-steps sheet built only from the Act's sections and building.govt.nz guidance.
Schedule Check, $195
- Your payment schedule checked against everything section 21 requires: the claim identified, the scheduled amount, how you calculated it, and the reasons for any difference or withholding.
- The date it must be provided by, in working days, with the Christmas break.
- Each reason checked against the claim and your contract, so the figures and the reasons match.
- A corrected schedule in your name, ready for you to check and serve.
Send it with time to spare: we deliver within 5 working days of receiving everything, and the schedule date doesn't move.
Turnaround
We deliver within 5 working days of receiving everything. "Everything" means the claim and the contract pages, plus anything we ask for through the upload link.
Payment
Order now, invoiced after delivery, due on the 20th of the following month. No card, no deposit. We invoice when we deliver, and you pay by bank transfer. One-off checks are invoiced after delivery and due on the 20th of the month after the invoice date. When your own clients pay you doesn't change our due date. Prices are in New Zealand dollars, plus GST if applicable.
How to order
- Email hello@blackcreek.co.nz with the claim and the contract pages attached.
- Say which check you want. Not sure? Tell us what's happened and we'll say which fits.
- We confirm the price and the date you'll have it, before any work starts.
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