[Citroënbender]

There is the Defect Liability Period on domestic jobs, and retention on invoices against it. However a lot of blokes will forfeit the defect sum rather than go back and expose themselves to risk of an endless string of remedial works; this can be several years after completion and occupancy.

And some clients will abuse the DLP to try for a freshen-up prior to onselling. They’ll complain about (say) a water leak in an upstairs bathroom and then block the rectification process by being unavailable until it’s so bad there’s a need to renew the whole room and repaint/re-sheet/re-carpet the ones underneath.