Terms

Terms

Thanks for visiting Hutchies’ online home! You’re welcome to stay as long as you like. If you do decide to keep using one of our sites, you should know that by doing so you are agreeing to comply (and be bound by) our disclaimer and terms, which are outlined on this page.

Hutchies is proud of the relationships we have built over time and the trust embedded in all our collaborations. Those in-the-know tell us we sometimes need more than trust though, so just to cover all bases, here’s the formal legal stuff you should be aware of.

Last Updated / 9 November 2023


Agreement

By using an official Hutchies® website and / or tool / systems and our social media pages ("Website") you accept these terms and conditions ("Agreement") and our associated policies.

This Agreement is between you and J Hutchinson Pty Ltd (ABN 52 009 778 330) trading as Hutchies (referred to in this Agreement as “Hutchies / us / our / we”)


Communication

You may interact with Hutchies using various websites, tools, social media profiles, or communication methods. For security, we may use different domain names to protect our systems from unauthorised access.

When corresponding formally with Hutchies, we will only use @hutchinsonbuilders.com.au and @hutchies.com.au domain names for emails. This ensures authenticity and protects the integrity of our exchanges.

Informally, we may use other domain names to protect the security of our formal domains, but this correspondence is strictly limited to informal content such as Hutchies’ Truth, or automation emails (ie system generated notifications etc).


Scams

If you suspect something suspicious when interacting with Hutchies, for example a website, person or profile purporting to represent our company to try and possibly scam someone, please let us know as soon as possible.

When corresponding on email with Hutchies, be sure to verify the email address uses an official Hutchinson Builders domain name (as specified in ‘Communication’).

We will never ask for identity documents prior to employment, nor a deposit or payment to secure employment with Hutchies.

Be vigilant online, if something sounds too good to be true, it likely is. Report it to Scamwatch if you’re unsure.


Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise expressly agreed in writing, Hutchies owns all material (including, but not limited to, imagery, content, designs, methodologies, programs, value management, policies, procedures and other intellectual property) created by us and our company members, agents, consultants and subcontractors in the development of this content and contained within these tools or associated attachments (“Material”). You may not, except with our express written permission, distribute or commercially exploit the material. You may not transmit it or store it on any other website or other form of electronic retrieval system.


Registered Trade Marks / Patents

Hutchies, Hutchinson Builders and certain graphics relating to our company, are registered ® trade marks of J Hutchinson Pty Ltd. Any redistribution or reproduction of part or all of the Material or any of these trade marks in any form is prohibited. This prohibition extends to any patents owned by us or our partners that we may reference within the Material.


Protected by Copyright

Further, this Material is protected by copyright which is and will remain at all times owned by us, or our partners (where we have included their content in our Material), and all rights are strictly reserved. This Material must not be copied in whole or in part without our prior written approval.


For Information Only

This Material is provided to you for information only and is non-binding. You must not rely on this Material for your own purposes and we disclaim any responsibility or liability to you arising from or in connection with your use of this document for unauthorised purposes. We reserve the right to withdraw or void any or all of its contents at any time without notice. If a validity period or expiration date is specified within, it is automatically void after this period unless we agree to an extension in writing.


Indicative Cost Information

The information contained in this Material is presented by way of general indicative and comparative information only and is not to be relied upon in any way for any planning, building or feasibility purpose. We do not represent that these figures reflect the likely cost of any proposed project of any particular quality or standard and we do not accept any responsibility or liability to you or any other party arising out of your or their reliance in any way upon any information set out in this Material.


For Comparative Purposes Only

All costs and related information in this Material reflect only indicative pricing provided at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon as representing the likely cost of any specific future construction. The information is provided for comparative purposes and does not replace the need for advice from professional advisors such as quantity surveyors and may be affected by market conditions. Costs and related information are impacted by many different factors, not all of which are reflected in this Material.


No Liability

We disclaim any responsibility or liability to you arising from or in connection with your use of this Material (including documents within the Material authored by third parties) in line with these conditions.


Confidentiality

The information, including any intellectual property, contained within this Material is (to the extent permitted by law) may be confidential and proprietary to us. It may only be used by the person to whom it is provided for the stated purpose for which it is provided and must not be imparted to any third party without our prior written approval. Without limiting the paragraph above, any recipient of the Material agrees to keep confidential, and to ensure its employees, agents and subcontractors keep confidential, all information contained herein which is confidential and not to disclose that confidential information without our prior written approval.


Third Party Opinions

Where the Material provided includes content authored by third parties, any opinions contained in that content may not represent our views and we disclaim any responsibility or liability to you arising from or in connection with your use of this document for unauthorised purposes. Sometimes we include links to other websites through our sites. These external sites belong to other folks, though, so Hutchies has no control over the content you’ll find there, or whether they work properly. Linking to other sites also doesn’t necessarily mean that we recommend or endorse the stuff that people are saying there, either.


Availability

Hutchies is quite fond of our websites and we always try to keep them running smoothly. Sometimes technical stuff fails, though, and if a site is down, we take no responsibility, and will not be liable for it being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.


Governing Law

This disclaimer is governed by the laws of Australia. Any disputes relating to this disclaimer will be subject to the State of Queensland, Australia.


Legal Rights

We reserve all our legal rights and remedies in relation to any infringement of our rights in respect of this document and information contained within it.