Terms & Conditions

Format of the Contract | Description and Price of Goods | Payment | Delivery | Risk/ Title | Order Cancellation | Warranty | Limitation of Liability | Images | Returns | Waiver | Force Majeure | Severance | Governing Law and Jurisdiction | Changes to Terms and Conditions | General

Sussex Turnery & Moulding Company Ltd t/a Karelia Wood Flooring Churchfields Mill, Highfield Drive, Churchfields Industrial Estate, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9TG

Please read these terms of sale carefully before placing your order and retain a copy of these terms and your order for future reference

1. Format of the Contract
1.1 These terms of sale apply to all goods supplied by Sussex Turnery & Moulding Company Ltd t/a Karelia Wood Flooring, whose registered office is at Railview Lofts, 19C Commercial Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 3XE, registered in England No. 1223584 (the "Supplier", or "we", or “us”, or "our").
1.2 Any order placed by you for goods advertised on our website is an offer by you to purchase the goods selected in your order. No contract exists between you and us for the sale of any goods until we have received your order. All orders are subject to acceptance by Karelia Wood Flooring. We will provide you with an order acceptance or rejection as soon as reasonably possible.
1.3 We will contact you by phone or email shortly after you place your order to confirm that we accept or decline it prior to despatch of goods. If we cannot accept your order (for example (but without limitation) because the goods are found to be unavailable) we will notify you by telephone or email.
1.4 In the event that, after we accept your order, we discover that the goods ordered are unavailable or that there was a pricing error on our website in respect of the goods ordered, we reserve the right not to supply the goods ordered and to offer you a refund or alternative goods in accordance with conditions 2.4 to 2.6 below.
1.5 The contract is subject to your right of cancellation (see condition 6 below).
1.6 We have the right to terminate the contract if the price of the goods is not received from you in cleared funds (in accordance with condition 3.1).
1.7 The Supplier may change these terms of sale without notice to you in relation to future sales.
1.8 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall affect the Buyer’s statutory rights as a consumer.

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2. Description and Price of the Goods
2.1 The description and price of the goods you order will be as shown on the Supplier´s website at the time you place your order.
2.2 Individual product prices on the Karelia Wood Flooring store include a VAT of 15%.
2.3 No value added taxes refund system for non-EU residents is currently available from Karelia Wood Flooring for online or phone purchases.
2.4 If after acceptance of your order we discover within 14 days of such acceptance that all of the goods are unavailable, we may terminate the contract and refund or re-credit you within 7 working days for any sum that has been paid by you or debited from your credit card for those goods. In these circumstances, we will inform you as soon as possible.
2.5 If within 7 days of our acceptance of your order we discover that some but not all of the goods are unavailable, we will no longer supply those unavailable goods. In these circumstances we will contact you detailing the goods that are unavailable and offer you the option of cancelling the whole order or amending your order to substitute the unavailable items with alternative goods. If you have not cancelled the order within 14 days of receipt of such notice, we will deliver the available goods in accordance with condition 4 below. We will refund or re-credit you for any sum that has been paid by you or debited from your credit card in respect of the unavailable goods or cancelled order (if you have cancelled it).
2.6 Every effort is made to ensure that prices shown on the Supplier’s website are accurate at the time you place your order. If within 14 days of accepting your order a pricing error is found in respect of any or all of the goods you have ordered, we will notify you as soon as possible detailing the mis-priced goods and offering you the option of:
2.6.1 cancelling your order for the mis-priced goods and reconfirming your order at the amended prices
2.6.2 placing a new order for alternative products;
2.6.3 cancelling the whole of your order; or
If, within 14 days of receipt of our notice to you, you have not responded by selecting one of the available options at conditions 2.6.1 to 2.6.3 above then:
(a) if all of the goods you have ordered are found to be mis-priced, the entire order will be cancelled automatically and the Supplier will refund or re-credit you for any sum you have paid for those goods; or
(b) if only some of the goods you have ordered are found to be mis-priced, our contract with you continues and we will deliver the correctly priced goods but we will not be obliged to supply you with the mis-priced goods. In these circumstances we will refund or re-credit you for any sum you have paid for the mis-priced goods.
2.7 To avoid any doubt, where goods are unavailable and you order alternative goods from us, or where goods have been mis-priced and you subsequently order such goods at the correct price, these terms of sale shall apply to the order and the supply of the relevant goods, whether the order is placed through our website or otherwise.
2.8 In addition to the price, you may be required to pay a delivery charge for the goods. Please use the table below for details of delivery charges to mainline England and Wales. We apologise that there may be an extra surcharge for deliveries to some areas of Scotland. Unfortunately we do not deliver to Eire and Northern Ireland. If there are any exceptions to the following deliver charges we will advise you when we contact you to confirm your order.

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3. Payment
3.1 Payment for the goods and delivery charges can be made by credit or debit card. Payment is made securely via WorldPay. Payment shall be due before the delivery date and time for payment shall be a fundamental term of this agreement, breach of which shall entitle the Supplier to terminate the contract immediately.
3.2 There will be no delivery until cleared funds are received. In cases where manual credit and fraud checks are required, up to 48 hours may be required for clearance. If you do not wish to proceed on this basis please contact us in writing. Your order will be cancelled and your account will be credited with the full value.
3.3 Payments shall be made by you without any deduction whatsoever unless you have a valid court order requiring an amount equal to such deduction to be paid by the Supplier to you.
3.4 A 30% deposit can be made to hold any product and price given at the time, for a period of up to 1 month. A deposit in law is deemed to be a binding contract and non-refundable whether a stocked item or a special order. The remainder of monies due must be paid when a delivery date is arranged.

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4. Delivery
4.1 For security purposes we will only deliver to the card holder’s address.
4.2 All orders placed will be processed within 4 working hours and will be delivered as per the confirmed delivery date between 8am and 6.30pm provided no additional security checks are required and all stock items are available. Standard delivery for those products available from stock will be 24 -72 hours depending on the quantity you purchase. For those products which are not immediately available from stock, an approximate availability will be advised when we contact you to confirm your order acceptance. You will be notified when your order is ready for delivery. (A working day is any day other than weekends and bank or other public holidays).
4.3 If delivery cannot be made to your address for reasons under the Supplier´s control the Supplier will inform you as soon as possible.
4.4 If you deliberately fail to take delivery of the goods (other than by reason of circumstances under control of the Supplier) then without prejudice to any other right or remedy available to the Supplier, the Supplier may:
4.4.1 charge you for re-delivery
4.4.2 store the goods until actual delivery and charge you for reasonable costs (including insurance) of storage; or
4.4.3 sell the goods at the best readily obtainable price and either (a), where you have not already paid for the goods in question, charge you for any shortfall below the price you agreed to pay for the goods or (b), where you have already paid for the goods in question, account to you (after deducting all reasonable storage and selling expenses) for any proceeds received.
4.5 If you fail to take delivery because you have cancelled your contract under the Distance Selling Regulations the Supplier shall refund or re-credit you within 30 days for any sum that has been paid by you or debited from your credit card for the goods. On exercising your right to cancel you shall be required to return the goods to the Supplier at your own cost. Should you fail to return the goods, the Supplier reserves the right to deduct any direct costs incurred by the Supplier in retrieving the goods as a result of such failure.
4.6 Every effort will be made to deliver the goods as soon as possible after your order has been accepted. However, the Supplier will not be liable for any loss or damage suffered by you through reasonable or unavoidable delay in delivery. In this case, the Supplier will inform you of any delay as soon as possible and will give you the option of cancelling your order at this point.
4.7 Deliveries are made via courier companies to the “kerb side”. Unfortunately due to insurance guidelines, drivers are not responsible to take goods into your home. Therefore, please arrange for adequate help at the time of delivery. (Please be aware that boxes can weigh in excess of 25 Kilos)
4.8 Requests for estimated time of arrival on the day of delivery are strictly at the courier’s discretion. We cannot insist on a courier contacting you to advise delivery times, we can only request this.
4.9 Please inspect all goods immediately on delivery. This means checking trims, glancing over (but NOT opening) packs of flooring for visible damage. If the package appears to be damaged and/or the incorrect product has been sent, then please refuse the delivery then contact us immediately on 01424 856805. If the delivery is incomplete on arrival only sign for the products you have received. Failure to do so may affect any warranty claims that you make thereafter. Claims will not be accepted for damaged/missing goods if the driver’s ticket is not signed accordingly.
4.10 Karelia Wood Flooring does not accept liability for any costs you incur due to a late delivery. We recommend that you do not book installers until you have received your goods. Please note that we also recommend you allow up to 3 days for the flooring to acclimatise before it is laid.

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5 Risk/Title
5.1 The goods are at your risk from the time of delivery.
5.2 Ownership of the goods shall not pass to you until the Supplier has received in full (in cash or cleared funds) all sums due to it in respect of:
5.2.1 the goods, and
5.2.2 all other sums which are or which become due to the Supplier from you on any account.
5.3 The Supplier shall be entitled to recover payment for the goods even though ownership of any of the goods has not passed from the Supplier.

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6. Order Cancellation
6.1 You have the right to cancel the contract at any time up to 7 days after you receive the goods (see below). If the products were a “special order” this right to cancellation does not apply.
6.2 To exercise your right of cancellation, you must give written notice to the Supplier by hand, post or the Contact Us section of our website, giving details of the goods ordered. Notification by phone is not sufficient.
6.3 Except in the case of faulty or misdescribed goods, if you exercise your right of cancellation after the goods have been delivered to you, you will be responsible for returning the goods to the Supplier at your own cost. The goods must be returned to the address: Churchfields Mill, Highfield Drive, Churchfields Industrial Estate, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9TG
- You must take reasonable care to ensure the goods are not damaged in the meantime or in transit. The order should be unopened and in its original packaging. In the case of faulty or misdescribed goods the Supplier shall, after receiving notification in accordance with conditions 7 and 10, either collect the goods from you or ask you to return the goods to the Supplier in accordance with the Supplier's Returns procedure (see condition 10 below).
6.4 Once you have notified the Supplier that you are cancelling the contract, the Supplier will re-credit you within 30 days for any sum that has been paid by you or debited from your credit card for the goods.
6.5 Except in the case of faulty or misdescribed goods, if you do not return the goods as required, the Supplier may charge you a sum not exceeding the direct costs of recovering the goods.
6.6 Karelia Wood Flooring reserves the right to cancel any accepted order prior to delivery at Karelia Wood Flooring’s discretion (whether or not your credit card has already been charged) in the event of any material errors in connection with your order or the price or other conditions published in the Karelia on-line store relevant to your order, or if any further verification of your credit conditions or records so warrants. If your credit card has already been charged and your order is cancelled, Karelia Wood Flooring will immediately issue an appropriate credit to your credit card account.

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7. Warranty
7.1 All new goods supplied by the Supplier are warranted free from defects for 10 years from the date of supply (unless otherwise stated). For full warranty conditions please refer to the section Guarantee on our website. This warranty does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer. If the purchased goods develop a defect during the 10 year warranty period, you should write to us via the Contact Us area on our website. In the event of a valid claim for a defect in the purchased goods, where clauses within section 10 do not apply, the Supplier will (at its option) either:
7.1.1 replace those goods, if the Supplier has available the same goods at the same price; or
7.1.2 refund or re-credit you the sum you have paid for the relevant goods within 30 days of the date that the relevant goods are returned in accordance with the Supplier's Returns procedure (see condition 10 below).
7.2 The warranties in conditions 7.1 above do not apply to any defect in the goods arising from fair wear and tear, wilful damage, accident, negligence by you or any third party, use otherwise than in accordance with its intended use, failure to follow the Manufacturer's or Supplier´s instructions, or any alteration or repair carried out without the Suppliers prior written approval.
7.3 If the goods supplied to you are faulty (whether or not they were damaged in transit), you must notify us within 28 calendar days (please note that for our business customers, this is 14 calendar days) of receipt of the goods and return the goods to us in accordance with our returns policy (see condition 10 below). Once we have verified the fault, we will issue you with (at your discretion) a replacement or full refund via your original payment method and reimburse your reasonable return carriage costs.
7.4 If the goods supplied to you develop a defect while under warranty or you have any other complaint about the goods, you should notify the Supplier in writing via the Contact Us section of the website, as soon as possible, but in any event within 14 days of the date you discovered or ought to have discovered the damage, defect or complaint.

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8. Limitation of Liability
8.1 Subject to section 12 below, if you are a consumer the Supplier shall not be liable to you for any loss or damage in circumstances where:
8 .1.1 there is no breach of a legal duty owed to you by the Supplier or by its employees or agents;
8 .1.2 such loss or damage is not a reasonably foreseeable result of any such breach;
8 .1.3 any increase in loss or damage resulting from breach by you of any term of this contract.
8.2 Nothing in these conditions excludes or limits the liability of the Supplier for death or personal injury caused by the Supplier´s negligence or fraudulent misrepresentation.

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9. Images
Product images are for illustrative purposes only and may differ from the actual product.

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10. Returns
10.1 We will accept whole orders, except special orders, back unopened in the original packaging for whatever reason within 7 days of receipt. You will need to return the goods back to us at your cost via your chosen courier, and a 30% handling charge will be deducted from your refund. We do not accept part order returns.
10.2 All credits will be processed within 28 days. Please note that we can only refund delivery costs if the return is a result of our error. If you decide to cancel your order before delivery for whatever reason, except special orders, a £30 administration charge applies. If an order has been dispatched further charges may apply. In the case of a verbal order we will always read back your order at the time, and your agreement will form a contract.
10.3 In particular, please note that any items returned to us which you claim to be faulty or incomplete are checked and verified by our technicians. Any returned items that are found not to be faulty or incomplete will be returned to you and we shall be entitled to charge you for the return carriage costs via your original payment method. In the event that your credit card has expired, or is declined we will hold the item(s) until full payment has been made for the return carriage.
10.4 Any items that you return to us are at your own risk, therefore we strongly advise all our customers to take reasonable care when returning any items to us for example, by ensuring the goods are correctly addressed, adequately packaged, and carried by a reputable carrier. Items returned to us in a damaged condition will not be subject to refund, unless they were originally received damaged on the original consignment.
10.5 Return of product purchased under a special offer or promotion or as part of a bundle maybe subject to specific conditions, as described herein or otherwise communicated to you. No refund is allowed for individual products purchased as part of a bundled or under a voucher promotion jointly with other products but Karelia Wood Flooring will either: (i) replace such individual product or (ii) have returned the whole product bundle or the whole order and refund the amounts you paid. Karelia Wood Flooring reserves the right to get reimbursement of any promotional discounts applied on other products you purchased if such discounts were dependant on the purchase of the product(s) returned to us.

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11 Waiver
No waiver by the Seller (whether express or implied) in enforcing any of its rights under this contract shall prejudice its rights to do so in the future.

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12 Force Majeure
The Seller shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform any of its obligations if the delay or failure results from events or circumstances outside its reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, strikes, lock outs, accidents, war, fire, breakdown of plant or machinery or shortage or unavailability of raw materials from a natural source of supply, and the Seller shall be entitled to a reasonable extension of its obligations.

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13 Severance
If any term or provision of these Terms and Conditions is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason by any court of competent jurisdiction such provision shall be severed and the remainder of the provisions hereof shall continue in full force and effect as if these Terms and Conditions had been agreed with the invalid illegal or unenforceable provision eliminated.

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14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These terms of sale and the supply of the goods will be subject to English law and the English courts will have jurisdiction in respect of any dispute arising from the contract.

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15 Changes to Terms and Conditions
The Seller shall be entitled to alter these Terms and Conditions at any time. But this right shall not affect the existing Terms and Conditions accepted by the Buyer upon making a purchase.

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16. General
All hardwood flooring we offer for sale has been kiln-dried (unless otherwise stated) and all dimensions for wood flooring are nominal. This is because it is a natural characteristic of wood products whether pre-finished or not to adjust in size to its environmental conditions. It adjusts naturally to the level of humidity in the area it is stored or used. Purchasers of hardwood flooring should read appropriate fitting instructions provided by ourselves and should be aware of British Standard BS 8201 1987. The code includes recommendations relating to the work in the laying hardwood flooring.

Because this is a natural product please allow 5% grading allowance of product above and below grade. This is common with most manufacturers worldwide.

Before you install hardwood flooring please make sure you have read all the appropriate fitting instructions and recommendations. Do not install the flooring if you are unsure of the appropriate fitting instructions or have any complaints regarding the product. Always make sure the product and environment in which you are installing are suitable, in advance. Always use a moisture meter.

Copies of the code of practice for British Standards BS 8201 1987 are available from the British Standards Institute.

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