ABSTRACT
This chapter suggests that a way of settling these disputes in that the user can be in the same time the builder of his own private home. The relationship between client-builder turns into a buyer-seller one, which is much simpler. However, with this change other types of conflict may appear, and the paper has emphasized them. Between the parties signing a contract, the client and the builder, there will always be disputes, in the first place because of human nature. The initials DIY come from "Do-It-Yourself"—a method of advice that is often heard in Romania. The production of do-it-yourself prefabrication kits, where the owner buys packages and builds the home himself, or acts as his own contractor is increasing day by day. In the U.S.A. 20% of single-family residences are being built by the homeowners themselves and there is a rapidly growing market for goods and services well suited to this type of housing construction and home improvement.
