What happens when contract numbers and written words don't match?
Conflicting clauses like written amounts versus numerical percentages or vague phrasing like '2 Layers' force people to rely on expensive lawyers to sort out what was actually intended. By the time legal fees kick in, the dispute halts standard lease reconciliations and creates costly delays.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1paying lawyers to sort it out
- 2flagging issues to legal or contacting the tenant
- 3Watching contractor progress via security cameras
- 4Interpreting contract specifications as either literal separate layers or 50% overlapping sheets
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“words vs numbers is such a classic, seen it plenty times on contracts. usually the written amount wins in court unless there's solid proof it was a drafting error, but by that point you're already paying lawyers to sort it out”source ↗
“What does "2 Layers" mean to you guys?”source ↗
Where this came up
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