Name who furnishes each material
A tile proposal has to say whether the owner or the installer furnishes the field tile, the trim pieces, and the setting materials. Those are three supplies, and they can be split. If the owner furnishes the tile, the proposal still has to state a waste assumption and who opens the cartons when they arrive. This note does not describe a markup or a sourcing offer.
Three supplies, three sentences
Field tile can arrive from the owner while thinset, grout, and edge metal arrive from the installer, or the reverse. Write each one. "Owner supplies tile" is silent about trim and about the bagged materials that stick the tile down. A proposal that leaves two of the three unspoken will stall when the missing piece is the one needed on the first morning.
Waste belongs on the furnish line
The person who buys the tile needs the pattern's waste, not only the area of the room. A grid and a diagonal do not leave the same leftover. The furnish sentence should state the allowance or the extra cartons assumed. Without that allowance, an owner-furnished order can be short, and an installer-furnished order can be for a layout nobody confirmed.
Who opens the cartons
Broken corners, a wrong size, and shade that does not match the approved sample show up when cartons are opened, which should happen before adhesive is mixed. The proposal should name who inspects and who may pause the job if the delivery does not match the sample. Leaving inspection implied means the argument starts after the first row is already set.
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