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Writing contracts; need templates (layouts)

Posted by Roger on November 3, 2014 at 8:16pm

Hi, been a little while but still lurking. Im looking ahead to next year and think it may be a good idea to issue contracts for the larger jobs so that I have legally binding evidence in case of non payment, extras ect.

I want to get some kind of carbon copy forms printed (from my local print shop) with my logo on it, instead of writing such on the back of a fag packet.

Does anyone know of any online templates as a guide for the layout of such a contract. Note that this is for a contract not an invoice. How do you do yours if you dont mind me asking.? Thanks in advance for any info

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  • Thomas Hamlett November 7, 2014 at 6:51pm
    I've never given customers contracts to sign. I'm no expert on legal but I would thought that written acceptance of a quotation would stand up should you need it. A "contract" is a bit scary for a garden maintenance customer I feel. We just put on our quotations at the bottom please sign and return to accept the quotation. Just my thoughts.
  • Catherine Miller November 8, 2014 at 12:32pm

  • Catherine Miller November 8, 2014 at 12:37pm
    Same as Thomas, above, we just rely on a reply to an email accepting the quote, which usually has terms and conditions attached, but then we never invoice big money, only regular monthly maintenance or the occasional small-scale landscape work. If the job is big enough to warrant a contract, my guess is it would need to be an individually drawn up contract rather than standard one, anyway, to account for the individual nature of the work you will do and problems you might come across?


    Thomas Hamlett said:
    I've never given customers contracts to sign. I'm no expert on legal but I would thought that written acceptance of a quotation would stand up should you need it. A "contract" is a bit scary for a garden maintenance customer I feel. We just put on our quotations at the bottom please sign and return to accept the quotation. Just my thoughts.
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