Home Repair and Maintenance Contract - The Joint …

1 home Repair andMaintenance ContractS&M 3139 (LBU)0273306:- 12/11/09 11:27 Page 1 Published by Thomson Reuters (Legal) Limited (Registered in England & Wales, Company No 1679046) trading as Sweet & Maxwell100 Avenue Road, London, NW3 3 PFFirst published May 2006 Revised November 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

2 Thomson Reuters andthe Thomson Reuters Logo are trademarks of Thomson Reuters. Sweet & Maxwell is a registered trademark of ThomsonReuters (Legal) Limited. The Joint Contracts Tribunal Limited 2009 Repair and Maintenance Contract The Joint Contracts Tribunal Limited 2009 Customer sname:Address:Phone number:Address of the premises where the work will be done, if different from the above:Contractor sname:Address:Phone number:VAT registration number: If he is not registered for VAT the contractor must tick here.

3 (a) Description of the work the customer wants the contractor to do:(b) While the work is being done, the premises will:be lived innot be lived inThis Contract is for home repairs and maintenance1 The work(c) The details of the work are given in the documents ticked specification prepared by the customer dated: A specification prepared by the contractor dated: A quotation from the contractor dated: (Both the customer and the contractor should initial the documents and the customer shouldkeep the originals with his copy of this Contract .)

4 The customer has ticked below the facilities which he will allow the contractor to use free of (a) The contractor s quotation for the work, which the customer has accepted by ticking one of theboxes below, is:a fixed price of (including any VAT)a rate of an hour(including any VAT)for labour, plus the contractor s invoices(including any VAT)for materials he supplieswith the customer s agreement.(b) After the work has started, if the customer wants any extra work done, and the contractor is prepared to do it, they will agree any extra price before the contractor goes ahead with the extrawork.

5 If the work is being done for a fixed price and the customer wants to reduce the amount of the work to be done, the contractor will make an appropriate reduction in the price.(a) The contractor must finish all the work he agreed to do before being paid for it.(b) When the contractor has finished all the work he agreed to do, he will give the customer an itemised invoice, showing any VAT charged for each item. If the customer is reasonably satisfied that all that work has been done, he will pay the invoice no later than 14 days after receiving it from the contractor must have: enough insurance to cover himself and the customer for the full costs of any damage to the workwhile it is being done and to materials on the premises for use in the work; and an up-to-date public liability policy covering death or injury to people and damage to property.

6 (a) The contractor will start the work at the premises on. (See clause 6(c)below.) He will finish it withindays (not including weekends and bank holidays, unlessother arrangements are made). The customer will allow the contractor to work fromam topm each day. (b) The customer accepts that if he increases the work after it has been started, the contractor mayneed more time.(c) The contractor does not have to provide any goods or services listed in clause 9(f) before the end of the seven-day cancellation period referred to in clause 9(a).

7 If the customer would like the contractor to provide any of those goods or services before this time, the customer mustconfirm this in writing. The customer accepts that he may have to pay for those goods orservices, even if he later cancels this // // // /2 Using facilities on the premises3 Price4 Payment5 Insurance6 Starting and finishing thework2 home Repair and Maintenance Contract The Joint Contracts Tribunal Limited 2009(a) The contractor will do the work competently and carefully.

8 He will not sub- Contract any of thework without the customer s permission. The contractor will still be responsible for any work sub-contracted.(b) The customer will not obstruct the contractor and will allow him to do the work during the timesagreed between them.(c) The contractor will clear away his rubbish from the work and leave the work areas clean and tidy at the end of each day and when the work is finished.(a) The contractor will keep to all his legal responsibilities for health, safety and environmental matters and warn the customer about any dangers from the work.

9 (b) The customer will not knowingly allow people living in or visiting the premises, particularlychildren, to be exposed to any dangers from the work.(a) The customer can cancel this Contract for any reason by giving the contractor notice in writingwithin 7 days of signing the Contract .(b) The customer can use the cancellation form attached as Schedule 1 at the back of thiscontract to cancel this Contract , but does not have to. On that cancellation form, the contractorshould fill in:(i) the name and address of the person the cancellation form should be sent to; and(ii) the Contract reference number or code, or any other details that identify the Contract .

10 (c) The customer can send the written notice by post or email, or can deliver it in person. Thenotice should be sent or delivered to the name and address set out in the cancellation form atthe back of this Contract .(d) The written notice will be considered to have been given on the day it is posted or sent byemail, whether or not the contractor actually receives it.(e) If the customer cancels this Contract under this clause 9, the contractor will refund any money the customer has paid to the contractor in connection with this Contract , except in thecircumstances set out in clause 9(f) below.