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ProGardenBiz Landscape & Garden Magazine for the Green Industry
Being a Pro: Templates & Forms for Landscape Contractors, Lawn Care, Maintenance
With some people, a handshake is just not enough. Using written agreements, specifying the scope of work and documenting changes eliminates misunderstandings and/or miscommunications. It prevents the lost of bottom line dollars. Profit Dollars! Why do you need a contract? A contract clearly defines the terms and conditions between both parties. It protects you should there be a dispute over work performed or payment of money. The contract spells out three important things. First, it spells out exactly what your duties are, second, the amount of money you are to be paid, including the schedule of payments, and last, it requires the other party to give thirty days notice prior to canceling the contract. This is very important because it gives you time to rearrange your work schedule to compensate for the opening. It also gives you a chance to re-locate any employees that you may have had working on that site.
A contract is also a selling point. A contract should spell out the conditions under which you must perform your duties. These conditions usually benefit the property owner or association. It says your company must provide a certificate of liability insurance to assure them that you are properly insured. Under those same conditions, you must supply them with a Workmen's Compensation certificate, which is another excellent selling point. Since your company has Workmen's Compensation insurance on its employees, this takes most of the liability away from the property owner in the event an employee gets injured on the job. "THEY LOVE THAT." It states that your employees will work and conduct themselves in a professional and orderly manner. It also states that after each working day, you will do a clean-up of the area where work was performed. ProGardenBiz Form LMA1. Landscape Maintenance Agreement Contract. This form may be used in your business, but may not be resold. Simply "cut & paste" the text of the form from this web page to your word processor. Then modify the form to your needs.
Start Date: _____________ Other Notes: Notes on the Use of this Landscape Maintenance Agreement:
Other Templates & Forms: If you have any questions, or comments, or need some advice regarding your landscape business, please write to us. Send us an email. Please include your name and address. We reserve the right to edit letters. eMail: editor@progardenbiz.com
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In this column we will provide templates, forms and promotional ideas for brochures that you may use for your own business.
This agreement was primarily designed for residential landscape maintenance contracts, but can be used for small commercial contracts as well. It is designed to be simple, short, and to the point. Longer contracts will intimidate your customer and may cause last minute problems in closing the sale.
