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Title: Contract question
Post by: frames to panes on April 14, 2008, 07:18:54 pm
When you sign a contract for commercial work are you or the customer signing for a definate period of time i.e. twelve months of work? Or is a contract just proof that you have been offered the job?
Title: Re: Contract question
Post by: windowwashers on April 14, 2008, 07:23:20 pm
When you sign a contract for commercial work are you or the customer signing for a definate period of time i.e. twelve months of work? Or is a contract just proof that you have been offered the job?
A contract can mean many things, a lot the time it for continued work for a set period till the contract ends, which can be rolling unless they give notice after a set period or you do if it is brocken you or them can be liable for the remaining time left on it..

Ian
Title: Re: Contract question
Post by: frames to panes on April 14, 2008, 10:45:26 pm
I do two commercial jobs with no contracts so i just wondered what a contract actually means, having never drawn one up or signed one.
Title: Re: Contract question
Post by: matt on April 14, 2008, 11:21:02 pm
to be honest the contract will have such massive "get-outs" thats its rather pointless

they could aruse to terminate the contract over any silly point, standard of work would be the easiest, afterall its not clear whats a good or bad job
Title: Re: Contract question
Post by: frames to panes on April 15, 2008, 09:37:38 am
Precisely what i was thinking, could be more secure on very big commercial work perhaps?
Title: Re: Contract question
Post by: williamx on April 15, 2008, 06:13:09 pm
Beware of the small print in contracts, most have clauses that if you are doing a bad job the can sack you, then they get another cleaner who charges more than you did and you pick up the difference, the same applies if you want to cancel the contract.

Always run it though a solicitor, it could save you loads of dosh.
Title: Re: Contract question
Post by: matt on April 15, 2008, 07:16:05 pm
my brother specialises in contract law

even the tightest contracts will have a get out for 1 of the parties