Building a fence on your property can come with some details that are important to consider before work begins:

• Local building codes
• Buried cables and wires from utility companies
• Fence materials
• Chain link fence
• Wood fence
• Vinyl fence
• Number of access gates

Get the details of your fence building project outlined in a contract before hiring a contractor to build your fence.

Lawn maintenance that includes grass cutting, sprinkler system maintenance, garden maintenance and general property maintenance of the yard and gardens is covered with this sample contract to use before hiring a company to mow your lawn and care for your gardens

• Grass cutting
• Start and end dates of seasonal lawn and garden maintenance
• Chemical or fertilizer treatments of your lawn
• Weed treatment
• Property maintenance
• Tree and shrub care
• Subcontractor information
• Payment plans and schedules

Get a grass cutting and lawn maintenance contract in writing before hiring a company to take care of your property to help protect yourself and ensure you are dealing with a legitimate lawn care and maintenance company

Basement framing sample contract for homeowners and contractors: Getting a contract in place before a basement finish job in your home

• Basement framing subcontractors
• Structural specifics for your basement
• Types of drywall and thickness
• Electrical work, lighting fixtures, outlets and plumbing
• Interior finishing of your basement renovation
• Payment plans, deposits, and schedules

• Subcontractor information and details
• Landscaping renovation details (how long is heavy equipment on site? When will the landscaping be finished? Have permits been pulled? Will there be inspections?.)
• Purchasing of landscaping materials (cost of sod, trees, shrubs, fill, retaining wall material, sprinkler system, seeds, pond or waterfall materials, etc.)
• Warranty on landscaping materials (How long is a sprinkler system guaranteed? Will the fill be guaranteed to be free of weeds? Warranty on sod, pond maintenance, etc.)
• Payment plans and payment schedule, total costs of the landscaping renovation and when payments will be withheld
  
  

• Subcontractor information and details
• Basement renovation details (approval of drawings, plans, structural changes, etc.)
• Mechanical functions of a basement renovation (wiring, HVAC, budget, fixtures, plumbing, water damage and control, basement mold, etc.)
• Interior finishing (painting, drywall, moudlings, flooring, etc.)
• Payment plans and payment schedule, total costs of the basement renovation
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• Subcontractor information and details
• Kitchen renovation details (approval of drawings, permits, inspections, countertop, sinks, temporary kitchen, plans, structural changes, etc.)
• Mechanical functions of a kitchen renovation (lighting, electrical, budget, appliances, special features)
• Interior finishing (interior walls, painting, drywall, moudlings, flooring, sub flooring, etc.)
• Payment plans and payment schedule, total costs of the kitchen renovation, deposits
  
  

• Subcontractor information and details
• Bathroom renovation details (approval of drawings, permits, inspections, countertop, sinks, plumbing, heating and cooling, plans, structural changes, etc.)
• Mechanical functions of a bathroom renovation (lighting, electrical, budget, fixtures, special features)
• Interior finishing (interior walls, painting, drywall, moudlings, flooring, sub flooring, etc.)
• Payment plans and payment schedule, total costs of the bathroom renovation, deposits
  
  

• Subcontractor information and details
• Roofing details (approval of drawings, permits, inspections, roofing materials, plans, structural changes, etc.)
• Warranty on roofing materials, eaves trough, underlay, shingles, tiles, chimney, structural enhancements
• Payment plans and payment schedule, total costs of the roofing renovation, deposits
  
  

• "Cash Deals"
• Insurance
• The legal contract
• Completion certificates
• How and when to make and hold payments
• Contractor responsibilities
• Consumer protection laws
• Continue reading about getting your home renovation contract in writing