It probably looked quite obvious which one was the ‘good’ contract, and which one was the ‘bad’ contract. You can probably see why contracts become so long now! Did you notice how both contracts are trying to achieve the same thing; a clean car?
Below we go through Contract 1, the better contract, to look at why it is the better one before you write your own!
I, Ceri Blower (‘Ceri‘), of 123 Brightside Avenue, enter into a contract with Nicoleen Wong (‘Nicoleen‘), of 46 Green Lane, on the date of 3rd January 2020.
Ceri agrees to clean the car of Nicoleen once a week, starting on the 6th January 2020 at a time agreed upon by the parties between the hours of 9am and 5pm. Cleaning of the car will take place at Nicoleen’s residence, at 46 Green Lane.
The cleaning of the car will include washing the outside of the car, hoovering the inside along with maintaining the air pressure in the car’s wheels.
The rate of pay will be £10 per car cleaning session, paid to Ceri in cash at the completion of each cleaning.
This contract can be terminated by either of the parties providing they give 2 clear weeks notice.
Signed ______ (Nicoleen)
Dated _____
Signed ______ (Ceri)
Dated _____
No contract is perfect, can you think of any ways you would improve the above contract? For example, what would happens if Ceri and Nicoleen can’t agree what time between 9am-5pm for the cleaning to take place? It’s not clear in the contract which means the contract has missed something!
