Delaware Door-to-Door Home Improvement Contract

DELAWARE DOOR-TO-DOOR HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT

Use only for a covered transaction: The contractor personally solicits a household improvement sale and the buyer signs away from the contractor's permanent place of business, with a total price of at least $25. Check the exceptions in 6 Del. C. § 4403(3) and 16 C.F.R. § 429.0(a), especially a transaction subject to federal credit rescission, before using this package. This English package is for an English sales presentation; if another language was principally used, translate the entire contract and notices into that language before signing. Print the cancellation statement beside the buyer's signature in bold type of at least 10 points and conspicuous contrasting ink; print each attached notice in bold type of at least 10 points. Complete all notice dates and the contractor's business address before delivery, and give the buyer a fully completed copy at signing.

Transaction and contract date: [__/__/____]

Contractor's legal name: [________________________________]

Permanent business address: [________________________________]

Telephone and Delaware business license number: [________________________________]

Buyer: [________________________________]

Buyer's address and improvement site: [________________________________]

Sales presentation language: [ENGLISH / OTHER LANGUAGE: __________]

1. Work and materials

Contractor will perform the following home improvement work at the site: [DETAILED SCOPE, MEASUREMENTS, MATERIALS, BRAND/MODEL, AND FINISHES]. Attach signed plans or specifications as Exhibit [__].

Work excluded: [________________________________]

Permits and inspections: [IDENTIFY REQUIRED PERMITS, RESPONSIBLE PARTY, AND APPROVAL PROCESS]. Work must comply with applicable permits and law.

Start date or condition: [__/__/____ / CONDITION]. Estimated substantial completion: [__/__/____], subject to written change orders and excusable delay described here: [SPECIFIC TERMS OR NONE].

2. Price and payment

Total purchase price, including all charges: $[____].

Materials or labor allowances, if any: [ITEM, ALLOWANCE, AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD OR NONE].

No additional work or charge is authorized without a signed change order stating the scope, price change, and schedule change. Financing terms, if any, are in a separately signed and attached agreement: [TITLE OR NONE].

3. Completion and changes

Contractor will provide the labor, supervision, and materials in the signed scope. Buyer will provide reasonable access during agreed hours: [HOURS]. Contractor will give the buyer a written completion notice. The parties will record remaining items and an agreed correction schedule here or in a signed punch list: [DETAILS OR NONE].

Warranty expressly offered by contractor: [COVERAGE, TERM, CLAIM ADDRESS, AND EXCLUSIONS OR NONE STATED]. This clause does not waive rights that cannot lawfully be waived.

4. Cancellation and delivery record

The buyer may cancel this covered transaction through the later deadline stated on the completed attached notices. The contractor orally informed the buyer of this right at signing. This contract contains no confession of judgment and no waiver of cancellation rights. The contractor will honor a valid cancellation under applicable law.

Notice deadline, calculated using the applicable business-day rules: [DAY, MONTH, DATE, YEAR], at midnight. Delaware excludes Saturday, Sunday, and legal holidays from its business-day count; the federal rule excludes Sunday and federal holidays. Use a deadline satisfying both rules.

Attached and delivered with this contract: ☐ Two easily detachable Delaware Notices of Cancellation, each completed ☐ Two federal Notices of Cancellation, each completed ☐ Copy of this fully completed contract ☐ Signed plans/specifications [TITLE OR NONE].

Solicitation at the home by a seller or representative: ☐ Yes; identification card displayed, number [____], solicitation time [____] ☐ No; describe other covered solicitation [DETAILS]. For a non-exempt in-person solicitation at the home, Delaware's card and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. limits apply under §§ 4405–4406.

5. Signatures

Delaware cancellation statement — print beside the buyer's signature in bold type of at least 10 points and conspicuous contrasting ink:

YOU, THE BUYER, MAY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO MIDNIGHT OF THE THIRD BUSINESS DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THIS TRANSACTION. SEE THE ATTACHED NOTICE OF CANCELLATION FORM FOR AN EXPLANATION OF THIS RIGHT.

Buyer: ____________________ Date and time: [__/__/____, __:__]

Contractor or authorized representative: ____________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Printed name and title: [________________________________]

Completed contract and notices delivered to buyer on: [__/__/____] By: [METHOD]

Delaware Notice of Cancellation — copy 1, detach and give to buyer

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

[________________] (Enter date of transaction)

You may cancel this transaction, without any penalty or obligation, within 3 business days from the above date.

If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within 10 business days following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled.

If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale; or you may if you wish comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller’s expense and risk.

If you do not agree to return the goods to the seller or if the seller does not pick them up within 20 days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation.

To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, to

[________________] (Name of seller) , at [________________] (Address at seller’s place of business)

not later than midnight of [________________] (Date)

I hereby cancel this transaction.

[________________] (Date)

[________________] (Buyer’s signature)

Delaware Notice of Cancellation — copy 2, detach and give to buyer

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

[________________] (Enter date of transaction)

You may cancel this transaction, without any penalty or obligation, within 3 business days from the above date.

If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within 10 business days following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled.

If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale; or you may if you wish comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller’s expense and risk.

If you do not agree to return the goods to the seller or if the seller does not pick them up within 20 days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation.

To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, to

[________________] (Name of seller) , at [________________] (Address at seller’s place of business)

not later than midnight of [________________] (Date)

I hereby cancel this transaction.

[________________] (Date)

[________________] (Buyer’s signature)

Federal Notice of Cancellation — copy 1, give to buyer

Notice of Cancellation

[enter date of transaction]

(Date)

You may CANCEL this transaction, without any Penalty or Obligation, within THREE BUSINESS DAYS from the above date.

If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within TEN BUSINESS DAYS following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled.

If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.

If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within 20 days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract.

To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this Cancellation Notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, to [ Name of seller ], at [ address of seller's place of business ] NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF [ date ].

I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.

(Date)

(Buyer's signature)

Federal Notice of Cancellation — copy 2, give to buyer

Notice of Cancellation

[enter date of transaction]

(Date)

You may CANCEL this transaction, without any Penalty or Obligation, within THREE BUSINESS DAYS from the above date.

If you cancel, any property traded in, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, and any negotiable instrument executed by you will be returned within TEN BUSINESS DAYS following receipt by the seller of your cancellation notice, and any security interest arising out of the transaction will be cancelled.

If you cancel, you must make available to the seller at your residence, in substantially as good condition as when received, any goods delivered to you under this contract or sale, or you may, if you wish, comply with the instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.

If you do make the goods available to the seller and the seller does not pick them up within 20 days of the date of your Notice of Cancellation, you may retain or dispose of the goods without any further obligation. If you fail to make the goods available to the seller, or if you agree to return the goods to the seller and fail to do so, then you remain liable for performance of all obligations under the contract.

To cancel this transaction, mail or deliver a signed and dated copy of this Cancellation Notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram, to [ Name of seller ], at [ address of seller's place of business ] NOT LATER THAN MIDNIGHT OF [ date ].

I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.

(Date)

(Buyer's signature)

Official sources

• Delaware Home Solicitation Sales Act, 6 Del. C. ch. 44
• FTC Cooling-Off Rule, 16 C.F.R. part 429, official 2026 CFR