Illinois Home Improvement Contract

Illinois Home Improvement Contract

Before you use this: This agreement covers directly negotiated repair or remodeling work priced over $1,000 at an Illinois residence of six or fewer units. It is for signing away from the consumer's residence and for payment without property-insurance proceeds. For a covered in-home sale or an insurance-funded repair, obtain the applicable cancellation notices before signing. The contractor must give the owner the separate Home Repair: Know Your Consumer Rights pamphlet before execution and complete its duplicate acknowledgment; a receipt line in this contract does not replace that form.

Agreement date: [__/__/____]

This agreement is between [OWNER FULL LEGAL NAME] (Owner), at [OWNER MAILING ADDRESS], and [CONTRACTOR LEGAL BUSINESS NAME] (Contractor), at [CONTRACTOR BUSINESS STREET ADDRESS, CITY, IL ZIP]. Contractor's telephone: [NUMBER]. Contractor's email: [ADDRESS]. Owner's telephone and email: [NUMBER; ADDRESS].

If Contractor receives business correspondence through a post-office box, mail service, or agent, Contractor's residence address: [STREET ADDRESS, CITY, STATE ZIP / NOT APPLICABLE].

Project address: [STREET ADDRESS, CITY, IL ZIP]. Residence type and units: [TYPE; NUMBER OF UNITS].

If the work involves roofing, Contractor's Illinois roofing-license name and number exactly as shown on the license: [NAME; NUMBER / NO ROOFING WORK].

1. Work and materials

Contractor shall furnish the labor, parts, materials, equipment, supervision, and services described in Exhibit A, which is part of this agreement. Exhibit A identifies each work area, task, material or part with reasonable particularity, quantities, specifications, and exclusions. Contractor shall perform the agreed work in a workmanlike manner and comply with applicable permits and building requirements.

Permit and inspection responsibility: Contractor will obtain [LIST] at its expense of $[AMOUNT]; Owner will obtain [LIST / NONE] at Owner's expense of $[AMOUNT / 0]. Contractor shall schedule inspections for work assigned to it. Work outside Exhibit A requires a written change order signed by both parties stating the scope, price, and schedule change before the changed work begins.

2. Dates and access

Scheduled start: [__/__/____]. Estimated completion: [__/__/____]. Contractor shall give Owner prompt written notice of a material delay, its cause, and a proposed revised date. A change to the agreed completion date requires a signed change order.

Owner shall provide access to the work areas during [HOURS] and make the selections listed in Exhibit A by the listed dates. Contractor shall keep the work area reasonably clean and remove its construction debris at completion, except [SPECIFIC EXCLUSION / NONE].

3. Price and payments

Total contract price: $[AMOUNT], including labor, parts, materials, taxes, and the work in Exhibit A. Charge for the estimate: $[AMOUNT / 0], [INCLUDED IN TOTAL PRICE / PAYABLE SEPARATELY]. No other charge is due unless both parties sign a change order.

Total of scheduled payments: $[AMOUNT]. The scheduled payments must equal the total contract price. Payment method and payee: [METHOD; CONTRACTOR LEGAL NAME]. Contractor shall give an itemized invoice showing the milestone, approved change orders, prior payments, and balance. Owner may describe disputed work in writing and withhold the reasonably disputed portion while paying the undisputed amount.

4. Insurance, completion, and warranty

Contractor represents that it maintains the insurance required for this business under Illinois law or qualifies for a statutory exception. Insurer and policy contact / statutory exception claimed: [DETAILS]. Contractor shall provide evidence of coverage or the basis for the exception on Owner's request.

At completion, the parties shall inspect the work and record any incomplete or defective items and a reasonable correction date. Additional workmanship warranty, if offered: [SPECIFIC TERM AND REMEDY / NONE BEYOND APPLICABLE LAW]. A manufacturer warranty applies only to the products it covers, according to its terms.

5. Termination and disputes

Owner may terminate by written notice if Contractor materially fails to perform and does not cure within [NUMBER] days after receiving a description of the breach, or immediately if cure is impossible. Contractor may terminate by written notice if Owner materially fails to pay an undisputed amount or provide required access and does not cure within [NUMBER] days after notice. Either party may end this agreement by mutual signed writing. Upon termination, the parties shall account for completed conforming work, materials properly ordered for this project, payments, and lawful offsets; Contractor shall refund any net overpayment within [NUMBER] days. These terms do not waive rights supplied by law.

Written notices go to the addresses above, unless a party has provided a new address in writing. Illinois law governs. A court with jurisdiction in [COUNTY] County, Illinois may hear a dispute, subject to applicable consumer protections. This agreement has no arbitration clause, jury-trial waiver, or attorney-fee shifting clause.

6. Documents, signatures, and delivery

This agreement and completed Exhibit A are the entire agreement, as changed only by later signed change orders. Contractor shall give Owner a completed signed copy. Before signing, Contractor shall provide the separate statutory pamphlet and have both parties sign and date the duplicate Consumer Rights Acknowledgment Form incorporated into that pamphlet. Contractor keeps the original acknowledgment; Owner keeps the duplicate in the pamphlet.

Owner signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Owner printed name: [NAME]

Contractor signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Contractor signer name and title: [NAME; TITLE]

Delivery record: Owner received a completed signed agreement and Exhibit A. The parties separately completed the pamphlet's duplicate acknowledgment. Owner initials: [____] Contractor initials: [____]

Exhibit A — Work, parts, and materials

Work area and detailed tasks: [DESCRIBE EACH TASK AND LOCATION]

Drawings or plans incorporated by title and date: [DETAILS / NONE]. Excluded work: [DETAILS / NONE]. Owner selections and due dates: [DETAILS / NONE]. Permits and inspections: [LIST, RESPONSIBLE PARTY, AND COST].

Separate pamphlet acknowledgment — two copies

Print the two completed copies below and incorporate them into the separate consumer-rights pamphlet before signing. Contractor keeps the original; Owner keeps the duplicate in the pamphlet. The Attorney General's linked pamphlet does not itself contain these signature fields.

Original — Contractor's copy. Consumer Rights Acknowledgment Form

I, the homeowner, have received from the contractor a copy of the pamphlet entitled 'Home Repair: Know Your Consumer Rights.'

Homeowner signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Contractor business name and address: [NAME; STREET ADDRESS, CITY, IL ZIP]

Contractor or representative signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Duplicate — Owner's copy. Consumer Rights Acknowledgment Form

I, the homeowner, have received from the contractor a copy of the pamphlet entitled 'Home Repair: Know Your Consumer Rights.'

Homeowner signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Contractor business name and address: [NAME; STREET ADDRESS, CITY, IL ZIP]

Contractor or representative signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]

Sources and references

• Illinois Home Repair and Remodeling Act, 815 ILCS 513
• Illinois Consumer Fraud Act § 2B
• Illinois Attorney General's home repair pamphlet