Minnesota Residential Home Improvement Contract
Minnesota Residential Home Improvement Contract
Before you use this: This contract is for a Minnesota licensed residential remodeler performing work on an existing residential building. Give the homeowner written performance guidelines before agreement, attach them, and give the homeowner a signed and dated copy of this contract without charge when both parties sign. Complete Attachment A if subcontractors or material suppliers will be used. If this is a covered home solicitation sale, complete Attachment B and give the buyer two separate, completed, detachable copies of its cancellation notice, printed as detachable sheets attached to the signed contract when the sale occurs; orally explain the right to cancel. Confirm whether another trade or project rule applies.
Agreement date: [__/__/____]
Homeowner: [FULL LEGAL NAME]
Homeowner's address, phone, email: [ADDRESS; PHONE; EMAIL]
Licensed residential remodeler: [LEGAL BUSINESS NAME]
Contractor's business address, phone, email: [ADDRESS; PHONE; EMAIL]
Minnesota license number: [NUMBER]
Improvement address: [STREET, CITY, MINNESOTA, ZIP]
1. Work, materials, and performance guidelines
Contractor will perform the following home improvement work. The attached plans and written performance guidelines identified below are part of this agreement.
| Item | Detailed work and location | Specific materials or standard features | Price or pricing basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [DESCRIPTION] | [MATERIALS / FEATURES] | $[AMOUNT OR BASIS] |
| 2 | [DESCRIPTION] | [MATERIALS / FEATURES] | $[AMOUNT OR BASIS] |
Work expressly excluded: [DETAILS]
Plans and specifications attached: [IDENTIFY EACH / "NONE"]
Written performance guidelines provided before signing and attached or incorporated by reference: [TITLE, DATE, AND VERSION]
Guideline delivery date: [__/__/____]
2. Price and payment
Total contract price: $[AMOUNT] ☐ fixed price ☐ calculated as follows: [RATE, QUANTITY, ALLOWANCES, TAXES, AND METHOD].
| Payment | Due date or work milestone | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Deposit | [DATE / MILESTONE] | $[AMOUNT] |
| Progress | [MILESTONE] | $[AMOUNT] |
| Final | [COMPLETION / AGREED PUNCH LIST] | $[AMOUNT] |
Payments will be made to [LEGAL PAYEE] by [METHOD] at [PAYMENT ADDRESS].
3. Schedule, permits, and site access
Expected start date: [__/__/____]. Expected completion date: [__/__/____].
Permits and inspections: [IDENTIFY EACH AND RESPONSIBLE PARTY].
Site access, utilities, work hours, and storage: [DETAILS].
Contractor will promptly tell Homeowner of a material delay and its cause. The parties will record any agreed change to the completion date in a signed writing.
4. Subcontractors and written changes
☐ Contractor will perform without subcontractors or material suppliers.
☐ Contractor has or will engage subcontractors or material suppliers. Attachment A is included in this contract. Known trades and suppliers: [NAMES AND WORK, IF KNOWN].
A change in the work, materials, price, or schedule must be described in a written change order signed and dated by both parties. Each signed change order becomes part of this contract, and Contractor will give Homeowner a signed and dated copy without charge.
5. Completion, warranty, and concerns
Contractor will present the work for Homeowner's inspection. The parties will list any unfinished or disputed items and their agreed correction plan in writing.
The statutory home improvement warranties in Minn. Stat. § 327A.02, subd. 3 apply according to the work actually performed. The warranty date for covered home improvement work is the date that work is completed. This contract does not reduce a statutory warranty or the rights and procedures governing a warranty claim.
Additional written contractor warranty, if any: [ATTACH WARRANTY OR WRITE "NONE"]
6. Ending the remaining work
A party claiming a material breach may give written notice describing it and request a reasonable correction plan. Any termination agreement will account for completed work, materials, and payments. This paragraph does not limit the buyer's applicable cancellation right in Attachment B or another right supplied by law.
7. Signatures and copies
The parties agree to the work, materials, price, guidelines, and applicable attachments identified here.
Attachments: ☐ Performance guidelines ☐ Plans/specifications ☐ Attachment A: contractor lien notice ☐ Attachment B: home solicitation cancellation notices (two copies) ☐ Other: [IDENTIFY]
Homeowner signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Contractor authorized signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Contractor signer's printed name and title: [NAME; TITLE]
Homeowner acknowledgment of signed, dated copy received at signing: [INITIALS; DATE]
Attachment A — contractor's notice to owner
Use when Contractor has or will contract with subcontractors or material suppliers for this improvement. Include this notice in this written contract in at least 10-point bold type. Do not replace it with the different subcontractor notice in § 514.011, subd. 2.
(a) Any person or company supplying labor or materials for this improvement to your property may file a lien against your property if that person or company is not paid for the contributions.
(b) Under Minnesota law, you have the right to pay persons who supplied labor or materials for this improvement directly and deduct this amount from our contract price, or withhold the amounts due them from us until 120 days after completion of the improvement unless we give you a lien waiver signed by persons who supplied any labor or material for the improvement and who gave you timely notice.
Attachment B — home solicitation cancellation materials
Use only if this sale meets Minn. Stat. § 325G.06, subd. 2. The buyer's signature below must be immediately next to the following statement, in boldface of at least 10 points. Give the buyer two separately completed, detachable notice copies after the contract. Fill in the actual third business day, excluding Saturday, Sunday, and a statutory holiday.
You, the buyer, may cancel this purchase at any time prior to midnight of the third business day after the date of this purchase. See attached notice of cancellation form for an explanation of this right.
Buyer signature for a covered home solicitation sale: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
Detachable notice of cancellation — copy 1
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
Goods or services purchased: [DESCRIPTION OF IMPROVEMENT]
Date of transaction: [__/__/____]
If you do not want the goods or services described above, you may cancel your purchase by mailing or delivering a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram to [SELLER LEGAL NAME], at [SELLER BUSINESS ADDRESS] not later than midnight of [MIDNIGHT DEADLINE DATE]. If you cancel, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, any property traded in, and any 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 canceled.
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 written instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.
If the seller does not pick up the goods within 20 days of the date of your notice of cancellation, you may retain or dispose of them without any further obligation.
I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.
Date: [__/__/____]
Buyer signature: [________________________________]
Detachable notice of cancellation — copy 2
NOTICE OF CANCELLATION
Goods or services purchased: [DESCRIPTION OF IMPROVEMENT]
Date of transaction: [__/__/____]
If you do not want the goods or services described above, you may cancel your purchase by mailing or delivering a signed and dated copy of this cancellation notice or any other written notice, or send a telegram to [SELLER LEGAL NAME], at [SELLER BUSINESS ADDRESS] not later than midnight of [MIDNIGHT DEADLINE DATE]. If you cancel, any payments made by you under the contract or sale, any property traded in, and any 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 canceled.
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 written instructions of the seller regarding the return shipment of the goods at the seller's expense and risk.
If the seller does not pick up the goods within 20 days of the date of your notice of cancellation, you may retain or dispose of them without any further obligation.
I HEREBY CANCEL THIS TRANSACTION.
Date: [__/__/____]
Buyer signature: [________________________________]
Sources and references
About this template
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 27, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Minnesota
- Category
- Contracts & Agreements
Legal authority
- Minn. Stat. § 326B.802, subd. 5
- Minn. Stat. § 326B.809
- Minn. Stat. § 327A.01
- Minn. Stat. § 327A.02
- Minn. Stat. § 325G.06
- Minn. Stat. § 325G.07
- Minn. Stat. § 325G.08
- Minn. Stat. § 514.011, subd. 1
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 27, 2026.
Minn. Stat. § 326B.802, subd. 5 (checked October 27, 2026): "Licensee means a residential building contractor, residential remodeler, manufactured home installer, or residential roofer licensed under sections 326B.802 to 326B.885."
Minn. Stat. § 326B.809(a) (checked October 27, 2026): "All agreements including proposals, estimates, bids, quotations, contracts, purchase orders, and change orders between a licensee and a customer for the performance of a licensee's services must be in writing"
Minn. Stat. § 326B.809(b)-(c) (checked October 27, 2026): "Before entering into an agreement, the licensee shall provide a prospective customer with written performance guidelines for the services to be performed. Performance guidelines also must be included or incorporated by reference in the agreement."
Minn. Stat. § 327A.01, subds. 8-9 (checked October 27, 2026): "In the case of a home improvement, the warranty date is the date on which the home improvement work was completed."
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