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Suppose you hired someone to do renovations on your home. You agreed to hire the person, and he or she agreed to do the work. That is a '''contract'''. A contract is a legal agreement. It can be verbal or it can be in writing. This section of the booklet looks at what you can do if the home repairs are not satisfactory. | Suppose you hired someone to do renovations on your home. You agreed to hire the person, and he or she agreed to do the work. That is a '''contract'''. A contract is a legal agreement. It can be verbal or it can be in writing. | ||
This section of the booklet looks at what you can do if the home repairs are not satisfactory. | |||
The law says that in any contract, the person you hire: | The law says that in any contract, the person you hire: | ||
* must use reasonable care, | * must use reasonable care, | ||
* must do the work in a | * must do the work in a "proper and workmanlike manner", and | ||
* must use materials of reasonable quality. | * must use materials of reasonable quality. | ||
