How can a landscape service force someone to pay an additional month when they no longer want the service?
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How can a landscape service force someone to pay an additional month when they no longer want the service?
I have a landscape service maintain my home and I pay on a month-to-month basis. I wish to cancel my service effective at the end of this month, which I have paid for. The company claims that I must give them 30 days notice before ending service and there is a contract I signed which states this. How can they force me to pay for a service I no longer want?
Asked on July 27, 2011 Oregon
Answers:
S.L,. Member, California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
By signing the contract, you are bound by its terms including the thirty day notice requirement. If you don't give the thirty days notice, the landscape service could file a lawsuit for breach of contract. The notice requirement is probably for the company to find another customer to offset the lost revenue when you are no longer paying for the landscape service. It may also be to avoid a situation where the landscape service arrives at a customer's home and is then told on the spot that the customer no longer wants the service.
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