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Letter cancelling a contract made in home or workplace

Use this letter to cancel a contract you've made in your home or place of work. This is called a doorstep sale. When you buy something in a doorstep sale you have the right to be given a cancellation notice and seven days to cancel the sale from when you got the contract. To find out more about when you should use this letter, see Doorstep sales, when you can cancel.

For full information about the Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer's Home or Place of Work etc. Regulations, see Cancelling a doorstep sale.

This template is to be used for guidance and may not suit your specific situation. If you require more detailed advice and guidance, you can get more help.

  Sample

Derek Bankole
4 Waterway Drive
Peterborough
PC1 2MA


Laffer's Gardens
1 Waterway Drive
Peterborough
PC2 3MA

24 May 2013

Reference Number: HA194968

Dear Sir or Madam,

Cancellation of Contracts made in a Consumer's Home or Place of Work etc. Regulations 2008

On 03/01/2012 I entered into the following contract with your representative at my home: To trim the hedge in the front garden and cut the grass every month for a year.

I have now decided that I do not wish to proceed with the contract.

Under the above regulations, I have seven days from receiving the cancellation notice to cancel the contract.

I am therefore giving notice that I want to exercise this right to cancel my contract with you.

Please confirm within seven days of receiving this letter that the contract has been cancelled.

Please refund the amount of £50 which I have paid in advance.

Yours faithfully



Derek Bankole

Citizens Advice

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