Landscaper Agreement

1. You are an independent business

1.1. You are an independent business. You are not an employee, contractor, subcontractor, agent, partner, joint venturer, or franchisee of LawnSwap, and nothing here or in the operation of the platform creates any of those relationships.

1.2. You decide everything about how the work gets done: which jobs to bid on, what to charge, when to show up, what equipment and chemicals to use, what methods to follow, and who does the work. You hire, supervise, pay, and are responsible for your own employees and subcontractors. LawnSwap exercises no control over the means or manner of any job.

1.3. You are free to work through competing platforms, to take work directly, and to turn down anything on LawnSwap. We set no quotas, no required acceptance rate, and no exclusivity.

1.4. You are responsible for your own taxes, licenses, insurance, workers' compensation coverage, payroll, and business filings. LawnSwap withholds nothing and provides no employee benefits. We do not give tax or legal advice.

1.5. LawnSwap is a venue that introduces you to homeowners. Your contract for any job is directly with the homeowner. We are not a party to it, not a general contractor, and not a broker of your services.

2. What it costs you

2.1. Nothing today. Creating an account, being notified about listings in your service area, and submitting bids are all free. There is no subscription, no monthly fee, no lead fee, no per-bid charge, and no commission taken from what a homeowner pays you.

2.2. Homeowners pay you directly, on terms you agree with them. LawnSwap does not process that payment, does not hold it, and takes no cut. We operate no escrow and hold no customer funds.

2.3. We intend to charge for LawnSwap eventually. We have not set the price. Before the first job books through the platform we will publish our full pricing, and no fee will apply to you without at least thirty (30) days' notice, per Section 6.2 of the Terms. There will be no subscription fees and no lead fees.

2.4. You may be invited to connect a Stripe account so that payouts can reach you when on-platform payments launch. Onboarding with Stripe does not authorize any charge to you and does not start any billing. Stripe collects what it needs for identity verification and tax reporting under its own Connected Account Agreement.

3. Licensing, insurance, and what we actually check

3.1. You represent and warrant that you hold every license, registration, permit, bond, and insurance policy required for the services you offer in the places you offer them, that all of it is current, and that you will keep it current for as long as your account is open. Tell us promptly if any of it lapses, is suspended, or is revoked.

3.2. You will carry general liability insurance appropriate to your work, and workers' compensation coverage where the law requires it for your crew. You will provide a certificate of insurance and a copy of your business license on request. LawnSwap does not set your coverage limits and does not tell you what to buy. Your obligation is to meet the law and to carry what a reasonable business in your trade carries.

3.3. What our review is. When you submit documents, a person at LawnSwap reads them and checks that they appear to be what you say they are. That is the entire process.

3.4. What our review is not. We do not verify documents with the issuing agency, run criminal background checks, check driving records, inspect your equipment or job sites, test your skills, or audit your coverage. Passing our review is not a certification, an endorsement, or a warranty by LawnSwap that you are qualified, and it does not shift any of your legal responsibility onto us. Where the site calls an account verified, that is what the word means.

3.5. You will not misrepresent your licensing, insurance, years in business, crew size, or credentials, on your profile or anywhere else. This is the misrepresentation we treat most seriously, and it will cost you the account.

4. Local ordinances and permits are on you

4.1. You will perform every job in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local law, including municipal ordinances governing tree and vegetation work, noise and hours of operation, yard waste disposal, irrigation and watering restrictions, and the handling and application of fertilizers and pesticides.

4.2. Tree work in particular. Many South Florida municipalities regulate it. In Coral Gables, removing, relocating, or substantially pruning protected trees generally requires a permit from the City, specimen trees carry additional protection, and unpermitted removal carries penalties. Getting the permit before work starts is your responsibility. LawnSwap does not apply for permits, does not check whether you obtained one, and will not be responsible for the consequences if you did not.

4.3. If a homeowner asks you to do something that would need a permit you do not have, do not do it. Tell them what the job actually requires.

5. Bidding rules

5.1. Bids are sealed. You cannot see what anyone else bid, and they cannot see yours. Do not try to find out, and do not coordinate with another landscaper on what to bid. Bid rigging is a violation of these terms and may violate antitrust law.

5.2. Bid a price you will honor. Your bid is a per-visit price for the scope in the listing. If the property turns out to be materially different from what the homeowner described, discuss it with them before you start. Do not use a low bid to win the introduction and then revise the price on arrival for work that was clearly described.

5.3. One account per business. Do not create additional accounts to submit multiple bids on the same listing or to get around a suspension.

5.4. Bid only in areas you actually serve and only for services you are licensed and equipped to perform.

5.5. Winning a bid is an introduction, not a booking. It does not obligate the homeowner to hire you, and it does not create any agreement between you and LawnSwap for services.

6. Homeowner privacy is a hard rule

6.1. Before a homeowner selects you, you do not get their name, phone number, email address, or street address, and you are not permitted to contact them. Alerts identify the job by zip code. Do not try to identify the property from the listing and approach the homeowner directly. This is the fastest way to lose your account.

6.2. When a homeowner selects you, you receive their contact details and property address for one purpose: performing the job you bid on. Use it for that. Do not add them to a marketing list, do not text or call them about anything else without their consent, do not sell or share their information, and do not pass it to another business.

6.3. Any texts or calls you make to a homeowner are yours, not ours. You are responsible for complying with the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (Fla. Stat. §501.059), the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and CAN-SPAM. Do not use an autodialer or prerecorded messages on a number you got through LawnSwap.

6.4. If a homeowner asks you to stop contacting them, stop.

7. Conduct on the job

• Show up when you said you would, or tell the homeowner in advance that you cannot.
• Do the scope you bid on. If the job is bigger than described, talk to the homeowner before you start, not after you finish.
• Respect the property. Damage you cause is yours to make right, and that is what your insurance is for.
• Treat homeowners professionally. No harassment, threats, intimidation, or discrimination on any basis protected by law.
• No upselling by pressure, no invented problems, no charges the homeowner did not agree to.
• Keep your profile accurate. Update your service area, services, and credentials when they change.

8. Anti-circumvention

8.1. LawnSwap charges no fees today, so there is nothing to evade today. Once fees exist, you agree not to use the platform to find a homeowner and then move that same engagement off-platform in order to avoid them.

8.2. This does not restrict an ongoing, direct relationship with a homeowner who legitimately chose you. Once you have been selected and have done the work, that customer is your customer. We are not claiming your book of business.

8.3. What is prohibited regardless of fees: harvesting listing or user information for off-platform solicitation, creating fake listings to surface homeowner data, and approaching homeowners who have not selected you. See Section 10 of the Terms.

9. Responsibility and indemnity

9.1. The work is yours. You are responsible for the quality, safety, and legality of everything you do on a homeowner's property, and for the acts and omissions of anyone you send there.

9.2. You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Take A Call LLC and its owners, officers, employees, and agents from any claim, damage, loss, liability, cost, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your services, your use of the platform, your violation of these terms or any law, your misrepresentation of your credentials, or any injury or property damage connected to a job. This restates Section 16 of the Terms.

9.3. LawnSwap's liability to you is limited as described in Sections 14 and 15 of the Terms. We do not guarantee that you will receive listings, win bids, or earn any amount through the platform, and we make no projection about volume or income.

10. Suspension and termination

10.1. You can delete your account yourself at any time from your account page. No notice period, no exit fee.

10.2. We may suspend or terminate your account for violating these terms, for misrepresenting your credentials, for contacting homeowners before selection, for lapsed licensing or insurance, for repeated no-shows or complaints, or for conduct we judge harmful to homeowners. Where the circumstances allow it we will tell you what the problem is and give you a chance to fix it. Where they do not, we will act first.

10.3. Termination does not affect a job you already agreed with a homeowner. Finish it, or tell them you cannot.

10.4. Sections 1, 3, 6, 8, 9, and 11 survive termination.

11. Disputes and governing law

11.1. A dispute with a homeowner is between you and them. We may hear about it, and repeated complaints affect your account, but we are not a party to it and we do not adjudicate it.

11.2. A dispute with LawnSwap is governed by Section 17 of the Terms. Contact us first. If that does not resolve it, most disputes go to individual arbitration under the AAA Commercial Arbitration Rules, with a class-action waiver, subject to a 30-day right to opt out and a small-claims exception. Read it before you agree to it.

11.3. Florida law governs, and any dispute not subject to arbitration belongs in the state or federal courts in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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