32, - Sunday, April 16, 1939 -

HELP'S, AT Hand, a weekly
feature by the North ‘Shore Infor-
mation and Volunteer Centre, an-
swers questions about and

such topics as govern-
ment policies and programs,
benefits, consumer and legal
rights, taxation and public ser-

vis wers published in this col-

umn are intended only as a general

guide and should not be applied to

specific individual cases without
further consultation.
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Qaestion: I have had some ex-

temsive renovations done ‘o my

should pot psy my contractor the
whole amount I owe him, but

Sell used
kids’ items

summer clothing, toys or baby
equipment that you would like to
sell?

Seymour Heights Elementary
School will sell good quality used
items for children from birth to 15
years on 2 consignment basis at its
Childyen'’s Good As New sale be-
ing held Saturday, April 22
to 3 p.m.

Drop off of items for sale will
take place on Friday, April 21
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and Saturday,
April 22 from 9 to 10 a.m. Ven-
dors can pick up items that were
not sold from 4 to 5 p.m. on
Saturday after the sale.

Call Chelan at 929-3569 or Barb
at 929-2277 for details on how to
participate and turn your
children’s outgrown merchandise
into dollars. Seymour Heights
Hlementary School is located at
2640 Carnation St. in North Van-
couver.

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North Shore News

should hold back 10 per cent. Is
this trae and why?

Answer: The B.C. Builders’ Lien
Act specifies that the homeowner
must withhold 10 per cent of the
tetal contract price faz a period of
40 days after the work is com-
pleted. This applies to any work
that could be considered an im-
provement to the property.

This provision is to protect the
homeowner in a circumstance
where the contractor fails to pay
for supplies or to pay a worker. If
they are not paid, ‘suppliers and
workers could register a lien on
your home and you c could be Table

Helga Walsh
Mr. Lorne Sine, Area

LIFESTYLES

t hand

to pay them up to 10 per cent of
the contract price.

Check with the land title registry
and, if no liens have been regis-
tered, pay the 10 per cent holdback
to the contractor after 40 days

bouse seateréay and offered to
measure and estimate the cost of
insulating the roof space. He was
80 friendly and helpful and I sign-
ed a contract to have the work
done. After he had gone I thought
about it some more and decided I
just couldn’t afford it. Is there any
_way Ican get out of the contract?

Jelena horney
Manager North Shore of

the Royal Bank of Canada would like to announce
the appointment of Helga Walsh to Manager, Per-

sonal Banking of our

Lynn Valley Branch and

Jelena Chorney to Manager, Personal Banking §
of our Dollar Shopping Centre Branch. Both j
Helga and Jelena come with years of experience
in Personal Banking and look forward to serving

—e . our customers on the

North Shore.

THE ROYAL BANK.
OF CANADA.

Answer: Fortunately, you are
protected by a legally required
“cooling off’ period. In British
Columbia you have seven days in
which you can chaage your mind
and cancel the contract when the
contract was signed in your own
home. You should send your
cancellation by registered mail.

This “‘cooling off’? perind only
applies where the seller regularly
carries on business away from his
permanent place of business and is

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intended to protect people from
the high-pressure sales tactics used
by some door-to-door sales people.

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and Volunteer Centre, a United
Way agency, is located at 1060
Roosevelt Cres., North Vancouver,
B.C. V7P 1M3, telephone 985-
7138. This column is prepared with
financial assistance from the
Notary Foundation.

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