Unlicensed Contractors can ruin more than just your lawn

July 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Why Unlicensed Contractors can ruin more than just your lawn


In today’s current economy homeowners are trying many angles and options to save some money. However hiring an unlicensed contractor will almost certainly cost you more money and definitely more headaches down the road. Listed below are just a few of the most important reasons to always ask for the business state license number as well as workers compensation and liability insurance certificates.
•   Unlicensed individuals are considered your employees – that means you are required to provide them with workman’s compensation insurance. If you do not provide this insurance not only are you in violation of the law, you could be held responsible for paying them for the rest of their life should they get hurt.

•   Unlicensed individuals have no liability insurance – that means no protection of your investment from faulty materials or workmanship. Theft from the job site isn’t covered and a worker’s carelessness that leads to injury or property damage could leave you holding a very large bill.

•   Individuals not licensed do not have bonding protection on their jobs through the state fund – which means you don’t have this protection when the contractor bails out in the middle of a project.

•   Unlicensed individuals can not apply for permits on the job you hired them for – without a permit, not only are you again breaking the law, you are afforded none of the protections the permitting process offers you. Your job will not be covered by your homeowner’s insurance because insurance companies won’t cover bootleg work.

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