Homeowner Tips: Hiring a Contractor and other helpful advice.

Hiring a contractor can be quite stressful, the overall process can be daunting, home repairs and improvements are expensive, and most people have budgetary constraints.  Is your potential contractor licensed? How do you know if the person or company is reputable?  Who plans to file for the building permits?  Have you researched the person or company name?  Why is a written contract so important and what should it include?

Many of these questions and more are answered in the consumer protection article links below.  

https://www.bbb.org/article/tips/14081-bbb-tip-hiring-a-contractor

https://www.doj.nh.gov/consumer/sourcebook/schemes-swindles-scams.htm

https://www.homeadvisor.com/r/guide-to-hiring-a-contractor/

https://nhlegalaid.org/self-help-guides/consumer/consumer-protection/home-repair-fraud

Search for a business name at the NH Department of State:  https://quickstart.sos.nh.gov/online/Account/LandingPage

Search for consumer complaints by company name at the NH Department of Justice: https://business.nh.gov/ConsumerComplaint/index.asp