Buyer Beware:
Is The contractor you are hiring Registered or Licensed with the NJDCA?
Too many Contractors are not operating legally in the state of New Jersey. These contractors do not generally have the proper insurance to protect your home from damage due to their work. Even worse, they do not have proper workman’s compensation protecting their employee; therefore, you are at risk of being held responsible for the injured employee.
Remember, just because a business has a website that does not make it ligament or honest. Companies with tons of 5-star reviews - many very vague and 2-liners are generally false reviews.
Today more than ever, we must all be careful when doing business; we all get computerized robocalls or the nice friendly person who must be with a legit company. Sorry, my friend, that is hardly ever the case today; these constant types of calls assault us, the caller really hoping to get just one person on the hook for something.
Being careful is a necessity and being careful with one of your largest assets, your home, is not just being careful. It is self-protective and responsible.
Remember always to check out the contractor the best thing you can do is ask many questions.
NJ Attorney General Department of Consumer Affairs “NJDCA” is a good step: See the link below.
Steps: After reading general info - select VERIFYING A LICENSE ENTER the Business Name to see if they are Licensed or Registered with the Division. If there is a DBA (doing business as) an alternate name, it will be listed in the full information sheet the DBA name on the documents' right-hand side.
****NOTE YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE: Actual date issued and Expired for a License or Registration in the site [click on the data that appears, and it will open and display the full info on Company]
This will also show who is registered as the Company's owners, and anyone having 10% or more of a company must be listed on the License or Registration. A company from out of state needs a Registration in New Jersey to provide Water Treatment Solutions.
