Home Improvement Contractor IQ Test
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Correction of Work. As an absolute precondition to the institution of civil suit or demand for alternative dispute resolution by the Owner against the Contractor, Owner shall allow and afford Contractor reasonable notice, opportunity, access, and adequate time to cure and correct any Work which Owner contends fails to conform to the requirements of the Contract Documents, during which time all provisions of the Contract Documents shall apply, including Owner’s obligation to pay current all installments due on the contract price.
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Correction of Work. As an absolute precondition to the institution of civil suit or demand for alternative dispute resolution by the Owner against the Contractor, Owner shall allow and afford Contractor reasonable notice, opportunity, access, and adequate time to cure and correct any Work which Owner contends fails to conform to the requirements of the Contract Documents, during which time all provisions of the Contract Documents shall apply, including Owner’s obligation to pay current all installments due on the contract price.
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February 7, 2025
New Jersey Home Improvement Contract Change Orders
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It can be a tricky proposition to manage the course of home improvement when the price, the time for completion, or the work to be done changes after the contract is signed. The paperwork needs to catch up in order to keep everything legal, since all changes in the terms and conditions of a necessarily written home improvement contract must also be in writing and signed by all parties. N.J.A.C. 13:45A-16.2.12.
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It can be a tricky proposition to manage the course of home improvement when the price, the time for completion, or the work to be done changes after the contract is signed. The paperwork needs to catch up in order to keep everything legal, since all changes in the terms and conditions of a necessarily written home improvement contract must also be in writing and signed by all parties. N.J.A.C. 13:45A-16.2.12.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
Practice Tip: Submit an OPRA Request for the Permit File
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Extra-contractual remedies such as bond claims, liens and statutory trusts allow attorneys to recover for clients outside the ordinary avenues of the law, where personal responsibility by fault or breach is the normal threshold to a cause of action. The experienced construction litigator always investigates a new case to see if the pleadings can include claims for extra-contractual remedies.
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Extra-contractual remedies such as bond claims, liens and statutory trusts allow attorneys to recover for clients outside the ordinary avenues of the law, where personal responsibility by fault or breach is the normal threshold to a cause of action. The experienced construction litigator always investigates a new case to see if the pleadings can include claims for extra-contractual remedies.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
Rip Off the Law for a Better Public Adjuster Contract
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At a trade conference a few years ago I gave a talk called “Rip Off the Law for a Better Contract.” I told our group how consumer contracts did more than apportion risk the way commercial contracts do. Consumer contracts, I argued, were a government-driven vehicle to inform consumers of their rights.
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At a trade conference a few years ago I gave a talk called “Rip Off the Law for a Better Contract.” I told our group how consumer contracts did more than apportion risk the way commercial contracts do. Consumer contracts, I argued, were a government-driven vehicle to inform consumers of their rights.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
Home Improvement Warranties
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If you’re in the market for home improvement, you’ll want to understand your rights with respect to guarantees and warranties and home improvement warranties. There isn’t much difference between the two words; guarantee and warranty are interchangeable for the most part.
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If you’re in the market for home improvement, you’ll want to understand your rights with respect to guarantees and warranties and home improvement warranties. There isn’t much difference between the two words; guarantee and warranty are interchangeable for the most part.
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February 7, 2025
Home Improvement Contract General Conditions: Owner Breach
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What if chocolate and vanilla were the same color? That’s kind of where you are with major and minor breaches of contract on a work of home improvement. If you didn’t get out of bed this morning with a law degree, a minor breach and a major breach can look exactly alike. The difference between the two is more than a simple matter of taste, though; telling one from the other is crucial, since a major breach allows the non-breaching party to walk away from further performance.
by robertjIncollingo
https://rjilaw.com/article/home-improvement-contract-owner-breach
What if chocolate and vanilla were the same color? That’s kind of where you are with major and minor breaches of contract on a work of home improvement. If you didn’t get out of bed this morning with a law degree, a minor breach and a major breach can look exactly alike. The difference between the two is more than a simple matter of taste, though; telling one from the other is crucial, since a major breach allows the non-breaching party to walk away from further performance.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
When a Business Can Sue for Consumer Fraud
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The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to -109, punishes deception by advertisers or sellers of goods and services with judgments for three times the money or property lost by their victims, and forces them to pay the injured parties’ attorneys’ fees and litigation costs. Most business people are well aware of this law, and steer wide of situations where their business could be the defendant in such a case.
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The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act, N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 to -109, punishes deception by advertisers or sellers of goods and services with judgments for three times the money or property lost by their victims, and forces them to pay the injured parties’ attorneys’ fees and litigation costs. Most business people are well aware of this law, and steer wide of situations where their business could be the defendant in such a case.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
Demand the Verified List in your Home Improvement Contract
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From the homeowners’ standpoint, one of the most galling results of a home improvement contractor’s deviation from their agreement can be a construction lien recorded against title to the property by a subcontractor or supplier. Such a lien can be imposed even when the homeowners justifiably refuse to pay the prime contractor, or when the prime contractor abandons the work.
by robertjIncollingo
https://rjilaw.com/article/demand-the-verified-list-in-your-home-improvement-contract
From the homeowners’ standpoint, one of the most galling results of a home improvement contractor’s deviation from their agreement can be a construction lien recorded against title to the property by a subcontractor or supplier. Such a lien can be imposed even when the homeowners justifiably refuse to pay the prime contractor, or when the prime contractor abandons the work.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
Consider an Owner’s Representative for your Home Improvement Contract
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When an ordinarily calm contractor and homeowner disagree during a project, either one or both may find himself shaking with anger and frustration. In my experience, homeowners and contractors routinely talk past one another, with neither one giving the other the understanding they feel they are due. We could call it “the invisible nail pop syndrome,” an otherwise humorless situation where values are seriously out of skew. When problems on the project don’t rise to the level of major breach by the contractor, but are still short of the owner’s expectations, I may advise the homeowner to hire an owner’s...
by robertjIncollingo
https://rjilaw.com/article/consider-an-owners-representative-for-your-home-improvement-contract
When an ordinarily calm contractor and homeowner disagree during a project, either one or both may find himself shaking with anger and frustration. In my experience, homeowners and contractors routinely talk past one another, with neither one giving the other the understanding they feel they are due. We could call it “the invisible nail pop syndrome,” an otherwise humorless situation where values are seriously out of skew. When problems on the project don’t rise to the level of major breach by the contractor, but are still short of the owner’s expectations, I may advise the homeowner to hire an owner’s...
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
NJ Consumer Fraud Law: Completion vs. Substantial Completion
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Property owners and contractors voluntarily distort and shift their legal rights and obligations by written contract. In my practice, I see far too little thought given to their terms of agreement, and far too much of the tragicomic results. Where an ounce of prevention could have prevented a pound of cure, a ton of misery winds up in court.
by robertjIncollingo
https://rjilaw.com/article/nj-consumer-fraud-law-completion-vs-substantial-completion
Property owners and contractors voluntarily distort and shift their legal rights and obligations by written contract. In my practice, I see far too little thought given to their terms of agreement, and far too much of the tragicomic results. Where an ounce of prevention could have prevented a pound of cure, a ton of misery winds up in court.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
Contractors’ Credit Card Surcharges
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Even after a lifetime of studying construction contract paperwork it never occurred to me that anyone would pay for big-ticket home improvement with a credit card. I was caught up short when a remodeler I know commented about the merchant services charges his company was being billed on credit card payments regularly made by his customers. Those credit card processing fees (also known as “swipe fees”) were eating into his profit margins, and over time summed to thousands of dollars of unwelcome expense.
by robertjIncollingo
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Even after a lifetime of studying construction contract paperwork it never occurred to me that anyone would pay for big-ticket home improvement with a credit card. I was caught up short when a remodeler I know commented about the merchant services charges his company was being billed on credit card payments regularly made by his customers. Those credit card processing fees (also known as “swipe fees”) were eating into his profit margins, and over time summed to thousands of dollars of unwelcome expense.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
New Jersey Contractors: Do You Need an Architect to Restore a Damaged House?
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This question came to me from a client in the emergency restoration business, pressed to justify the additional cost of an architect to prepare plans for a fire-damaged house in need of minor structural repairs.
by robertjIncollingo
https://rjilaw.com/article/new-jersey-contractors-do-you-need-an-architect-to-restore-a-damaged-house
This question came to me from a client in the emergency restoration business, pressed to justify the additional cost of an architect to prepare plans for a fire-damaged house in need of minor structural repairs.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
New Jersey Contractors: Do You Need a New Home Builder Registration If You’re Working for an Owner-Builder?
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This question came to me from a client in the home improvement business, also registered for new home construction, regarding his choice of company for a project.
by robertjIncollingo
https://rjilaw.com/article/new-jersey-contractors-do-you-need-a-new-home-builder-registration-if-youre-working-for-an-owner-builder
This question came to me from a client in the home improvement business, also registered for new home construction, regarding his choice of company for a project.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
New Jersey Contractors: Can a Wife Sign a Home Improvement Contract for Her Husband? Can a Husband Sign a Home Improvement Contract for His Wife?
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In New Jersey, home improvement contracts for a purchase price in excess of $500.00, and all changes in terms and conditions of the contract, (1) have to be in writing and (2) have to be signed by all parties.1 Stray from these requirements, and the contract is illegal, because it violates the Consumer Fraud Act, as amended by the Contractors’ Business Registration Act, and the Home Improvement Practices regulations.
by robertjIncollingo
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In New Jersey, home improvement contracts for a purchase price in excess of $500.00, and all changes in terms and conditions of the contract, (1) have to be in writing and (2) have to be signed by all parties.1 Stray from these requirements, and the contract is illegal, because it violates the Consumer Fraud Act, as amended by the Contractors’ Business Registration Act, and the Home Improvement Practices regulations.
by robertjIncollingo
February 7, 2025
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February 7, 2025
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