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<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">The State Senator of New York namely&comma; Joseph Addabbo&comma; Jr&period; is advising constituents that suffered harm to their residences from Hurricane Sandy&comma; which unprincipled businesses along with scammers might prey on the storm victims who are all seeking to mend their residences&period; Unwanted contractors might claim that one’s home needs a mending work on behalf of damage which they never observed&period; The general tactics include work on their driveway&comma; chimney&comma; or a roof&period; These contractors frequently provide special deals since they have a material available from the other job&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;thediscoveryblog&period;com&sol;post-sandy-home-improvement-scams&sol;hammer&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-115"><img class&equals;"wp-image-115 aligncenter" alt&equals;"Home Improvement" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;medusamagazine&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2013&sol;03&sol;Home-Improvement&period;jpg" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"400" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">According to the Department of New York in the State’s Division of Consumer Protection&comma; people that have experienced a massive damage shall take certain remedies while cleaning up and taking repairing decisions&period; One shall avoid an unlicensed contractor in regions of a State where a license is a must&comma; for example Rockland&comma; Nassau&comma; New York City&comma; Suffolk&comma; Putnam&comma; as well as Westchester&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">When one hires someone devoid of checking their qualifications&comma; then they could finish up spending loads of money on behalf of very poor quality job&period; Over the recent months&comma; the Senator’s staff has listened to from several residents that have reported all these kinds of issues to his place of work&comma; says Joseph Addabbo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Keep away from all such contractors that insist payment in cash or else want the entire payment straightly&comma; sooner than the work has started&period; Instead&comma; search for a contractor that will agree to such a payment schedule that will provide on behalf of an initial down imbursement and succeeding incremental payments until and unless the given work is finished&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">One shall always hold back the final payment until they have done up with the approval of all the completed work and final walk through&period; Even&comma; they must not pay the final payment until all necessary scrutiny and certificates of tenancy are distributed to them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">Non-official contractors are working out illegally in all those regions&period; One must steer clear of those contractors that humiliate at their doorstep unexpectedly or contact them through the telemarketing&period; They shall also avoid the contractors who carry out high-pressure auctions pitches or else whose assurance appears too idealistic to be true&period; One must avoid contractors that do not supply references or whose orientations cannot be approached&period; They must also avoid contractors that tell them that there is no want on behalf of a contract that is already written&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">By the law&comma; all the contracts costing &dollar;500 or even more must necessarily be in writing&semi; however it is an ideal plan to obtain a printed contract even on behalf of any smaller projects&period;  One shall also avoid those contractors who don’t supply a proof of indemnity&period; It is also better&comma; for them&comma; to avoid contractors who ask them to obtain the desired building allowances&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify">This might indicate that all these contractors are unofficial or else possess a bad track record&period; Otherwise&comma; they must be reluctant to deal by means of a local building superintendent&period; However&comma; one should verify by means of their local building section whether all the essential permits have been granted by the particular contractor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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