{"id":76,"date":"2014-08-20T13:48:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T17:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/from-the-the-building-inspector-mark-herweck\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T11:56:35","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T15:56:35","slug":"from-the-building-inspector","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/from-the-building-inspector\/","title":{"rendered":"From the the Building Inspector, Andrew Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>BEFORE YOU HIRE A CONTRACTOR<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Before you enter into any written agreement to construct a new home or to remodel or build an addition onto an existing home:<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>*&nbsp; Ensure that the contractor is appropriately licensed and is a <u>Licensed Construction Supervisor<\/u> and\/or a <u>Registered Home Improvement Contractor.<\/u><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>*&nbsp; Ensure that the contractor has adequate liability insurance and workers compensation insurance.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>*&nbsp; Ask the contractor for a written list of his\/her three most recent projects with names, telephone numbers and addresses of the owners.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>*&nbsp; Call the owners and ask questions as to the performance of the contractor.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>*&nbsp; Check with your local Better Business Bureau, Board of Building Regulations &amp; Standards and the Office of the Attorney General to find out whether the contractor has any complaints filed against him\/her, or whether or not any disciplinary action has been taken against him\/her.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>For more information, click the following link to access the Department of Public Safety &#8211; BBRS&nbsp;website&nbsp;: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/?pageID=eopsagencylanding&amp;L=3&amp;L0=Home&amp;L1=Public+Safety+Agencies&amp;L2=Massachusetts+Department+of+Public+Safety&amp;sid=Eeops\">http:\/\/www.mass.gov\/?pageID=eopsagencylanding&amp;L=3&amp;L0=Home&amp;L1=Public+Safety+Agencies&amp;L2=Massachusetts+Department+of+Public+Safety&amp;sid=Eeops<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEFORE YOU HIRE A CONTRACTOR &nbsp; Before you enter into any written agreement to construct a new home or to remodel or build an addition onto an existing home: &nbsp; *&nbsp; Ensure that the contractor &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/from-the-building-inspector\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about From the the Building Inspector, Andrew Lewis\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":264,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/building\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}