Barker, Gelfand, James & Sarvas can apply its decades of civil litigation experience and expertise to counsel you in construction/consumer protection disputes. Homeowners rely on construction contractors and others to keep their homes in good working order, and state and federal consumer laws protect their interests from deceptive and abusive practices. If you answer yes to any of the questions below you should contact our firm by calling 609-601-8677 and ask to speak with Attorney Adam Barker.
- Have you contracted for residential home improvement construction/renovation/services?
- Did your contractor present you with a his/her NJ home improvement license number?
- Did you contract for over $500 of construction/renovation/services?
- Did you and your contractor sign a written contract?
- Did you receive a copy of the written contract?
- Did the contract include the name and license number of the contractor?
- Did the contract describe the work and material to be used in the construction/renovation/services?
- Did the contract include the total price to be paid including, if the contract was for time and materials the hourly rate?
- Did the contract include the date and time on or within which the work was to start and finish?
- Did the contract include any guarantees or warranties made with respect to any product, materials, labor or services?
- Did the contract/contractor require you to execute a note or mortgage prior to beginning work?
- Did the contractor use materials or workers other than the material or subcontractors agreed on?
- Did the contract advise you of your right to cancel within three days of signing?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that your contract was for a model or advertising job to lead you to believe the price was reduced?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that materials used need no periodic repainting, finishing, maintenance, or other service?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that materials were of a specific or well-known brand name exclusively distributed by the seller?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that materials or work would meet or exceed municipal, state, federal, or other applicable standards or requirements?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that they are approved or recommended by any governmental agency, person, firm or organization?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that they can custom build or specifically designed for your needs?
- Did the contractor without authorization substitute products or materials for those specified in a home improvement contract?
- Did the contractor deceptively gain entry into your home or onto your property under the guise of any governmental or public utility inspection?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that the contractor is an employee, office or representative of a manufacturer, importer or any other person, firm or organization, or a member of any trade Association, or that such person, firm or organization will assume some obligation in fulfilling the terms of the contract?
- Did the contractor misrepresent their status, authority or position in an organization?
- Did the contractor offer or advertise any gift or free item without disclosing the terms or conditions of the offer?
- Did the contractor fail to comply with the terms of such offer?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that an introductory, confidential, closed out, going out of business, factory, wholesale, or any other special price or discount is being given, or that any other concession is being made?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that any person, firm, or organization is especially interested in seeing that the buyer gets a bargain?
- Did the contractor misrepresent or mislead you into believing that insurance or some other form of protection will be furnished to relieve you from obligations under the contract if you became ill died or were unable to make payments?
- Did the contractor request you sign a certificate of completion or make final payment on the contract before the home improvement was completed according to the terms of the contract?
- Did the contractor misrepresent or fail to disclose that the offered or contract price does not include delivery or installation or than other requirements must be fulfilled by the buyer as a condition to the performance of Labor, services, or the furnishing of products or materials at the offered contract price?
- Did the contractor mislead you into believing that the down payment or any sum constitutes the full amount you were obligated to pay?
- Did the contractor misrepresent or fail to disclose that the offered price did not include all financing charges, interest charges, credit investigation costs, building or installation permit fees, or other obligations, charges, cost or fees to be paid by you?
- Did the contractor advise or induce you to inflate the value of your property or assets or to misrepresent or falsify your true financial position in order to obtain credit?
- Did the contractor increase or falsify the contract price or falsify the contract price or value of the home Improvement for financing purposes or to obtain additional credit?
- Did the contractor deliver materials, begin work, or use any similar tactic to pressure you into a home improvement contract, or make any claim or assertion that a binding contract had been agreed upon when no final agreement existed?
- Did the contractor fail to begin or complete work on the date or within the time period specified in the contract, or as otherwise represented, for some reason other than labor stoppage, unavailability of supplies, or unavoidable issues beyond the contractors control?
- Did the contractor make changes to the written contract to change the dates or time periods specified, and have you sign them?
- Did the contractor fail to give timely written notice to you of reasons for delay beyond its control?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that a competitor's work was its own?
- Did the contractor use or imitate the trademarks, trade names, labels or other distinctive marks of a competitor?
- Did the contractor misrepresent or mislead you into believing that a purchase will aid or help some public, charitable, religious, welfare or veterans' organization, or misrepresent the extent of such aid or assistance?
- Did the contractor knowingly fail to make any material statement affect, qualification or explanation?
- Did the contractor misrepresent that your present Equipment, material, product, home or a part thereof is dangerous or defective, or need of repair or replacement period?
- Did the contractor commence home improvement work prior to obtaining state or local building and construction permits?
- Did the contractor furnish to you a copy of all inspections and certificates prior to final payment?