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

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 victim...

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

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 routine...

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, a...

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 remode...

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 structur...

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.

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...

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