Roof project planning · Harrison, New York
Choosing A Roofing Contractor
Check identity, licensing, insurance, scope, and terms.
Choose the responsible business before choosing the proposal. Match its identity across the County license record, insurance, estimate, permit, contract, and invoice.
Planning factors
Five decisions worth documenting
Use the headings as a proposal check. The actions beneath them are specific to this project decision.
Match the business name
Ask how a brand name, legal entity, salesperson, permit applicant, and crew relate. The contract should identify the party responsible for the finished work.
Check the County record
Westchester says home-improvement contractors working in the County must be licensed. Use the exact business information and retain the date of your current check.
Read insurance for the work
Obtain current evidence and confirm that roofing is not excluded. A certificate, license, and referral answer different questions and none alone guarantees workmanship.
Compare diagnosis and scope
Ask what was inspected, what remains concealed, and why the proposed assembly fits. Require products, details, protection, exclusions, and change procedure in writing.
Keep responsibility through closeout
Establish who manages permits, inspections, subcontractors, cleanup, warranties, and callbacks. Do not let a transfer or subcontracting arrangement obscure the responsible business.
Page notes
Keep these points together
- Match the business name
- Check the County record
- Read insurance for the work
- Compare diagnosis and scope
- Keep responsibility through closeout
Before authorizing work
Is a referral the same as a contractor check?
No. Verify the exact business through County information and current documents. Then compare its diagnosis, scope, insurance, payment, permit, warranty, and change terms for this project.