Business Litigation

Home Improvement is an industry that often leaves consumers disappointed, financially drained, or worse: injured. Some home improvement “contractors” are not actual licensed contractors and perform shoddy work that is not safe or up to state codes. It is because of scenarios like this one that Maryland requires all home improvement projects to be completed by a Maryland Home Improvement Commission (MHIC) approved and licensed contractor.

Maryland Home Improvement Law defines “home improvement” as the addition to or alteration, conversion, improvement, modernization, remodeling, repair, or replacement of a building or part of a building that is used or designed to be used as a residence or dwelling place or a structure adjacent to that building; or an improvement to land adjacent to the building.

The MHIC licenses and regulates home improvement contractors, subcontractors, salespersons and the contracts that bind them to their customers. The commission investigates complaints by homeowners, awards monetary damages against licensed contractors, and prosecutes violators of the home improvement law and regulations.

MHIC litigation may result in a suit filed in court or a litigant may have to go through the Maryland Home Improvement Commission in order to achieve the necessary relief sought. At Nowicki & Associates our attorneys are well seasoned in either avenue your MHIC litigation may take or necessitate.

If you are interested in learning how Nowicki & Associates can help you, contact our office to arrange a consultation. Call us at 410-879-0026 or email Tyler J. Nowicki, Esq. directly at [email protected]. All consultations are free and we’ll take the time to answer each and every question.