Personal Pride Construction is proud to announce we are NOT a part of the problem in Mankato, Minnesota. Our company has acquired the Solicitor Licenses needed for Mankato and North Mankato.
The article is a good reminder of why home owners need to work with solid construction companies to do their Storm Damage Restoration. We have been in business for 10 yrs. as a full service Construction Company, not a Storm Chaser company. We have been working with home owners for years in meeting all their construction needs, including Storm Damage Restoration from Hail Damage or Wind Damage.
Personal Pride Construction has done thousands of Insurance Claims projects and are familiar with the Process of working with homeowners and Insurance companies. We pride ourselves on making it Stree Free :). Our claims specialists are well versed in Xactimate, the software used by Insurance companies to calculate the monetary damage done to your home by severe weather ( Hail Storm and Wind Storms).
Please contact us with any and all questions regarding Storm Damage, Wind Damage or Hail Damage repairs. We will get you the facts about your protection with your Insurance from damage to your home. The Free Press article is ill informed about the Insurance coverage for Hail Storms---the time period is 2 years after a storm.
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The Free Press Article from Monday April 27th, 2009
City: scam warningRoof contractors offer ‘free’ repairsBy Dan Linehan The Free Press MANKATO —
If a door-to-door salesman offers to repair hail damage to your roof and it hasn’t hailed in months, take notice.
The city of Mankato is warning homeowners about fraudulent contractors with shifty business practices. At least one contractor was denied a solicitors license at the Intergovernmental Center because he didn’t have a state license.
The current iteration of the unscrupulous scheme has salesmen offering to work with residents’ insurance companies to repair a roof at no cost to the homeowner. They may cite nonexistent hail damage to get their foot in the door.
The contractor may present a form to sign that they say simply allows them to check out the problem or is just a verification that they stopped by.
But it really may be a contract that locks the homeowner in with the company.
“It could be construed as a contract if you sign it,” building inspector Tom Blazina said.
He was careful to add the vast majority of contractors are ethical.
The Minnesota Department of Labor has a set of guidelines to help hire a contractor.
Among them is to verify the contractor has a license.
Homeowners can call 1-800-342-5354 or check the department’s Web site, www.doli.state.mn.us, which offers a license lookup search.
The department also advises customers to avoid contractors that arrive in unmarked vehicles, ask you to sign something before they’re hired or seem willing to do the job at an unusually low price.
Even if most contractors are sound operators, a little skepticism can go a long way.
“Unfortunately, we’re an exceedingly trusting society,” Blazina said. “Sometimes, that doesn’t work to our advantage.”
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