Sentence examples for unlicensed contractor from inspiring English sources

Gray, an unlicensed contractor, was accused of having done minimal work.

This is the change Obama was discussing with Joe Wurzelbacher, the unlicensed contractor who has become known as Joe the Plumber.

Hillary Merman said she now regrets hiring an unlicensed contractor to renovate a bathroom in her rowhouse in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn.

My own fence repair cost me thousands of dollars extra after an unlicensed contractor skipped town with my deposit.

Last month, Drayman asked Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Donna Fields Goldstein to order National Fire to return the $117,000 he paid because state law allows anyone who uses the services of an unlicensed contractor to get a refund.

An unlicensed contractor was sentenced Friday to 16 months in jail for defrauding a Huntington Beach homeowner and a Yorba Linda family of more than $635,000 by taking their payments and failing to complete construction projects, according to a news release from the Orange County District Attorney's office.

But unlicensed contractors have to dodge authorities, and they often get bargained down on prices.

Unlicensed contractors, beware: inspectors from the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs are on the lookout for you.

A crackdown by county officials has caught 61 unlicensed contractors working in Westchester.

In addition, the Department of Consumer Protection this spring began undercover operations using inspectors in unmarked cars to catch unlicensed contractors.

Now, despite speaking very limited English, he is trying to start a legitimate home improvement company in Flushing, which is rife with unlicensed contractors.