In-depth answer
New Jersey registers home improvement contractors. Checking one takes a few minutes and is the cheapest protection available to a homeowner.
Direct Answer
New Jersey requires businesses performing home improvement work on residential property to register with the Division of Consumer Affairs, and to show that registration number on contracts, estimates, correspondence and advertising. The number looks like 13VH followed by digits. Home Concepts Construction's is 13VH10078600.
An Important Distinction
Electricians and plumbers hold separate New Jersey trade licenses for their work. A remodeling contractor carries registration, and uses the appropriate trade license holders for licensable work. So it is always fair to ask who is performing the electrical and the plumbing on your job, and under whose credential.
What It Does Not Tell You
Registration tells you the business is on the record with the state, carries the insurance the state requires, and can be complained about. It is not a quality score and the state is not vouching for the work. Judge that separately — by the written scope, by whether the contractor asked real questions about your house, and by projects you can go and look at.
The Checks
Reading the Signals
A contractor who will not put the registration number in writing. A price only available today. A demand for a large cash payment before any work or paperwork exists. A refusal to file permits. A contract with no completion date. Pressure to sign at the kitchen table on the first visit. None proves bad faith alone, but each removes a protection that exists for you, and honest work has no reason to remove it.
Our Details
NJ HIC #13VH10078600. Home Concepts Construction LLC, 154 1st St, New Providence, NJ 07974. Founded in 2017, led by Oscar Rojas, who has fifteen years on the tools. We work across Union, Essex, Morris, Somerset, Middlesex, Bergen, Passaic and Mercer counties. Ask us for a certificate of insurance and we will have the agency send it to you directly.
FAQ
Ask for the HIC registration number in writing — a 13VH number, which must appear on contracts, estimates and advertising — and check it against the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs public records for home improvement contractors. A contractor who will not give you the number in writing has answered the question.
It is the registration number New Jersey issues to a home improvement contractor. Home Concepts Construction's is 13VH10078600. It identifies the registered business to the state, and must be shown on the contract, the estimate and any advertising.
No. Home improvement contractors register with the Division of Consumer Affairs, while electricians and plumbers hold separate state trade licenses. A remodeling contractor carries registration and uses the appropriate trade license holder for licensable work, so it is fair to ask who is doing the electrical and plumbing.
Commercial general liability, which New Jersey requires of registered home improvement contractors, and workers' compensation for anyone working on your property. Ask for the certificate to be sent to you by the insurance agency directly, rather than handed over as a copy.
No. Registration says nothing about price. It is a separate check from comparing estimates, and both matter: verify the registration first, then compare written scopes and allowances, so you are never weighing a cheaper price against an unregistered business.
Before you sign anything and before any deposit, ideally right after the first walkthrough. Verifying registration and insurance takes minutes; unwinding a contract with an unregistered contractor does not. It also sets the schedule expectation early, since a registered contractor files the permits that your timeline depends on.
Schedule
Free in-home consultation, about 45-60 minutes. We come to your home, walk the space, take measurements, and put a written scope together on-site.
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