Q: I contracted with a Florida licensed roofing contractor. Is he allowed to sub my job to another roofer?
My contract is with 'abc roofing'.
'xyz roofing' pulled the permit with a different business name and contractor.
Is this legal?
A: Whether a contractor, in any business, can sub-contract out work without first conferring with the customer depends on the language of your contract. However, it's not necessarily the case that "xyz" is a sub-contractor of "abc". In the construction/renovation industry, it's common that the "abc" contractor is actually not legally qualified to pull a permit and uses "xyz", a qualified one, to pull the permit for the work that "abc" will be doing. This is apparently legally permissible under certain circumstances, and your contract likely does not have any language prohibiting "abc" from doing that. You could ask "abc" what this is all about and determine if you are comfortable with the situation.
Bruce Alexander Minnick agrees with this answer
A: Unless you can present some evidence as to how you have been damaged you have no claim. Why not focus on getting the roofing job done instead of asking irrelevant questions?
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