I recently spent a significant amount of money paying a contractor to perform construction work on my apartment (co-op). The contracting work was not completed to my satisfaction and significant amounts of damage was incurred to my personal property. As a result, I decided to withhold the final payment to the contractor.
I later discovered that the contractor misrepresented himself and was not licesnsed. As per our contract, we are expected to resolve all of our issues through an arbitrator. Am I correct in my understanding that any contract or money I may have owed him is no void because he is not a licensed professional?
In short, do I need to pay the contractor if he is unlicensed?
As per the contract, do I still need to follow the procedure of seeing an arbitrator if he misrepresented himself from the very beginning?
Thanks very much help in advance
I later discovered that the contractor misrepresented himself and was not licesnsed. As per our contract, we are expected to resolve all of our issues through an arbitrator. Am I correct in my understanding that any contract or money I may have owed him is no void because he is not a licensed professional?
In short, do I need to pay the contractor if he is unlicensed?
As per the contract, do I still need to follow the procedure of seeing an arbitrator if he misrepresented himself from the very beginning?
Thanks very much help in advance
