Licensing in Georgia

6/12/2012 at 3:56:21 PM

I don't believe I was asked for my license # upon sign-up, and I just found a post that said:

"Hi Karen,

All contractors on our site are not pre-screened as we feel this only provides consumers with a false sense of security. Any credentials we pre-screen could become invalid weeks or months down the road.

It's our opinion that it's in your best interest to do your own due diligence prior to hiring a contractor regardless of the resources used to locate them.

We have a detailed guide that will assist you in the hiring and screening process located here:

http://www.handyamerican.com/hiring_tips.asp

Please let us know if you have any other questions. "

However, given that none of the contractors are paid for responses, I would guess that most are just responding to help consumers with questions and wouldn't really worry about false answers.

6/26/2012 at 4:35:42 PM

I don't know what the regulations are in georgia But here to Be a handyman you don't need a license.

I have been in Business 15 years and maybe was asked twice and these people asked one of the stupid question "Are you Licensed and I said YES I am and they said Great I need a Light Bulb changed and my Deck stained. My reply was Do you want the licensed Price or the person that can do the same thing with out a license requirement Price ? So I don't have to tell you what they did.

Lots of people don't even know what a contractor has to go through to get the License and if there is a store that I can buy one e-mail me because I would get three