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It’s easy to investigate licensed contractors

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Schooled on pools What it takes and how much it costs to build a basic backyard oasis GREMLYN BRADLEY-WADDELL SPECIAL FOR THE REPUBLIC

It’s here, the moment so many of us have been waiting for, right? The end of school? Sorta. Memorial Day weekend? Maybe. Pool season? DEFINITELY!

These waning days of May in Arizona usually mean the temperature’s rising and it’s time to make a beeline for the backyard ‌ or chat up those neighbors with the nice pool. But although most of us have spent countless hours splashing,

sunning, flirting, resting and even noshing in a pool, who’s actually thought about what goes building one? Local pool designer Tim Jarnagan of California Pools said each builder does things a bit difSee POOLS, Page 3R

Arizona regulates builders, and there’s an easy way to find out if they’re licensed and can be held accountable for damages or bad work. If a contractor knocks on your door, offering to fix your roof, fence or paint for a bargain price, check the Arizona Registrar of Contractors website at www.azroc.gov before signing any deal or handing over any money. If a builder is licensed, the status of it’s permit to operate will be listed as well as contact information and a license number that should be included on all contracts. Any complaints against the builder, resolved and unresolved, are also tallied on the site. If there’s no license for the contractor on the website, shut the door. Scams involving unlicensed contractors who take money up front and then never finish or even start the work promised, appear to be on the rise in Arizona based on the growing “most wanted contractor listâ€? and penalties levied by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors during the past year. Arizona’s booming growth has long attracted disreputable builders. The state began licensing contractors when the Registrar was formed in 1931. Then in 1981 during a home-building boom, the state agency created a recovery fund for duped or unhappy consumers that is staked by a $200,000 deposit or bond from each licensed contractor. Consumers have little to no hope of getting their money back, or the work completed, if their contractor isn’t licensed. If work is done shoddily or not finished by a licensed builder, the homeowner can be paid back from the state’s contractor recovery fund. During the past year, the Registrar has levied about $250,000Âť in fines against unlicensed builders in Arizona. The latest crackdown on an unlicensed contractor happened earlier this month when Lake Havasu City police arrested Adam Frank Lilla, the owner of Artisan Fine Woodworking, on allegations of contracting and advertising building services without a license. Lilla is on Arizona’s Most Wanted Unlicensed Contractors list, compiled by the Registrar. The list usually has See CONTRACTORS, Page 3R

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