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What is my responsibility in determining if a contractor is licen
Our home is under contract and we agreed on some home repairs paid for by the seller (me). Work is required to be completed by licensed contractor’s. One of the repairs needed was a repair of the chimney crown. I asked the chimney contractor for his license # which he gave me After the work was complete, and closing docs have been signed the buyers agent informs us that the the chimney contract license was a business license not a contractors license and that we now need to pay $5,000 to have the contractor of the buyers choice do the repairs. The home is located in SC and chimney sweep/repairman are only required to have insurance and a business license. My question is what due diligence am I responsible for in ensuring someone has a valid contractors license? Does my realtor have any responsibility in ensuring or helping me with finding licensed contractors?