unlicensed worker is akin to getting a friend to climb up ladders in your house to paint, he falls and you have to pay his medical bills.
licensed worker is working on the house at their own risk.[/quote]
I understand about liability. But we’re talking about painting here. What’s the likelihood of injury? I’ve paint my house twice over already and the only injury i got was paint damaging my clothes. A license is only need for jobs >$500. Since this job is $150, it’s under the state’s minimum requirement for a license. But anyways, if one’s that uneasy about hiring a non-licensed contractor, there are licensed one on craiglist who can get very close to the unlicensed ones.
