08/26/2026
โ ๏ธ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐? ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. โ ๏ธ
It is not unusual for contractors to discover additional damage after storm repairs begin. What matters is how those changes are handled.
Under Indianaโs Home Improvement Contracts Act (HICA), ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ-๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด and signed by the homeowner to be enforceable against the homeowner.
Before authorizing additional work:
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Get a written change order
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Make sure it describes the additional work being performed
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Make sure the additional cost is clearly stated
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Ask whether the change will affect the completion date
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Keep a signed copy with your original contract
๐ฉ Do not rely on โweโll figure it out at the end.โ An unexpected repair should not become an unexpected bill.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐, ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
โ ๏ธ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ: ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ธ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ.