{"id":1,"date":"2012-05-16T19:08:19","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T23:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/?p=1"},"modified":"2012-07-25T16:30:37","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T20:30:37","slug":"licensed-is-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/?p=1","title":{"rendered":"Why Hiring a Licensed Contractor is Essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is the perfect time to begin moving ahead with your renovation projects. \u00a0Make sure you have a licensed contractor for the following reasons:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 A license distinguishes them from handymen<br \/>\n\u2022 To provide an expectation of safe and skillful service<br \/>\n\u2022 Ability to compare contractors on the basis of their certifications<br \/>\n\u2022 Assurance that they adhere to municipal, provincial and federal standards<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Home Builders Association (CHBA)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chba.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.chba.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*Be sure to book well in advance of your project deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is the perfect time to begin moving ahead with your renovation projects. \u00a0Make sure you have a licensed contractor<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-button read_more_btn_text\"><a class=\"read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/?p=1\">Read Now<span class=\"arrow_readm\"> &#x25BA;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovativebuilding.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}