Pay Per Lead Services in Suffolk County, NY for General Contractors

Eight in ten Suffolk households own the roof over their heads: 421,146 owner-occupied homes out of 512,565, an 82.2% rate (Source: data.census.gov), so the caller asking about a kitchen almost always has the authority to sign for one. The median house was put up in 1970, which on Long Island means capes, high ranches and split-levels that have been expanded once already, and now want the expansion redone properly: a dormer that leaks, a back addition on a thin slab, a kitchen squeezed into the original footprint.

Ten towns, three markets

The western towns, Babylon, Islip, Huntington and Smithtown, are the most built-up. Expect second-storey additions, kitchen and bath remodels, and finished basements from families who would rather build up than leave the school district.

Brookhaven and Riverhead in the middle of the county mix newer subdivisions with older lots, and send a broad spread of remodel and repair work.

The East End is a different trade: Southampton and East Hampton on the South Fork, Southold on the North Fork, and Shelter Island between them. Projects there are often custom work on bigger properties, some houses stand empty for part of the year, and owners often want a builder who can run the job while they are away. The county's 52,893 pre-war homes, 1939 or older by the census count (Source: data.census.gov), cluster in the old village centres, where a renovation means old framing and village review.

A county licence, earned at a county exam

Albany issues no home improvement licence. Suffolk County does. The county's exam draws on its own Home Improvement Law, Chapter 563, and on the state's General Business Law article 36-a, runs to twenty-five questions and is offered twice a month (Source: suffolkcountyny.gov). One requirement trips up crews from across the water: "Every licensee shall maintain an establishment within the State of New York." A contractor based in Connecticut or New Jersey needs that before Suffolk work. We check the licence before any lead is passed on, and we remind owners of their three-day written right to cancel under state rules (Source: dos.ny.gov).

The south shore remembers Sandy

Suffolk's emergency managers still cite the coastal flooding Sandy pushed ashore on 10/29/2012, and they treat heavy nor'easter rain as a constant Northeast risk (Source: suffolkcountyny.gov). Their worst-case model, a Category 4 hurricane tracking northeast up the coast, puts a little over 220,000 Long Islanders, around 15%, inside a flood zone. For you that means two lines of work along the bays: storm repair with an adjuster, and planned work on houses whose owners want them raised, reinforced or rebuilt so the next surge does less.

Kept off your list

We keep back tenants in the minority of rented homes and owners asking whether a deck needs a permit. A bid requested only to beat down another contractor's number stays with us, and so do single-trade jobs, a roof or a septic replacement, dressed up as a remodel.

The New York rule for a general contractor taking leads in Suffolk County: The NYS Department of State says: "NYS does not license home improvement contractors, but some counties and local municipalities do"; There is no state general contractor licence; the licence that matters is the county or city one for the address of the job (Source: dos.ny.gov).

Suffolk County, for a general contractor working these leads: Suffolk County licenses home improvement contractors; The licence exam "is based on the Home Improvement Law (Chapter 563, Articles I & II)" plus NYS General Business Law article 36-a; it has twenty-five questions and is given twice a month, and "Every licensee shall maintain an establishment within the State of New York" (Source: suffolkcountyny.gov).

Worth knowing as a general contractor buying leads in Suffolk County: The NYS Department of State's consumer guidance: "You have three days to cancel after signing a contract for home improvements," and cancellations must be in writing; It also advises a written contract with start and finish dates, scope of work and itemized price, and not paying the full amount upfront (Source: dos.ny.gov).

Leads go only to general contractors who can lawfully take the job in Suffolk County.

Places in Suffolk County the general contractor lead campaign covers, as the source lists them: The ten towns: Babylon, Huntington, Islip, Smithtown, Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Shelter Island, East Hampton, Southampton.

County seat on the general contractor lead map for Suffolk County: Riverhead.

The same pay per lead service for general contractors in the counties next to Suffolk County: General contractors in Nassau County, General contractors in Queens County.

Other trades we run leads for in Suffolk County: Locksmiths, Roofers, HVAC & Air Conditioning Companies, Plumbers, Mobile Mechanics, Painters, Exterminators & Pest Control, Property Management Companies.

Suffolk County is one of the 64 counties we cover for general contractors, and every one is listed on the General Contractors pay per lead index.