Annex Construction, Inc v. Fenech

Defendants appeal by leave granted from a circuit court order denying their motion for summary disposition. They contend that the court’s denial of the motion was erroneous, because the residential builders act 1 prohibits plaintiff, an unlicensed residential builder, from maintaining its action for compensation for work performed under a residential construction contract. We reverse.

There is no dispute that at the time plaintiff and defendants entered into the contract for the construction of defendants’ home plaintiff was not a licensed builder under the act. Nor did plaintiff ever acquire…