The plain answer to the hardest question a homeowner can ask — if something goes wrong after closing, who is legally responsible? Here is the structure: the entities, the licenses, and how to verify every word of it.
— The short answer
When you hire Cortes, you are hiring Cortes Building Group LLC — a Connecticut limited liability company, the licensed general contractor, established 2014. When that work is a More Life home, the developer of record is More Life Development Group LLC — the Connecticut entity that holds and conveys title at closing. The warranty is signed by both entities, jointly. You do not have to figure out which one to call. No tiene que adivinar a quién llamar — ambas entidades responden.
This page maps the structure so there is no ambiguity, and shows you exactly where to verify it yourself.
— The two entities
The builder · licensed contractor
The hand on every site. Every home raised since 2014 still stands — still owned by someone who can call us.
The developer · entity of record
The development name above the foundation. Verifiable at the CT Secretary of State by searching the entity name.
— How the warranty applies
On a More Life home, the warranty document is signed by three parties: More Life Development Group LLC as the developer, Cortes Building Group LLC as the builder, and the buyer. A claim can be made to either entity — both are jointly responsible.
In practice you reach one inbox and we route it internally. Legally, both LLCs stand behind the work. This joint-liability structure is intentional: the answer to “who is responsible” is both entities, and both stand behind the home.
— Future structure, disclosed
In late 2026 or 2027, More Life Development Group LLC will become a subsidiary of Cortes Building Group LLC — a parent-subsidiary holding structure. It is documented internally now and will be filed publicly when the transfer happens, through an updated Operating Agreement and a Statement of Change with the CT Secretary of State.
The warranty obligations carry through unchanged. The names on the warranty do not change for anyone who has already closed. We disclose it here because hiding it would be exactly the kind of opacity a buyer should be suspicious of. Lo decimos aquí porque ocultarlo sería la clase de opacidad de la que un comprador debe desconfiar.
— What we are not
Not a one-person LLC dressed up as a development company. Both entities have multiple members, real assets, real insurance, and a real Connecticut track record.
Not a paper builder-of-record built to dissolve after closing and dodge warranty exposure. Both entities stay continuously active, file annual reports, and keep insurance and licensing current.
Not a wholesale-flipper arrangement. On a More Life home the deed is conveyed directly from the entity that developed it — built by the family that has poured the foundations since 2014.
— How to verify us
We do not ask anyone to take our word for it. Your attorney can pull both entities’ Connecticut filings, confirm the licenses, and confirm the insurance — everything on this page is a public record.
Entity filings
Search both entities by name at the CT Secretary of State business registry.
service.ct.gov/businessLicenses
Look up NHC.0015379 and HIC.0639953 at the CT Department of Consumer Protection.
portal.ct.gov/DCPDocuments on request
Insurance certificates, license copies, and filings — provided within 48 hours of a request.
[email protected]The questions a contract should answer — before you sign one.
Las preguntas que un contrato debería responder — antes de firmarlo.
Request the documents →A real person reads every message. Insurance, licenses, and filings within 48 hours.
Every claim on this page is verifiable through the Connecticut Secretary of State (service.ct.gov/business), the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (portal.ct.gov/DCP), and the records of the closing attorney. We don’t ask buyers to trust us — we publish the receipts. This page describes corporate and licensing structure for transparency; it is not legal advice, and the controlling terms for any project are those written in your signed agreement.