Recent Questions & Answers About Washington Paymant
Is the Model Disclosure Statement Really Required in Washington…or What?I understand that Washington requires contractors provide a model disclosure statement to the owner at the start of work, and I may lose lien rights if I don't provide it. However, someone told me that not sending it is worse than that even, and that I'll be in violation with the DLI...
Lien notice and time frame questions Washington StateI am a home owner who is building a single residence second home. I am doing most of the work myself so I am not using a GC. The issue is that the concrete delivery company was not compensated due to issues with the concrete company doing the work. (No signed contract...
Can you place a lien on a property after the original owner sold the property to a third party?My spouse is a contractor and he is doing major repairs on a house that the customer plans to sell. They are signing a contract that states they will pay 50% down deposit and will pay the remaining 50% after the sale of the house, using the funds from the sale. My...
What is my recourse for what I feel is unjust threat of a lien against my property ?A contractor is demanding I pay his total charges within 1 week even though the work was not completed and parts of it are unacceptable and the amount of the total amount was never agreed upon and also with the pandemic going on and threatening with a property lien
If we release a lien and add a new change order to the project, will we have lien rights if not paid by new deadlines?We placed a lien on a property in Washington. After we placed the lien on the property, the customer did request additional work. We originally planned to just add the change order and have the customer pay in full. But let's say we release the lien and add the change order, which...
