As a single family home owner I hired a contractor to finish my basement. The current balance I owe the contractor is 0. The contractor failed to pay his subcontracted company (granite install, installed 08/13/2021) for the work performed. The granite install company is now wanting to file a mechanics lien on my property. Does he have the right to do so?...Read More
I am a contractor (1099) that works in the entertainment field as an audio visual technician / stagehand. There is one company that I have already emailed my invoice to for a job that has already been completed and I have not been paid yet. The hiring manager of the company calls me to say they can not honor to pay me the amount I have invoiced them for. The job I completed is called a "strike", a strike consist of 4-5 hours max of work. The rate agreed upon is $150 for that amount of time, any time beyond 4-5 hours I charge a full "setup" rate of $300. A "setup" consist of no more than 10 hours of work. The strike was 7 hours of work and I invoiced the company for a full setup rate because it went well over the agreed upon time I had agreed to work. I would like more advice on how to handle this situation, a mechanics lien seems appropriate but could be costly and time consuming to file and execute....Read More
What is the minimum project amount for a bond to be required in Texas for a county job? Does Texas provide for an express cause of action against the municipality for failure to provide a bond?...Read More
For Retainage are you limited to the 90 day for Filing a Lien in Florida? We have a job that was Bonded and a Hud job that we've been told repeatedly that the owners and Hud had not signed off on for retainage to be released. We had personally changes in the office and were not sure when the project was actually approved for retainage billing. After several months of being given the run around from the GC about the status of the retainage we submitted a lien. Now we have been contacted from an Attorney of the Owners stating that we can't file this lien due to the time frame of when we were last on the project. However the project was not closed out until after 8 months of when we were on site and it was released to bill retainage. ...Read More
Hi, we have a contract with a contractor for a specific amount for work on our home and now he says he needs 25k extra to finish the job. Can we hold him to the original agreed amount on the contract?...Read More
Levelset filed a lien for us and listed an incorrect Owner. They listed a company with a similar name as the Owner. Our deadline has passed to file a lien on the correct Owner. Should I just have them amend the current lien? Will that be sufficient to ensure there is no recorded lien against the incorrect Owner? ...Read More
I am with GC company, owner ask me for subcontractors' lien waiver which has nothing to do with owner or bank. I believe i only provide GC lien waiver to them. But they claim this is for bank funding release. I trying to find out which one is true. ...Read More
Is it a requirement for a subcontractor to file a"notice to owner" in order to have the ability to file a lien on a project they are working on? Is there a timeframe for that NTO?...Read More
I am a subcontractor that worked on a project in California. The NOC was filed on 12/27/21. The GC is withholding our retention due to a DIR investigation. Can I still file a Stop Notice...Read More
I have a General Contractors B license in California and I want to do work in Colorado , Utah and Arizona what steps will I need to take to get licensed to work in those three states?
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A licensed contractor filed a Lien using solely an email estimate. The estimate does not include all the negotiated items. There was no signed contract. The agreements was oral and only some portion of the work was complete before the contractor abandoned the project. ...Read More
We did a project on 04/01/2021 for Continental Construction in which we received a small portion of payment leaving a balance of $50K in which the client is no where to be found, he doesn't answer calls. ...Read More
I am a supplier and we have a customer (sub contractor) requesting a GA form be filled out or January Pay app. We still have not been paid for November or December -- This form has no dates just the date signed. Will I lose my rights to Nov and Dec due balances? ...Read More
I filed a lien on this property and was contacted by GC the day they recieved lien email. They have paid us, on behalf of our customer and we provided them with a "final lien waiver" for the $7050. Do I still need to send a lien waiver thru this database?...Read More