Had completed almost all of job but 4 exterior doors and was fired. Home owner does not want to pay. Original contract was for $4350 a 3rd down job took 11 days had half day left and she said she wasn't satisfied. I offered to fix whatever she wanted....Read More
We are tenants in a building where we have done work in Lou of rent we have a contract that is not signed by neither party we also have a partial verbal agreement they are now choosing to sale they house and do not want to pay back any money for the construction done on the property...Read More
Pool contract not completed but paid in full. Contractor misrepresented himself as having an active license. Subcontractors are seeking payment for work i have already paid the contractor for....Read More
We have a GC advising us that their TN project has special circumstances requiring them to hold out 10% of retainage. I have asked them to send us documents showing why they would need to hold that amount out. So far, we haven't received anything. Are there special circumstances that would require a privately owed college to have the right to hold out more than 5% in retainage?...Read More
i remodeled a accident attorny's kitchen and did some rememdiation on a water claim he had. Now he want s me to sign a lien to get paid for what he owes me. Is this a safe thing to do?...Read More
We provided services for a customer that refuses to pay us. They moved out of state without informing us while we were painting the interior of the home. We have tried many ways through emails, texts, and phone calls but with no solution. The customer is now getting rude, nasty and threatening. We just want payment for the services we provided him and that is all. We even lowered the price to accommodate him but it has not worked. I heard we can file a Mechanic's lien but is there anything else we can do?...Read More
Hi there, a few of our employees (laborers) supplied labor on a job during their own free time, for a job that have been told the GC does not know when he will be paying them. I have recommended them to Zlien to secure their lien rights, as I don’t want them to lose out on any money they rightfully earned. Can laborers file a prelim like we as a company do?
We used to be associated with that project, however we did not continue to work on it, as they never signed our contract. So we invoiced a time and material invoice and we prelimmed, so our money is safe, however, the GC asked our laborers if they would be willing to work on this job on their own time and they agreed, but now the GC is not paying them for their time.
So I wanted to assist them with sending a prelim for their labor, even though its only a couple of hundred dollars, but that is huge for them. Are they able to send a prelim as sole and separate laborers?
In a few articles, I see that “Laborers are not required to give notice. Keep in mind: According to California Civil Code § 8200, “A laborer is not required to give preliminary notice.” A claimant with a direct contractual relationship with the owner of the property is only required to give preliminary notice to the construction lender.”
So if they don’t have a written contractual agreement (only verbal agreement), to provide labor, and they did actually provide it, what recourse do they have to get their payment? Thanks!!...Read More
We have made significant improvements to the property as tenants but the owner refuses to pay for our time and efforts and our out of pocket expenditures....Read More
I am a sub-sub contractor in Texas on commercial properties. I had zlien file 2 mechanic liens for me to try and get the monies owed to me for the work we performed. The letter from the General Contractor's attorney states that my liens are invalid and if I do not sign the releases, they will take action against me. Desire Baez, who has been handling this for zlien, has all the paper work in her possession. I can provide it as well if need be. I just need to know my options and if I should sign the releases or not, or if the liens are in fact, invalid. Thanks...Read More
We signed a contract in the beginning of 2016 to build a house in the amount of $500K. Also, an additional contract for the grading. We were given a retainer towards grading in the amount of $100K. Client stopped the job in the middle of grading. To date we have a credit balance of approximately $43K. Please advise how to proceed with a lien....Read More
A party sold a commercial lot (2016) that had a wrap on it (loan in 2014) unbeknownst to the buyer who paid $60,000 cash for it. The lot was Grant Deeded and recorded at the County Recorder's Office. A foreclosure was filed in 2018 against the original borrower and notice of the foreclosure was given to the lot holder who contacted me for help. The original borrower filed a BK to stop the foreclosure and the Judge set up a payment program but eventually the borrower let the foreclosure happen. The owner of the commercial lot, my client, was never notified of these events until he saw a For Sale sign posted. Our intent is to cloud the title until criminal action can be filed against the seller of the lot. A Preliminary Title Report shows the commercial lot was signed off by the original owner and not by the current owner (my client). Again, until criminal action can be filed against the Seller of the lot for fraud, grand theft, failure to notify the buyer of liens, forgery of a document and cohesion with the lender and others to do a side deal (have copy of signed contract) to resale the lot to the original seller....Read More
We are an appliance wholesaler, we generally sell to GCs building large complexes. We are located in VA and the company we are selling to is in TN. I got conflicting messages on the 90 day time frame vs a year? I know in some states you can only go after the most recent 120 days, not the entire balance owed? this project has been going for more than a year, so I want to make sure we can recover the full balance....Read More
I'm the General Contractor working for a client who is acting as the Owner/Builder. Client is from
California and a past developer of Condominiums. The issue is the subcontractor working for me
has completed the foundation work. The work is not satisfactory to my client, and he represented
to me that Trustee and local attorney feel that the delays caused by the concrete contractor and the
sub-par work has caused them to balk on a $6677 payment.
The subcontractor and all the material suppliers have signed Conditional and some Unconditional
releases (over kill and mounting paperwork). The subcontractor in good faith signed the Conditional
and we thought payment was being made, but client came back and wanted Unconditional Releases
from this subcontractor now with no payment.
This has created the concrete people to start texting me threatening texts, inflammatory emails, etc.
I have requested the Client to put in writing WHY no payment, as well as if a "holdback" is warranted so the subcontractor can be paid what is not in dispute, to alleviate the threats, as I will probably give the Police
department a heads up on these texts.
Client says the Trustee and local attorney have the say, "and it's out of his hands". We were never
told there was a Trustee involved before we signed our contract. Who are we working for, or is this
a reuse? We told Client if this is not resolved immediately, and some sort of payment is not received
by this sub. We will not move forward in our contract and will not be onsite next Tuesday.
I feel this problem in the early stage of construction is not a good sign. Client borrowed $450,000 and to
date about $38,000 has been paid to the excavator and the concrete contract. Thx for your assistance.
forward on our contract to do the framing...Read More