my company was run off a window replacement job last Thursday (the day we were going to finish trimming the exterior of 6 windows, the customer texted me at 6:22am to tell me my crew was not allowed to work at his home that day, we proceeded to show up to his house to remove our tools and enclosed trailer so we could work at another job that day, one thing escalated to another and the local police had to get involved to assist me with a civil recovery of my companies property as the customer backed a truck up tight to my trailer and deflated his tires. We were able to get out property out of the customers home and remove our trailer with the assistance of the local Oak Creek, CO police. He reported my company to my local building authorities in Routt County, CO for not pulling a replacement window permit, as the homeowner wanted to cut as many costs as he could so we verbally agreed he would dispose of jobsite debris, customer would self perform painting his own interior trim and pull his own permit. We know we should have put these details in writing. moving on, we don't feel like its a safe environment to return to try to finish this job. We also have an inspection report that indicates he has created some sabotage to the work we have completed, as the inspection report indicates that my company cut into headers above windows, and cut through sheathing on the customers home. there was 3 layers of siding, no wood sheathing on this old house, 3 layers of interior wall materials, if anything we had to add new dimensional lumber to several window opening as the existing window openings were in pretty poor condition. The customer is texting us constantly, they are now saying we killed one of their animals, we assume they are referring to some chickens they have loose in a fenced in area due to lead exposure. many facets the customer is working on to get something out of us we presume. We have zero intention of trying to complete this project (6 windows of exterior trim and 1 window of interior trim remain), we really have no intentions in trying to collect a final payment from this customer either. happy to provide our contract agreement for your review, our contract is very iron clad. My current worry is what recourse does customer have being he ran us off his property before we could finish the job in total, and can we just call it a day and leave things where they currently stand. should we be preparing to file a lean and credit back the monetary value of the work we were not allowed to complete in the final invoice again we have no interest in trying to take this guy to court or collect the remaining $10,800 owed to the contract price I am prepared to site "abnormal site conditions"...Read More
I have worked along side of my brother providing quality construction and remodeling services. We have recently came across a project where we used our concrete guys and was able to pay $9,000.00 for their work and labor... Our company still owes $6,000.00 to our concrete guys, but the home owner refuses to pay me the remaining $14,000.00 How do I get paid which will resolve all this moving forward?...Read More
I am a maintenance technician for a tax credit apartment building. Part-time position was what I was hired for and a couple of months into the job a maintenance technician from 2 other properties managed by the company we worked for decided to quit. The property manager I work for asked me to do some work on the other properties. So I thought I would be a team player and help. So the first project was carpet in an entire townhouse roughly 700 sq ft. I provided the carpet,seam tape and fuel back and forth which is a 90 mile round trip. I've provided 19 lbs of r22 freon several tstats and plenty of plumbing supplies etc... I provided the property manager with proper invoices for the materials and labor. Each item description of the unit used on and specifically detailed information on why I was charging them. So my property manager then tells me that they will not pay me back for the materials used to make the repairs. These properties are tax credit or 55+ low income housing and the residents have been asked to go without ac during 100° weather. What are my options for being repaid for my materials and labor? I've already spoken with the property manager about this and that's a dead end....Read More
I have provided labor to a junk removal company in Tampa. They owe us on 3 invoices totaling around $3500. I believe the jobs are completed already but they have not paid for the labor. One invoice is from July 2021 the other two are recent. What recourse do I have to get this money?
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We recently acquired a company and they had projects already started, would we need to send new notices (Preliminary) under the new company name? ...Read More
I hired a contractor for a remodel of my house. On our contract it had materials listed as an estimate. He is now refusing to show me receipts for some of the materials. Is this legal? Does he have to show me receipts for materials he purchased and used?...Read More
I hold a "B" license for General Contractors in California. I was hired by a tenant in Long Beach, CA and signed a contract for $54,000 to install Drywall, Insulation, paint and electric. The contracting company is in New York. They asked if I would pull permits for the job on their behalf. This was asked after we signed the contract and was to be paid separately from our contracted price.
Since the permit was for a Cannabis manufacturing facility, I was told that an all inclusive MEP permit had to be pulled. I am now being told that the moment I pulled those permits, I inadvertently became the GC for the job and became fully responsible for the both the HVAC and Plumbing work completed even though they each had separate contracts. We have been waiting months for these contractors to finish so we could complete our share of the contract.
The building manager/owner, not sure which, is now telling me that he wants to take over the job. He wants me to sign over the permits in his name and is refusing to pay for work completed and materials provided. We would also lose about $20,000 in upcoming work. He also claims that the Tenant never had a signed authorization from him to complete said renovations.
Where does that leave me?
I am currently due a draw of $17,000. The owner/manager is refusing to let me complete our contract and the tenant is terrified of him.
Did we become the GC by pulling the MEP permits? Can we stop all work on the project at this time since we did pull the permit? What would be the best way to resolve this issue?...Read More
Payment and retainage is still not being paid and they are telling me it wont until the law suit with another subcontractor is finished. I need guidance and a local lawyer in Texas to help me....Read More
I finished a house,received my final inspection and we have yet to receive final payment and they are not answering my calls. It has been 3 weeks....Read More
I am the owner who wishes to file the Notice of Completion.
The last paragraph calls for the form to be “verified,” meaning a sworn declaration by an authorized person as to the truthfulness and accuracy of the information supplied.
Who could be an authorized person? Could I be an authorized person as a co-owner?
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This question relates to California. Lets say a subcontractor works on a property July 1. A lender then comes in on August 1 and puts a lien on the property. If the subcontractor doesn't get paid and puts a lien on the property September 1, do they have priority over the lender because they performed work before the lender filed a lien?
Also, in many states, the subcontractor has a specific number of days to file their lien in order to get priority. Is there a time period in California?...Read More
I'm the sub on a job in MA. The lien deadline calculator is telling me I have to file a Notice of Subcontract and then a Notice of Substantial Completion. Do I file these or does someone else? Do I file this before the lien? When I go to actually order the lien, it says I can file these both at the same time....Read More
We hired a roofing contractor to install insulation, replace new plywood sheathing and new asphalt shingles. There were the following six total suppliers and subcontractors on the project:
a) Insulation and plywood sheathing supplier
b) Shingle Supplier
c) Gutter Contractor
d) Electrician (since they accidently cut some wires in the attic)
e) Dumpster Service
f) Portable Toilet Service
The roofing contractor is only providing me with 4 lien releases (a, b, c, and d).
The contractor is saying that in WA State only vendors/contractors that provide more that $1000 in goods or services need to provide a lien release.
Is this true? We have had the dumpster sitting on our driveway for over 1.5 month and they have had to switch out the dumpster 3 times so I'm worried that this might be a huge bill. Also, with the portable toilet (honey bucket), it has been sitting on our driveway for over 1.5 months as well.
I have called WA State L&I and they suggest I get the roofing contractor to provide signed lien release on all supplier and subcontractors. When I asked the roofer a second time, he again stated that only vendors and suppliers over $1,000 is required to provide lien release. What do I do now to protect myself? Is he correct?
Thanks!
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