I have a project out of Tennessee in which i have found out that the general does not have a contract with. We were told they were doing work on this project and later found out that he is working for someone else that has a contract with the general. How does this affect our rights ? ...Read More
Im a water damage mitigation contractor and have a solid contract for services rendered. The invoice is 99 days since issued. I believe they were issued a check by insurer for damages but only for 17,500. The homeowner recently refinanced their home and will not likely be selling or refinancing in the near future. Best way to get paid? I'm preparing a small claim (in my county the limit is $25,000) for the invoiced amount, $24,824. (includes late fees) and will be proceeding later this week....Read More
I did not know actual term for my role to file a lien. I was a sign vendor who fabricated and installed signs for my client. And I was directly hired by my client who is a tenant of the property....Read More
What can we do about this situation? It looks like we missed a deadline. We are a material supplier based in Orange County, New York. The contractor purchased material from us who also resides in the same county. He purchased this material from us and drove it down to SC to build a house for his customer (residential). The customer has now lost his job and is not paying the contractor who in turn cannot pay us, the supplier. First date of service was 4/1/21 last date of service was 5/21/21....Read More
I am responding to a request for a verified statement from a subcontractor that was submitted to my firm . It says that we have 10 days to respond to the demand....Read More
Hello, My general contracting firm Works directly to building operators. As a GC and not a subcontractor, are we required to send a preliminary lien notice or are we able to Lein the building within 90 days if we have mechanic lein notices language within our agreements? It's my understanding that preliminary lein notices are required if we work under a general contractor or a lender. Dan...Read More
My boss is insisting that I post the WIP adjustment to each project. In my 25 years of experience in construction accounting I've never done that and I don't believe it is standard practice. Could use your expert advice. Thanks! ...Read More
can you help my company in filing an extention and what are the feed for it? We are located in SF, CA and work performed in SF bay area. The customer is currently on a payment plan with us but our lien is set to expire 9/22.
Oliver Nicolas
McMillan Data Com
415 470 6966
onicolas@mcmillanlv.com...Read More
I just received an NOI from a handyman we hired. He quoted us a price of $200 and said it would take him a day to a day and a half to finish. On the third day, work was still not done! At that time, we gave him $100 (I have a signed receipt from him) and told him we would give him the $100 balance when the work was completed. On day 4, he got agitated about something, startine swearing and throwing his tools., He then walked out! I have pictures of the mess he left behind and the unfinished work. We had to hire someone else to come in and finish the job and correct all the mistakes he made. That cost us $300!
The first handyman sent the NOI, stated we owe him $200.
How do I dispute this or should we just ignore it? ...Read More
We were hired to work on a project in Austin for a Development coompany who has a separate LLC/LLP for the project. The original project was for handrails for the company. We never received drawings for what a handrail was supposed to be on the project. When we arrived on site we were shown drawings for a guardrails. The PM/CM(who is a whole other situation) told us that the scope was wrong and we need to get the guardrails built per his schedule. As this was a first time working for this group and having a longer relationship with the CM we said we would need to get this changed. He said he would take care of it so we could keep moving. Long story short. He did not. When we sent in the invoices they were rejected and change order requests were said that we would have to submit before the invoice. Then we sent that in. We were rejected and told that we had to per contract get it approved before. Our argument came with images of all the texts of him telling us what to do, and the exhibit of the line items on the contract that didn't match. The lineal footages didn't match, the scope didn't match and the amounts didn't match. We also discovered that the CM was not supposed to be taking money from us as he said that we were supposed to pay him for 3% of the contract. Basically, we uncovered him taking money to the owner. The owner told us that it probably wouldn't be a good idea to return and then told us we abandon the project when we couldn't come to terms on the items that we installed and the materials we put in process.(There was a front for the materials on the original contract, but not for the extra) This is very convoluted and the in-house attorney we were working with died at the end of July so they turned it over to this new guy who is telling us (in a letter) that the owner is going to suit us for slander(I don't know how that is slander, but that is what he said) He also said we cost them money for abandoning the project and they would be seeking like 65K for the project( we filed a lien for 26,300). What should we do with this. We are being shoved around and we frankly are going broke trying to move along, but between the money we spent in doing work that was never contracted and buying materials for the rest of the project that was much more extensive than what we bid it is ridiculous. Lots more to the story and info, but need to get a response for this attorney and Levelset on how to proceed. Thanks...Read More
I was hired to build a Barn on the property with the intent of building two houses on the property upon completion. We paid for the engineering for houses but were not hired to build the houses. We are also owed for some upgrades on the Barn. We completed Barn in September of 2020. Homeowner agreed to pay back In May but have yet to receive payment. The contractor he hired used our engineered plans....Read More
If a contractor fires his construction crew and he does not pay them what they say he owes ,can crew file a mechanic lien to the homeowner if the homeowner deals only with the contractor?...Read More
We finished this roofing job on 8/23/2021 and sent invoice on the same day, I have sent some due reminders but have not received a reply. I have sent the preliminary notice to owner on 9/8/2021....Read More
Hello Good afternoon, Small business here. Payment finally came through after 95 days after work completion. Due to contract finishing touches are to be made and they are withholding $7,000 but want the lien waiver signed yesterday...Read More