I'm a GC and am having a hard time collecting money from a customer with locations in various states. The dates to file a lien have all expired. What are my options as this point? Customers are in DE, MD, MI, PA, WA, , MN and IN.
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I have a lien in place but would now like to release it. How to I move forward with a court stamped lien release? Do I just have to send the lien waiver to courts as well as contractor?...Read More
We are a subcontractor for a private commercial project where the contractor has been paid by the project owner but the contractor is not paying their contracted retainage. It’s only $1100 but would like to know if there is any cost efficient way to recover these amounts due. We have no outstanding work for the contractor....Read More
I'm about to file within my lien right date. I just wanted to know if I could include the costs to file and discharge. I can also include interest...Read More
I am a contractor. Due to some delays with doors and windows with Covid, home owners are demanding I pay them around $3500 for their inconvenience. I offered $1200.00 as a peace offering and they refused that amount and now are not giving us our progress payment of around $19k+ that is past due. Can i do a mechanics lien? Can I sue? Can I terminate contract? How can I get the money that is due to us? ...Read More
We did a job for a major construction company in New Mexico, and we are still owed 294,000.00 dollars. It's been 6 months. They have been paid in full by the GC. They are saying nothing for the last month to us.. what can we do to get our money? We were a sub contractor. And we cannot lien the land owner, it's on indian reservation.. help!!!...Read More
We have yet to receive our retainer on the Miami Twp Firehouse that we filed a lien on. We have spoken and emailed everyone that we can. Including the owner of the project. The owner told us that JayCarr, the general contractor, has our money. However, when we ask anything we do not get resolution. ...Read More
There is a progress payment schedule in the contract I signed with our contractor for a home improvement project. One of the progress payments is “due upon passing rough inspections”. The rough electrical passed, but the rough framing was only a partial with “corrections” required by the inspector before it would pass.
Can I withhold the payment until the rough framing inspection passes?...Read More
If I have started a job and a concrete slab was poorly poured by sub contractor what do I do about correcting the issue if homeowner said they are cancelling the job and ask for me to return the entire amount they paid upfront. I wasn't given a fair chance to fix issue ...file it on insurance or whatever. Now they are threatening me with police and theft charges...which obviously it's not....what is my next move on this matter ? ...Read More
If we did not receive a 20 day preliminary notice from our contractor and/or his subs can they later file a lien if the job was not completed and a cessation notice was given to the contractor due to the fact that he is not a licensed contractor in California and the work completed was done improperly and without any permits?...Read More