This job has become very complicated and moneys have been intentionally held on public projects, due to a dispute with back charges and blame being falsely put on my company. I need a construction attorney that understands the process of what I do as a design professional. I need to be able to talk to someone to figure out a way forward. The shop that I work for owes a lot of money to me, and they have engaged a lawyer. 502-387-5789...Read More
I am a Licensed GC, working an insurance claim. There were multiple trades on this project, Roofing, Siding, Gutters, Window Trim. The roofing portion was completed by my roofing crew, the homeowners are/were thrilled with the way that it turned out, and that I was also able to supplement for complete siding replacement and able to get this approved by Insurance. Roof Completed June of 2019, homeowner requested that I wait for him to have new windows installed. Time passed, no windows... months passed minimal communication regarding the continuation of the project. Homeowner, decided to act as the GC and have his siding installed and his gutters and downspouts installed. The job is now complete, and I have been shorted out of the work and from any and all supplementals. Homeowner no longer speaks to me, no returned calls, emails or texts. When I worked toward final collection, final invoicing of Homeowner (Insurance) for the services which I have been provided, Insurance/Homeowner have refused to discuss the final invoice and the final supplemental funds requested for missed and shorted items. Homeowner stated that he was hiring an attorney, and I said "Good, maybe the attorney will advise you to fulfill the contract agreements that you enter into. From my invoice, from June of 2019, Insurance has shorted the claim by $6K ... from my May 2021 Professionally handled Xactimate - Invoice & Work Completion Notice the shortage of the payment / claim is closer to $12K
I had assumed 2 years from the date of discovery / approval of claim... however, Insurance states repairs are to be made within 2 years of the date of the loss. To which I stated, "OK, then, let us discuss the final estimate/final invoice which has not been paid from June of 2019." Adjuster said, we cannot discuss this further without the Homeowner's approval for us to discuss.
Can I pursue this and should I pursue this? Or should I just chalk this up to another costly lesson / life-experience?...Read More
Hello, We are a sub-contractor in the state of Ohio and we have been sending NOC's to our suppliers. However, I was just told as a sub that we should actually be sending Notice of Furnishings to the GC, Property Owner, and possibly the finance company. Can you help clarify the notice I should be sending as a subcontractor? ...Read More
We purchase some furniture my exboyfriend and I and we agreed to pay for this furniture together. He is refusing to pay or refusing to give me the furniture. This furniture is on my credit card. ...Read More
Work was done slow because initial deposit was never met. I bought material and was only given part of the deposit cash not through our payment portal. I let them know that I cannot advance faster without workers and I can’t get workers without a full deposit. They decided to cancel and want their partial deposit back however material is already In place part of the houses infrastructure. They are withholding all my tools and said I can get them once I pay them their initial deposit which was short of what was said to be. ...Read More
I have a project with multiple locations for the same customer. Does the lien deadline date start when a location is finished or when the project (all locations) is complete?...Read More
I want to file a successful and valid lien, but Im unsure if I need to send notice of intent to the Owner Designee /New home buyers. Level Set sent the Notice of Intent to the previouse home owners & the General Contracter only, but since the Notice of Intent was sent, the owners sold the home to the General Contractor and the General Contractor sold it to the new home owners on March 18 2021.
i paid levelset to file and record the lien , but none of the other parties complied, nor attempted to pay me, thus they having notice of intent, they sold the property, and I dont know if they let the new home buyere know that a lien may be filed. So do I have to give another notice of intent to the new home buyer prior to filing the lien although I sent notice to the previouse owners before selling as well as the General Contractor?
I tried to find out who the prospect buyers were, address, & contact. The county did not have records because there wasnt any transfers in title yet, and the notice of intent went to previouse owners, and general contractor, so can I file the lien now and file the associated documents with the affidavit of return service as that alone being sufficient for a valid process and lien or do have to file a new notice of intent to new home buyer before filing the lien? Im in the time period of the 4 months where I have to file because the last day of work on the job was 3/5/21...Read More
Subcontractor hired and was paid through a date certain. He provided a lien waiver releasing himself rather than the contractor who hired him. Is this appropriate or should the release be in favor of the contractor who hired him?...Read More
Our plumbing company was hired by a company that builds additions on homes. We where not hired by the homeowner. We are trying to get paid for this job but the only person we have ever billed was the company we did the work for. That company is telling me they have filed a lien their customer and said we need to do the same. Our company has never tried billing anyone but the company that hired us to do the work and they are not paying us....Read More
can a labor work only of mechanic's lien claim send lien claim to owner without "Notice of Mechanic's Lien and Notary Acknowledgement of claimant signature" before recording ?...Read More
I AM A DESIGN PROFESSIONAL ON A COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE UPFIT PROJECT. THE TENANT HIRED US DIRECTLY TO DESIGN THE UPFIT FOR CONSTRUCTION BY A GC. THE TENANT HAS FAILED TO PAY BALANCE OF FEES (PAST DUE 90+ DAYS BUT LESS THAN 120). WE WISH TO FILE A LIEN AGAINST THE PROPERTY TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE TENANT TO PAY. WHAT MUST WE DO?...Read More