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A contractor is threatening to file a lien against my home, what should i do?

Michigan

I am a first-time homeowner, and my wife and I hired someone to install gutters on our house. The whole process has been horrible, the company we went with barely communicated with us, and pushed our start date back multiple times which I get suppliers have been bad. But when the day finally arrived to have them installed the installer came out and installed them, we did a final walk-through where he didn't point out any issues. 2 days later when they sent the final invoice for payment it rained and it turns out the gutters weren't working ( we have video evidence of them not working) So we refused to pay and decided just cut our losses and tell them don't worry about coming out to fix it we will do it ourselves or find someone else. We even have an email from them saying that they knew what they were doing wouldn't work but they still installed them anyway. How should i proceed with this if they do in fact file a lien on my house?

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Oct 28, 2022
First check to see if they are licensed contractors in the state of Michigan. If they are make a complaint against their license to the state (if they are not licensed they may not have a right to a lien). Second do all communications with them IN WRITING. Get a new contractor out to at least quote to fix it. Then offer them the amount due less the quote to fix it. BTW why did you allow them proceed when they said in writing they would not work? Apparently there is a LOT more to this story
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