I am a GC and contracted a whole home remodel for a client. They wanted to move quickly and were hoping to move into home by February 28, 2022. The permitting process took 3 months when we had never had it take longer than 3 weeks. The county was implementing a new system of processing permits and had a huge backlog. We added a significant amount of change orders on top of the original contract and ended up complete enough for them to move in on 5/31/22. They are claiming we owe around $25,000 due to delay costs for them, as they sold their home and had to stay at an AirBNB and store their belongings. On top of that we are still owed approximately $64,000 and they are saying they will settle for no more than a wash. Meaning owing us $0. They hired multiple contractors outside of our purview that cost us a significant amount of time to coordinate with and supervise. They also added multiple small projects to my crew, and the work was completed that they are now claiming they should not have to pay for after telling my project manager they would happily pay us for any of the additional work. They are saying they are happy to go to court and they are stubborn. I don't believe they have a legal leg to stand on, but would appreciate some insight on next steps.
We're there any change orders?