As the general contractor on a completed project we are in dispute of a subcontractor who double billed for their work in Washington on a mailbox center in an apartment complex. The filed a mechanic's lien on the property, so both their's and our attorneys have been trying to get the subcontractor to see reason. In the mean time the client wants us to bond around the mechanic's lien. 1st. we did the work for the property owner, they then sold the property to a government low income rental program. The subcontractor never followed any of the required preliminary notice steps, it took months to get copies of their time and material documents, where we found bills that were not even for our job, and duplicate time cards, all put into their bill. They want $53,000 but the documentation only adds up to $26,000 how do we bond around the mechanic's lien, what are our options? thanks